Meningkatkan Perkembangan Kreativitas Motorik Halus Anak melalui Metode Permainan Konstruktif di Kelompok A TK Ceria Jaya Marabahan

Abstract

Early childhood education is an important stage in stimulating various aspects of children's development, including physical-motor, cognitive, language, social-emotional, moral-religious, and artistic development. Fine motor skills are closely related to children's ability to coordinate small muscles, particularly the hands and fingers, with visual perception. This study aims to describe the improvement of children's fine motor creativity through constructive play using blocks in Group A of TK Ceria Jaya Marabahan, Barito Kuala Regency. This research employed Classroom Action Research (CAR) using the Kemmis and McTaggart model consisting of planning, action, observation, and reflection. The subjects were children in Group A aged 4–5 years. The research was conducted in two cycles, with four meetings in Cycle I and two meetings in Cycle II. Data were collected through observation and documentation and analyzed descriptively using percentages. The indicators of fine motor ability included grouping and forming shapes, coordinating eyes and hands in complex movements, manipulating materials to produce forms, expressing oneself through creative work, and controlling small-muscle movements. The results showed a substantial improvement. Before the intervention, 40% of children were categorized as not yet developing (BB), 53.3% as beginning to develop (MB), 6.7% as developing as expected (BSH), and none as developing very well (BSB). At the end of Cycle I, 71.43% of children reached BSH and 28.57% reached BSB. In Cycle II, the proportion of children reaching BSB increased to 85.7%, while 14.3% were in BSH. These findings indicate that constructive block play can support the development of fine motor skills and children's creative activities through direct, enjoyable, and repeated experiences.