Improving the character of Indigenous children in natural schools by implementing play activities

By conducting this research, the aim is to observe and apply play activities to indigenous children in Jambi Indonesia to improve character. This research applies the quarsi experimental method with a sample of 16 indigenous Jambi Indonesian children with certain conditions. The instrument used to determine a child's character is using a questionnaire, which is the collection of data in the form of numbers or figures. Data were analyzed using quantitative t test statistics. The results of the research and data analysis show that the character of indigenous children who were given playing activities showed good results compared to before they were given playing activities with a mean of 185.75 and after being given playing activities it became 192.81 with an increase of 7.062. From these results it can be said that playing activities have a positive impact on the character of indigenous Jambi Indonesian children, with this improvement this will of course become a basis for future research. Keywords: Character, indigenous, play activities