Pengaruh Alat Permainan Edukatif (Puzzle) Terhadap Perkembangan Kognitif Anak Usia 5-6 Tahun Di Desa Linawan Kecamatan Pinolosian Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow Selatan

Abstrack: Preschoolers are children at aged 36-60 months, during this period a child is prepared for school, where the senses and stimuli as well as acceptance of the receptor and memory process should be ready so that a child is capable to study with well, the learning process at this time is with play. Children\u27s kognitive ability could be indicated with play a game that using educational tool game. The purpose of this research is known the influence of educational tool game (puzzle) on children\u27s cognitive development at aged 5-6 years in the village of Pinolosian Sub-district Linawan Bolaang Mongondow Regency South. The design of this research uses pre-experiment method with one group pretest-posttest design. Sampling techniques uses sampling size, at least about 30 respondents. The results of statistical tests on Paired Sample t-test with a confidence level of 95% (α = 0.05) and the obtained p value 0.000<0.05. The conclusion indicates that there is the influence of teducational tool game (puzzle) children\u27s cognitive development at aged 5-6 years in the village of Pinolosian Sub-district Linawan Bolaang Mongondow Regency South