THE INFLUENCE OF PHONICS AND GAMES INTEGRATIVE LEARNING ON KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN'S READING READINESS

Abstract

Learning to read may begin at a young age, but it needs to be safe, fun, and enjoyable. Before children enter the reading stage, it is important to pay attention and prepare children to have reading readiness. Learning strategies that can be used in helping early reading readiness in kindergarten include using phonics and games. Children who are already in the reading readiness stage will show behaviors such as being able to recognize the alphabet, voice the sounds of the alphabet, imitate letter shapes, have a decent vocabulary, and understand words and stories. This study aims to see the effect of phonics and game integrative learning on the reading readiness of kindergarten children. The participants in this study were 36 students in Kindergarten X. The participants were divided into two groups, the Experimental Group (KE) and the Control Group (KK). The test tool given to the participants is the Reading Readiness Assessment test kit which has been adapted and tested in Indonesia. Data analysis used the Independent Sample T-Test test with a sig value. (2-tailed) of 0.000 < 0.05, this indicates a significant difference between the experimental group and the control group. So it can be concluded that phonics and game integrative learning has been shown to improve the reading readiness of kindergarten children.