Development of Hand Puppet Learning Media for Fairy Tale Listening Skills in Grade II Elementary School

Abstract

This study aims to develop hand puppet learning media for fairy tale lessons for Grade II elementary school students and to determine the validity and practicality levels of the developed media. The research was conducted at SDN 160 Pekanbaru in 2026. Research subjects included Grade II students and teachers (as users), as well as three validators who assessed language, media, and content aspects. The study employed the Research and Development (R&D) method using the ADDIE model, comprising Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Data were collected through observation, interviews, validation sheets, and teacher and student response questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive quantitative methods, utilizing percentages to determine the media's validity and practicality levels. The resulting product consists of felt hand puppets featuring a rabbit and a turtle as the main characters, accompanied by a banner-style puppet stage and an audio recording of the fable "The Rabbit and the Turtle." Validation results showed an average score of 94.12% (highly valid category) from the linguist, 89.16% (highly valid category) from the media expert, and 84.89% (highly valid category) from the content expert. The combined average validation score was 89.39%, falling into the highly valid category. In student trials, the small group achieved an average score of 87.21% and the large group 87.46%; both were categorized as highly practical. Teacher responses yielded an average of 92.77%, falling into the highly practical category. These results indicate that the developed hand puppet media is suitable for use as an alternative Indonesian language learning medium to support fairy tale listening activities in Grade II elementary school.