The Effect of Storytelling Picture Book on Reading Readiness of Group B Kindergarten Children in Padang

The purpose of this study to determine the effect of storytelling picturebook activity on the group B children's reading readiness kindergarten in the city of Padang in 2018. The method used an experimental method using a pretest-posttest control group design. Data were analyzed using T test to calculate the two averages. The population of this research is all kindergarten children Group B located in the District of West Padang, Padang city. The sample in this study 18 children in group B TK Negeri II as an experimental group and 18 children in group B TK Aisyiyah 24 JondulRawang as a control group. The results of this study indicate that there are significant differences in reading readiness of children in group B were given treatment by using storytelling picture book by Wordbook, while reading readiness in children given the treatment group B using pictorial word card is not a significant difference.