Meningkatkan Kreativitas Anak Melalui Metode Bermain Plastisin Tanah Liat

Abstract

This research aims to improve the creativity skill of children at early age through play by using plasticine in the group of B2 at TK IT Salsabila Samarinda. The type of the research is classroom action research with three cycles. The aspects assessed on the children’s creativity skill are fluency, originality, flexibility and detail. The result of the classroom action research shows an improvement on the children’s creativity skill through plasticine media during the pre-cycle, cycle I, cycle II, and clycle III. The children’s creativity skill on the pre-cycle is 9% with undeveloped or poor category and 27% on the cycle I with undeveloped or poor category. Then, on the cycle II it increases to 47% with developing or fair category and on the cycle III it becomes 93% with well-developed or very good category. It shows that play by using plasticine can improve the creativity of children at early age.

Making Collage Work in Learning of Elementary School: A Study Of Student Creativity

“…According to Davies et al (2013) and Richardson & Mishra (2018) activities like this support the improvement of children's creativity for the better. The results obtained from this study are also in accordance with previous studies conducted by Ambarwati (2014), Maisarah et al (2020), Tirtayati et al (2014), and Wulandari (2020 who stated that free, open learning and utilizing the natural surroundings succeeded in increasing the creativity of elementary school students.…”

“…Several previous studies have also proven that activities that provide flexibility and freedom to students in learning are quite effective in increasing children's creativity, as explained in Ambarwati's research (2014) which uses natural materials to make mosaics. Maisarah et al (2020) in their research succeeded in increasing students' creativity through the clay plasticine playing method. Another study conducted by Tirtayati et al (2014) shows an increase in children's creativity through free drawing activities.…”

Peningkatan Kreativitas Siswa Melalui Teknik Kolase Pada Siswa Kelas Iv Sekolah Dasar

“…Menurut Davies et al (2013) dan Richardson & Mishra (2018) kegiatan seperti ini mendukung dalam peningkatan kreativitas anak menjadi lebih baik. Hasil yang diperoleh dari penelitian ini juga sesuai dengan penelitian-penelitian sebelumnya yang dilakukan Ambarwati (2014), Bernadi (2017), Maisarah et al (2020), Tirtayati et al (2014), dan Wulandari (2020) yang menyatakan bahwa pembelajaran yang bebas, terbuka dan memanfaatkan alam sekitar berhasil dalam meningkatkan kreativitas siswa sekolah dasar.…”

“…Pembelajaran yang dirancang di alam atau lingkungan sekitar juga dapat mendukung peningkatan kreativitas siswa (Davies et al, 2013;Richardson & Mishra, 2018). Beberapa penelitian terdahulu juga membuktikan kegiatan yang memberikan keleluasaan dan kebebasan pada siswa dalam belajar cukup efektif dalam meningkatkan kreativitas anak, sebagaimana dijelaskan dalam penelitian Ambarwati (2014), Bernadi (2017), Maisarah et al (2020), Tirtayati et al (2014), dan Wulandari (2020). Atas dasar penelitian-penelitian tersebut, penelitian ini juga berusaha meningkatkan kreativitas siswa dengan kegiatan pembelajaran yang bebas dan terbuka.…”

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“…Selain itu, tanah liat merupakan bahan yang tidak mudah mengeras dan melunak kembali jika sudah mengeras, sehingga dapat digunakan berkali-kali. (Maisarah, Mahmud, and Saugi, 2020). Bermain patung tanah liat meningkatkan perkembangan motorik pada anak-anak karena membutuhkan koordinasi mata-tangan pada anak usia dini untuk melatih keterampilan motorik.…”