The purpose of this study was to improve skills through the use of finger puppets for children aged 5-6 years at Pelangi Genyem Kindergarten, Jayapura Regency. This research is a classroom action research. The research subjects were 15 children, consisting of 6 boys and 9 girls. This research uses the action model of Kemmis and Mc Taggart. The research was carried out as many as 6 actions divided into 2 cycles. The results showed an increase in children's language skills. This can be seen from the initial condition of children's language skills which only reached 48.33%. In the first cycle of action 1 became 53.88%, and increased again in the first cycle of action 2 to 60%, and in the first cycle of action 3 increased to 66.67%. Furthermore, in the first cycle of action 1 it became 71.11%, in the first cycle of action 2 the value increased to 76.11%, and in the second cycle of action 3 increased again to 81.66%. Therefore, the key is that the use of finger puppet media can improve language skills in children aged 5-6 years at Pelangi Genyem Kindergarten, Jayapura Regency.
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