This study aims to determine the increase in children's emotional social development through the method of playing hand puppets to the group. The method used in this research is classroom action research. After analyzing the data, the researcher obtained the following conclusions (1) the preparation of children's social emotional learning planning through the method of playing hand puppets was classified as good, this result was based on the observer's evaluation of the teacher's ability to prepare the learning plan to increase. the average value of cycle i is 76.03 and cycle ii reaches 90.58 up 14.28 from cycle 1; 2) the process of implementing learning through the method of playing hand puppets has increased, this is supported by the ability of teachers to carry out learning the better. the results of the observer's assessment of the teacher's performance in the learning process in cycle i, which was 85.55, and in cycle II it reached 92.77, up 7.22 from cycle i; 3) the increase in children's emotional social development can be said to be successful, this is based on the results of filling out the questionnaire of the child's emotional social development in each cycle experiencing an increase in results. the average value of child development in cycle i is 72.50 then in cycle ii it reaches an average of 93.33.
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
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