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Based on Permendikbud No. 137 concerning National Standards for Early Childhood Education, early childhood educators are professionals in charge of planning, implementing learning, and assessing learning outcomes, as well as providing guidance, training, care and protection. Therefore, to support the learning process in teaching and learning activities, it is necessary for the creativity of teachers to develop, plan and implement their use in the use of teaching media such as Educational Game Tools, better known as APE. Based on initial observations, the phenomenon that occurs in the early childhood education environment  is found to be low in the use of Educational Game Tools  and teacher creativity in the learning process. The fact that exists in the field is what makes researchers carry out programs that can improve the quality of teachers in East Lombok through learning development training. This training for professional educators or teachers is a technique for planning teaching as well as a way to increase effective and efficient learning. The learning development training carried out was "Training on Making Learning Media to Improve Skills in Developing Educational Game Tools from Used Materials in Selong City, East Lombok". Based on the discussion of the research results in accordance with the formulation of the problem and the expected objectives in the research, it is concluded that training in making learning media can significantly improve skills in developing educational game tools from former kindergarten and elementary school teachers in Selong City, East Lombok.Berdasarkan Permendikbud Nomor 137 tentang Standar Nasional PAUD, pendidik anak usia dini merupakan tenaga profesional yang bertugas merencanakan, melaksanakan pembelajaran, dan menilai hasil pembelajaran, serta melakukan pembimbingan, pelatihan, pengasuhan dan perlindungan. Oleh sebab itu untuk menunjang proses belajar dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar maka diperlukan kreativitas guru mengembangkan, merencanakan dan menerapkan pemanfaatannya dalam penggunaan media ajar seperti Alat Permainan Edukatif yang lebih dikenal dengan APE. Berdasarkan observasi awal, fenomena yang terjadi di lingkungan pendidikan anak usia dini (PAUD) banyak ditemukan bahwa rendahnya pemanfaatan Alat Permainan Edukatif (APE) dan kreatifitas guru dalam proses pembelajaran. Kenyaatan yang ada di lapangan tersebutlah yang membuat peneliti melaksanakan program yang dapat meningkatkan kualitas guru di Lombok Timur melalui pelatihan pengembangan pembelajaran. Pelatihan untuk tenaga pendidik atau guru profesional ini merupakan teknik merencanakan pengajaran serta cara untuk meningkat pembelajaran yang efektif dan efisien. Pelatihan pengembangan pembelajaran yang dilakukan yaitu “Pelatihan Pembuatan Media Pembelajaran untuk Meningkatakan Keterampilan Mengembangkan Alat Permainan Edukatif dari Bahan Bekas di Kota Selong Lombok Timur”. Berdasarkan diskusi hasil penelitian sesuai dengan rumusan masalah dan tujuan yang diharapkan dalam penelitian, maka dirumuskan kesimpulan bahwa pelatihan pembuatan media pembelajaran mampu meningkatkan keterampilan mengembangkan alat permainan edukatif (APE) dari bahan bekas guru TK dan SD kelas awal di Kota Selong Lombok Timur dengan signifikan.

High order thinking (HOT) -based learning in Early Childhood Education Institution (ECEI) could improve six aspects of preschool-aged children’s development. The preliminary study revealed that the ECE teachers' knowledge of preschool-aged children was low. This surprising phenomenon was caused by teachers' lack of knowledge and minimum training for improving the teachers' competency. Thus, we conducted a study by holding training on the improvement of teacher's competency in HOT-based learning. The present study involved sixty participants comprising Kindergarten and elementary school teachers in Kota Selong, West Nusa Tenggara Province. The present study was aimed at measuring the effect of teacher's competency development training on the improvement of HOT-based learning activities in Kota Selong, East Lombok Regency. The result of the study indicated that the t-count (8.257) > t-table (7.745), meaning that the teacher's competency improvement training significantly affects the improvement of HOTS on both knowledge and implementation of Kindergarten teachers in Kota Selong.