The Effectiveness of The Use of The "Kartubarpel" Media in Learning Calistung Mentally Disabled Children Based on Learning to Play in "Tunas Kasih" SLB Lidah Kulon Surabaya

The use of learning media is very helpful in learning activities, especially for children with special needs (ABK), especially mentally disabled children. The purpose of this paper is to describe the effectiveness of reading, writing and counting (CALISTUNG) learning media for mentally retarded children learning while playing at SLB Tunas Kasih Lidah Kulon Surabaya. The research method used in this paper is literature research, whose data is sourced from reports on the results of research on the development of learning media. The research was conducted at the Surabaya Tunas Kasih Lidah SLB and the results were reported to the Unitomo Research Institute Surabaya. The props are in the form of syllable cards, word cards, picture cards, dominoes, and snake ladders. The mean increase in the value of reading, writing and counting from pretest to posttest was 26.2, 10.1 and 12.0 respectively. The average effectiveness of the three learning media is 51%. Thus, it can be concluded that reading, writing and arithmetic teaching aids (CALISTUNG) can be used, provided that further development is needed, in order to achieve higher effectiveness. This media is also useful for developing other abilities such as listening, social emotional, and fine motor skills because it is applied with a learning model while playing. This media can also be applied to learning various other themes and sub-themes.