Efforts to improve the numeracy skills of early childhood aged 5-6 years old using natural materials at paud wae welak on academic year of 2018/2019

This research is motivated by the problem of children who have difficulty in cognitive development, especially in the ability to count. Children find it difficult to do simple counting activities, i.e. counting numbers 1 to 10. Another thing that can be seen is teaching-learning which is dominated by the teacher using the lecture method. It is thought to be the cause of the low early numeracy skills in early childhood at PAUD Wae Welak. The purpose of this study was to describe the use of natural material in improving the numeracy skills of children aged 5-6 years at PAUD Wae Welak. The type of research used is classroom action research (CAR) developed by Kemmis and McTaggart which is the development of the basic concept introduced by Kurt Lewin. This research was conducted on 17 students of Class B in PAUD Wae Welak, West Reok District. Based on the results of data collection, data processing and evaluation, there has been an increase in numeracy skills by utilizing natural materials for Class B children at PAUD Wae Welak. Moreover, it can be concluded that natural materials around children can be used as learning media for early childhood, especially in improving their numeracy skills which is carried out in cycle I and cycle II