DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN'S CREATIVITY THROUGH THE ROLE PLAY METHOD

Abstract

Creativity in children is connected between the uniqueness of ideas and the growth of imagination and fantasy, which is an important ability to develop because creativity has a big influence and makes quite a contribution to children's lives. Creativity is an ability that is not innate, but can be learned and developed. This is because early childhood is the Golden Age period, which is the foundation for the next age stages. The formulation of the problem in this research is "How is the role playing method and creativity development implemented at Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Rogo Kindergarten?". And the aim of this research is to determine the application of role-playing methods and developing creativity at Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Rogo Kindergarten.

This research uses a type of classroom action research. This type of research is carried out in two cycles, this research procedure consists of four stages, namely action planning, action implementation, observation and reflection. The data analysis technique uses comparative descriptive analysis, namely comparing the results of each child's achievement percentage with the percentage of success determined by the researcher in each cycle and interactive analysis, namely analysis starting from the beginning to the end of data collection.

The results of the research can be stated that children's creativity develops through role-playing methods. The development of children's creativity in the pre-cycle reached 8%, cycle I, meeting 1 and meeting 2 increased to 25%, and cycle II to 83%. Apart from that, it can be concluded that variations in learning have a very important role in developing creativity through role playing. Thus, it can be proven that the application of role playing can develop creativity in children at the Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Rogo Kindergarten for the 2021/2022 academic year.