Enhancing Social Behavior Development in Early Childhood through Toy Creating Intervention
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Abstract
The research design was quasi – experimental has the aim as follow; 1) To assess the child development 2. To compare the social behavior of children before and after having the toy creating intervention. The Sample of this research are early childhood at the age of 4-5, who were studying in the second-year kindergarten in 2015 who underwent Denver II developmental screening test and were found presenting developmental delays with a total of 5 children. Data were collected and analyzed by using statistical Wilcoxon signed rank test. The research instruments included 1) the general information of the participants, both of children and of their parents; 2) SDQ (Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire); 3) The 24 toy creating activities designed by the researcher; and 4) researcher’s note about the participants’ behavior during the activities. Each activity took 40 minutes and was conducted 3 days in a week, for 8 weeks.
Results showed that
1. Early Childhood Development Assessment Mostly suitable for ages, there are only 7 people with delays. Statistically significant Factors that affect development include maternal factors such as age to Get Pregnancy, education, occupation, antenatal care, and childbirth. Child factor such as birth weight, Iron supplementation, Perinatal Hypoxia levels at 1 and 5 minutes, children with postpartum complications, and congenital diseases.
2. Comparison of social behavior in early childhood before and after the toy creating intervention. The teachers’ assessment was found that statistically significant at the .05 level. (Mean score before activity ( = 6.60, SD = 2.30) and mean score after activity (
= 8.20, SD = 1.64) and relationship problems with early childhood friends (Mean score before activity was (
= 3.20, SD = 1.79) and mean score after activity (
= 2.00, SD = 1.00)
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