THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTRAPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH COLOUR-MIXING CREATIVITY

Abstract

Intrapersonal intelligence is one of the intelligence that needs to be developed in early childhood. This can be seen at a person's ability to be sensitive to their feelings themselves. The observation of the activities of colourmixing on children in kindergarten Al Azhar Banda Aceh revealed that the ability of children to recognize colours was still low. This study aims to describing the development of intrapersonal intelligence on early childhood through colour mixing creativity. The study used classroom action research that was conducted in two cycles. Subjects were young children aged 5-6 years amounted to 34 children, 18 boys and 16 girls. Data were collected through observation and performance. The results showed that intrapersonal intelligence of children in pre-cycle, cycle 1 and cycle 2 increased significantly. It was concluded thatcolourmixing creativity can develop intrapersonal intelligence of children. Educators can use creativecolour mixing activities to enhance confident children.