The utilization of local bamboo based materials for innovation of playing and creating media in children age of preschool

Abstract

Play is one of the right stimulations for children to stimulate thinking power, to empower emotional, social, and physical aspects. There are several types of games that shape the skills and creativity of children, one of which is a game of compiling puzzles, because playing puzzles can coordinate the movements of the eyes and hands of children or fingers movements, with it without them knowing that the fine motoric skills of the child continue to be trained and developing. This paper was on addressing the problems encountered in the Amongsiwi playgroup, Panggungharjo village, Bantul, namely the lack of availability of play and creative media. The purpose of the paper is on method to create a play and creative media innovation from local materials in the form of puzzle Cendani bamboo that is feasible, safe, and environmentally friendly for preschoolers. The research was conducted by collecting data, observing and analyzing problems, product design and product testing (testing on children). The results of the study indicate that the design of play and creative media can be accepted by children with a feasibility level of 78 %. The level of ability of children to use or to compile a puzzle to form a shape based on observations was 76 % of 22 children can already be in the form of tangible shapes such as animals, cars or robots.