Abstract:
Based on the field observation of the children’s writing
ability, it was found that they have low ability in this part. Besides, they also have difficulties
along their learning process of numeracy. To illustrate, there were many children having less
confidence about their own work that they tend to copy their friends’ work. Moreover, the
teachers still used such dominating and unvaried method of teaching. Therefore, we need to
use a media of tree counting based PAIKEM. This study aims at investigating the effect of
Using Tree Counting Media Based PAIKEM toward children numeracy skill of Early
Childhood Aged 5-6 Years at TK Education 21 Kulim Pekanbaru. The sample used in this
study was 18 children. This research used observation as the data collection technique. The
writer used t-test to analyze the data with SPSS 17. The hypothesis of this research was that
there is a significant influence on children numeracy skill after using the tree counting media
based PAIKEM in teaching and learning. It can be seen from the analysis of data obtained t =
-12.11, p = 0.000. Since p <0.05, it can be concluded that there are significant differences in
numeracy skill of the children after being taught using the tree counting media based
PAIKEM. As a result, Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. It means that there is a
significant difference in children numeracy skill between before and after the experiment by
using tree counting media based PAIKEM. Based on the result of data analysis, it was
obtained that the use of tree counting media based PAIKEM affected to children’s numeracy
skill in 53.03%. Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of tree counting media based
PAIKEM influences children’s numeracy skill.
