The Effects of Storytelling Activities Management on Inferring Ability of Preschool Children at Wat Phumriang School in Surat Thani Province

Abstract

The purposes of this research were (1) to study the ability to infer of preschool children before and after the experiment (2) to compare the ability to infer before and after the storytelling activities. The sample consisted of 23 preschool children aged 5-6 years in kindergarten year 3 in the second semester of the academic year 2019 at Wat Phum Riang School Surat Thani Province, obtained by group randomization. The research instruments were (1) the storytelling activity plans and (2) the inferring ability of preschool children test. The statistics employed for data analysis were mean, standard deviation, and t-test.

Research findings showed that (1) the inferring ability of preschool children was higher after the experiment and (2) the inferring ability of the children after participated in the storytelling activities was significantly higher.