<![CDATA[The research objectives to be achieved in this study are to describe the language skills of early childhood children as well as teacher performance through Punakawan puppet media in group A at RA Mansyaul Huda. Classroom Action Research using 2 cycles, each cycle consists of planning, implementation, observation and reflection stages. The subjects of this study were group A RA Mansyaul Huda which consisted of 12 children. Data were obtained through observation, documentation, and portfolios. Data analysis used descriptive percentage analysis. Conclusion: the results of the study are that children's language development in cycle I conditions in the category of developing according to expectations (BSH), has increased from the pre-cycle condition, namely 2 (two) children with a percentage of 17% to 3 (three) children with a percentage of 25%. The category of developing very well (BSB) from pre-cycle 1 (one) child to 2 (children) cycle I. While the data on children who are starting to develop (MB) in pre-cycle 2 (children) conditions with a percentage of 17% to cycle I is still the same 2 (two) children. The results in cycle II showed that there were no more data on children who were still not developing (BB). Meanwhile, there were 4 (four) children who had started to develop (MB) in their language development or with a percentage of 33.4%. The language development ability expected by the teacher in the conditions of cycle II in the category of developing according to teacher expectations (BSH) had increased to 7 (seven) children from the first and second meeting activities or with a percentage of 58.3%. Meanwhile, the data obtained for children who were developing very well (BSB) were 3 (children) with a percentage of 25%. The teacher's performance in the learning process carried out in cycle I, activity 1, the number of scores obtained was good, then increased in activity 2 to cycle 2, namely with a very good value.]]>
