Children Motoric Development Through Variety of Greetings

Abstract

Types of greetings are the kinds of movements that result from the greeting process
in the form of greetings to someone / another person which will have an impact on
the child's motoric skills from the various greeting movements. Variety of greetings
is synonymous with the diversity produced by the greeting itself, thus creating
gestures similar to greetings. The kinds of greetings referred to are in the form of
Assalamu'alaikum, movements of shaking hands, gestures of hugs and clapping
movements. The purpose of this study was to determine children's motoric
development through the application of various greetings at IT Mon Kuta
Kindergarten in Lambhuk Village, Banda Aceh. This is the qualitative research with
a descriptive approach. Data collection techniques namely; through interviews and
observations. The data analysis technique in this study is a collection of data that has
been obtained from the results of children's observations that researchers have done
since the beginning of each aspect of research activities, the results that have been
collected are entered into the observation sheet. The results showed that the
children's motoric development had started well. The motoric development of the
child is done through a variety of ways, namely that the child can mimic movements
and control movements. So, through various greetings activities can develop
children's motoric aspects.