THE EFFECT OF “BALANCING BALL ACTIVITIES” ON THE BALANCED ABILITY OF CHILDREN AGED 4-5 YEARS

Abstract

The background of this research is the lack of ability in the aspects of balance, speed, and gross motoric strength of early childhood. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of the game”Balancing Ball Activities” on the gross motoric skills of group A children at kindergarten Al-Hijrah Gresik. This research method with the type of research One Group Pre-Test – Post-Test Design.. The results of the reliability test showed that the Cohen’s Kappa value was 0.500 in the medium category, as the basis for decision maing in the reliability test that all pre-test variabels were consistent or reliable. The wilcoxon test results show that the Asymp.Sig.(2-tailed) value of one is 0,007 over 0,05, the hypothesis is accepted. So and concluded there is influence of the “Balancing Ball Activities” game for children aged 4-5 years at TK Al-Hijrah Gresik.

Keywords: "Balancing Ball Activities", balance, early childhood.