Perkembangan Bahasa dengan Metode Bercerita Melalui Boneka Tangan

Language is a tool for communication and is essential for social and cultural reasons. The personal and cultural identity of the child is supported through the use of language. Therefore, parents are the first language teacher for children. The purpose of making this article to discuss the meaning of language and language development of early childhood through the theories of various characters in it. Because language is closely for daily activities. For those, to develop the language in children, parents or teachers can use the method of telling through the hand puppets. In this article I take the thought ofGaynor, 1954, . Wardhaugh, 1982,Finichiaro, 1974, and Sapir, 1979.