Abstract
Education has a role, namely to develop all the potential of students, the language skills of a child can be observed through language understanding. The bingo game is an activity that can be used according to a theme or subject. This study aims to determine the effect of bingo on the ability to understand language in children aged 4-5 years in Kampung Jawa 1 Village, Pariaman City.This type quantitative research quasi-experimental method with a prettest and postest design. The population were children aged 4-5 years in the family of the village of Kampung Jawa 1 with 15 populations. The sample of this study took 5 children selected from RT 03, the technique sampling was purposive sampling. Data analysis used paired sample t-test. Based on the results of research before being given action (pretest) the ability to understand children's language is dominated by sufficiently capable catogy, namely (60%), after being given action (posttest) the ability to understand children's language is dominated by capable and very capable catogy, namely (60%) and there is an effect of play. bingo in the ability to understand language in children. Sig 0.009 <0.05. It is recommended that parents and AUD educators be able to use bingo games and develop language comprehension skills in children
Keywords: Bingo Games, Language Skills, 4-5 Years Old Children