PENERAPAN TERAPI BERMAIN ULAR TANGGA DALAM MENINGKATKAN PERKEMBANGAN KOGNITIF ANAK PRASEKOLAH DI ACEH BESAR.docx

Abstract

Cognitive development is the thought process of an individual's ability to connect, judge, and consider an event or events. World Health Organization data recorded 52.9 million children under the age of 5 years, 54% of boys have developmental disorders, 95% of children have developmental disorders. The snakes and ladders game is one of the methods that can improve cognitive development in children. The snakes and ladders game serves to recognize losing and winning, learn to work together and wait for turns, develop imagination and remember game rules, stimulate children to learn premathematics when counting steps in the snake and ladder game and counting points contained in dice. The method used in this research is descriptive using a case study approach. This study was conducted from September 4 to 9, 2023. The results showed that the application of snake and ladder play therapy can improve the cognitive development of preschool children, where in subject I before the application of snake and ladder play therapy obtained the results of measuring the cognitive ability of underdeveloped children (BB), after the application of snake and ladder therapy it was found that the cognitive development of children developed as expected (BSH) and in subject II before the application of snake and ladder play therapy obtained the results of ability measurement children's cognitive has not developed (BB), after the application of snake and ladder therapy, it was found that the child's cognitive development developed very well (BSB). It can be concluded that the application of snake and ladder play therapy can improve cognitive development in preschoolers. It is expected that parents can apply snake and ladder play therapy to children independently and repeatedly so that it can improve cognitive abilities in preschool children