ABSTRACT
Indonesia is an archipelago country consisting of 17,504 islands spread throughout 34 provinces, one of which is West Nusa Tenggara Province. Indonesia is also a country rich in traditional games because it has more than 1,340 ethnic groups. If it is assumed that one ethnic group has only two traditional games, then in Indonesia there will be around 2,680 types of traditional games. Traditional games are games that develop from generation to generation and usually contain elements of education that can stimulate aspects of child development such as motor skill, cognitive ability, language, social-emotional, creativity, and character. This article describes the perceptions of kindergarten teachers about the use of traditional games in the learning process in kindergarten. The research used a descriptive qualitative paradigm with interviews and was conducted from July to October 2018. The research subjects were 100 kindergarten teachers in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province. The results of the study show that the use of traditional games in learning in kindergarten is only enriching and is not optimal and needs to be encouraged so that traditional Indonesian games, especially in NTB, can be preserved and empowered to stimulate aspects of child development.
