The Influence of Wood Energy Kit Educational Play Tools on Early Childhood Science Literacy Skills

Abstract

Based on the results of observation in KB Dahlia Sukomaju, problems were found on the development of children’s science literacy. It is evident the low proficiency of science literacy in early childhood children as a result of the lack of utilization of interactive, concrete, and hands-on experience-based learning media. This study was conducted to measure the extent to which the Wood Energy Kit educational play tool affects early childhood science literacy skills. The method used was a limited experiment (Pre-experiment) with a pretest and posttest design on one group of subjects as well as the population while being sampled as a whole.. The results of the study showed that children’s science literacy skills improved after being given treatment using the Wood Energy Kit. This was proven through through the paired sample t-test which obtained a significance value (2-tailed) of 0.000<0.05, so that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and the null hypothesis ( H0) was rejected. The rerate score in the pretest showed a figure of 20.23 increased to 32.62 in the posttest. These findings suggest that the use of concrete and hands-on experience-based media is able to improve children’s understanding of simple science concepts , particularly those related to energy.