THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD CHILDREN’S LISTENING SKILLS BY MAKING USE OF RIDDLE-PUZZLE GAME ACTIVITIES WITH PARENTAL PARTICIPATION

Abstract

The objectives of this research were l) to compare early childhood children’s pretest and posttest listening skills by making use of Riddle-puzzle game activities with parental participation and 2) to study the parents’ satisfaction with the development of the early childhood children’s listening skills by making use of riddle-puzzle game activities. The target group consisted of 14 early childhood children, aged 5-6 years old, who were studying in K-2 Class at Ban Nongbuanoi School, under the Office of Khon Kaen Primary Education Service Area 1 during the 2020 school year. Research instruments included: 1) 5 lesson plans based on riddle-puzzle game activities with parental participation, 2) an early childhood listening skills measurement scale and 3) an assessment form for measuring the parents’ satisfaction with the development of their children’s listening skills basing on riddle-puzzle game activities.  The collected data were analyzed by means of arithmetic mean, percentage, standard deviation and a t-test. Results of the study show that: 1) The early childhood children’s posttest listening skills, after having gone through the riddle-puzzle game activities with parental participation, were significantly higher than their pretest one at the level of 0.05, 2) The parents expressed their satisfaction with the development of their children’s listening skills, based on the riddle-puzzle game activities with parental participation, at the “highest” level on every aspect (= 4.73).