Development of Early Childhood Dance to Improve Gross Motor Skills in Children Aged 5-6 Years
This study aims to develop new learning media in the form of “Digital Video Disc (DVD) Dance Creations” to stimulate the gross motor development of children aged 5-6 years. The method used is research and development (R&D) with the Borg and Gall model. Of the ten development steps, researchers focus on six main steps: identification of potential problems, data collection, product design, design validation, product revision, and small-scale trials. Data were obtained through questionnaires from media experts, material experts (dance), and early childhood education experts. The Creation Dance DVD is proven to be effective as a learning media to stimulate the gross motor of children aged 5-6 years. Validation shows very positive results from experts with a high average rating and a “very feasible” category in the aspects of appearance, movement, image color, and suitability of movements with early childhood characteristics. Media experts gave an average percentage of eligibility of 94% with the category “very feasible”, material experts (dance art) gave 97% with the category “very feasible”, and early childhood education experts gave 93% with the category “very feasible”. After expert validation and product revision, a small-scale trial was conducted and resulted in an average feasibility percentage of 95% in the “very feasible” category. This research makes an important contribution to the development of learning media that suits the needs and characteristics of early childhood, and provides strong recommendations for the implementation of dance in learning for children aged 5-6 years.
Keywords: Development of learning media; dance; early childhood
