The Effect of Playdough Play Therapy and Loose Parts Play on Cognitive Development in Early Childhood at Tkit Auladuna Sawah Lebar Bengkulu City Year 2026

ALMUBAROQAH, ABILLAH and Hermansyah, Hermansyah and Nafratilova, Mercy (2026) The Effect of Playdough Play Therapy and Loose Parts Play on Cognitive Development in Early Childhood at Tkit Auladuna Sawah Lebar Bengkulu City Year 2026. Diploma thesis, HEALTH POLYTECHNIC OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH BENGKULU.

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Abstract

Less than optimal cognitive development can affect children's learning readiness. One of the efforts to improve it is through playdough play therapy and loose parts play. This study aims to determine the effect of playdough and loose parts play therapy on cognitive development in early childhood at TKIT Auladuna Sawah Lebar, Bengkulu City. This study uses a type of quantitative research with a quasi experiment approach using a pre-test and post-test with control group design. Samples were selected using a simple random sampling technique. The total sample in this study amounted to 40 respondents which were divided into two groups, namely the intervention group and the control group. The intervention group was given playdough play therapy and loose parts play, while the control group was given a puzzle game. The intervention was carried out for 2 weeks with a frequency of 3 times per week and a duration of 15 minutes per session. Cognitive development instruments were measured using cognitive development observation sheets. The results of statistical tests using the Mann-Whitney method showed a p value of 0.001 ≤ 0.05 which means that there is an effect of playdough and loose parts play therapy on cognitive development in early childhood. Thus, playdough play therapy and loose parts play can improve early childhood cognitive development, especially in the ability to think, recognize shapes, arrange, group, and solve simple problems, so it can be recommended as one of the stimuli of educational play in early childhood learning.

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