Pelatihan Pembuatan Alat Permainan Edukatif Berbasis Pendekatan Saintifik bagi Guru PAUD di Kota Palembang

Alat Peraga/Permainan Edukatif (APE) bagi anak usia dini memegang peranan penting sebagai media stimulasi, pembelajaran dan permainan, sedangkan bagi guru merupakan sarana yang membantu dalam penyampaian pembelajaran. Pelatihan ini bertujuan agar guru PAUD dapat membuat APE serta untuk mengembangkan keterampilan-keterampilan guru dalam membuat inovasi dalam pembuatan APE untuk anak usia dini. Kegiatan ini dilakukan pada hari Sabtu, 8 Agustus 2020 secara online melalui aplikasi Zoom Meeting. Materi yang disampaikan meliputi, (1) Hakikat alat permainan edukatif, (2) Jenis-jenis APE, (3) Keterampilan pembuatan APE, (4) Langkah-langkah pembuatan APE, dan (5) Praktik pembuatan APE dalam proses pembelajaran sesuai karakteristik anak. Kegiatan pelatihan dilaksanakan melalui aplikasi zoom meeting dengan jumlah 36 orang peserta guru PAUD. Model kegiatan yaitu pendampingan dan metode kegiatan yang digunakan presentasi dan peragaan serta unjuk kerja. Berdasarkan hasil evaluasi terjadi peningkatanan pengetahuan guru-guru PAUD setelah pelatihan, hal ini ditunjukkan dengan hasil bahwa guru mampu membuat rancangan alat permainan edukatif, , guru mempu menerapkan alat permainan edukatif walapun dilakukan secara daring dan guru mampu mengimplementasikan kepada anak tentang alat permainan edukatif berbasis pendekatan saintifik. Teaching aids/educational games (APE) for early childhood play an important role as a medium of stimulation, learning and games, while for teachers, it is a tool that helps in learning delivery. This training aims to make PAUD teachers make APE and develop teaching skills in making innovations in making APE for early childhood. This activity was carried out on Saturday, August 8, 2020, online through the Zoom Meeting application. The materials presented include (1) The nature of educational game tools, (2) Types of APE, (3) Skills for making APE, (4) Steps for making APE, and (5) Practice of making APE in the learning process according to children's characteristics. . The training activities were carried out through the Zoom Meeting application with a total of 36 PAUD teacher participants. The activity model is mentoring and activity methods used by presentations and demonstrations as well as performance. Based on the evaluation results, there was an increase in the knowledge of PAUD teachers after training, and this was shown by the results that teachers were able to design educational game tools, teachers were able to apply educational game tools even though they were done online. Teachers were able to implement to children about scientific approach-based educational game tools.