Improving Fine Motor Development of Cutting Activities Through the Demonstration Method in Group B Students of Bunga Bangsa Kindergarten

Abstract

The research was motivated by the low fine motor skills of group B students of Bunga Bangsa Kindergarten, Pakal Subdistrict, Surabaya City in cutting material, when cutting is often found that the cutouts are still not neat. Besides that, the teacher is less interested in delivering the material because the method used is less interesting so students feel bored doing activities. Therefore, the formulation of the problem raised in this study is whether the demonstration method can improve the fine motor skills of cutting material for group B students of Bunga Bangsa Kindergarten, Pakal District, Surabaya City. The design used is class action research. Each cycle consists of design, activities, observation, reflection, and revision. Data collection methods using observation sheets and lesson plans. The implementation of learning improvement research in this study was aimed at group B students of Bunga Bangsa Kindergarten, Pakal District, Surabaya City. Quantitative research results show an increase from Pre-cycle with a percentage of learning completeness of 12.5% to cycle 1 with a percentage of learning completeness of 31.25% and to cycle 2 with a percentage of learning completeness of 75%. Thus it can be concluded that the demonstration method can improve the physical development of fine motor skills in the material-cutting activities for group B students of Bunga Bangsa Kindergarten, Pakal District, Surabaya City