The effect of using board game for young children: Community unit through executive functioning skills in Anubarn Kalasin school Muang Kalasin district, Kalasin

Abstract

          This research aims to 1) study a series of board game activities for early childhood. Our Community Learning Unit affects the development of executive functions (EF) 2) to compare scores of executive functions (EF) of early childhood before and after the use of board game activity series for early childhood, our community learning units of kindergarten children in year 2/5, Kalasin Kindergarten, Mueang Kalasin District, Kalasin Province, Semester 2, Academic Year 2021. Kindergarten children in year 2/5 in the trial group (n=13) use a series of board game activities. Kindergarten children in year 2/3 in the control group (n=13) provide instruction in accordance with normal routines. Research tools include a plan to use a series of board game activities, an administrative thinking skill measure (EF) of early childhood, a basic skill group, statistics used to analyze data, including averages, and standard deviations.
          The results show that 1) a series of board games for early childhood, our community learning units develope executive functions (EF), finding that the post-trial scores of the trial group differed from those of the control group. Overall, after the event, the average was 151.08 (= 151.08) out of a total of 160 points, with a standard deviation of 0.51 (S.D. = 0.51) for memory skills to use. An average of 56.15 (= 56.15) represented 93.59 percent, standard deviations of 1.46 (S.D. = 1.46) were the most average, and the contemplative skills had an average of 46.15 (= 46.15), representing 92.31 percent, standard deviations of 1.77 (S.D. = 1.77), respectively. Our community learning units of kindergarten students in year 2/5 had an Executive Functions (EF) score, a baseline skills group of experimental groups, increased than before the event by using a series of board game activities for early childhood. Overall, after the normal teaching activities of the control group increased than before normal teaching activities, the trial group found that the trial group had a higher overall score of administrative thinking skills (EF) than the control group. Using a series of board game activities for early childhood Our community learning unit, developed in this research, can promote some aspects of administrative thinking of early childhood students. Keywords: Executive Functioning Skills, Board Games, Young children