Fokus pengabdian ini adalah merevitalisasi permainan tradisional sebagai wahana edukasi pembentukan karakter anak sekolah. Bermain bagi anak memiliki arti yang sangat penting diantaranya menstimulasi perkembangan bahasa/kemampuan verbal, mengembangkan keterampilan sosial, dan meningkatkan kemampuan problem solving. Permainan tradisional merupakan suatu permainan warisan nenek moyang yang perlu dilestarikan karena mengandung nilai-nilai kearifan lokal, serta menjadi stimulus membentuk karakter positif anak. Permainan tradisional memiliki aspek motorik, kognitif, emosi, bahasa dan spiritual. Pengabdian ini dilatarbelakangi beberapa persoalan, diantaranya anak cenderung bermain permainan game online yang dapat memicu perilaku agresif, individual, acuh tak acuh dan penurunan sopan santun. Guna mengatasi persoalan tersebut, dalam pengabdian ini dilakukan kegiatan sosialisasi, pendampingan, monitoring dan fasilitasi penyerahan peralatan permainan tradisional Kata kunci: revitalisasi; permainan tradisional; edukasi; karakter; anak EMPOWERMENT OF BASIC SCHOOL 2 MUHAMMADYAH DENPASAR IN REVITALIZATION OF TRADITIONAL GAME AS WAHANA EDUCATION FORMATION OF CHARACTER CHILDREN ABSTRACT The focus of this community is revitalizing traditional games as an educational tool for the formation of schoolchildren's characters. Playing for children has a very important meaning including stimulating language development / verbal ability, developing social skills, and improving problem solving abilities. The traditional game is a game of ancestral heritage that needs to be preserved because it contains the values of local wisdom, as well as being a stimulus to shape the positive character of children. Traditional games have aspects of motor, cognitive, emotion, language and spiritual. This service is motivated by several problems, including children who tend to play online games that can trigger aggressive, individual, indifferent behavior and decline in courtesy. In order to overcome this problem, in this service community activities include socialization, assistance, monitoring and facilitation of the delivery of traditional game equipment. Keywords: revitalization; traditional game; education; character; children
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