Educational game methods of attaching images to slide calendar towards school-age children’s knowledge and attitudes on choosing healthy snacks

Introduction: There are several problems of fulfilling nutrition that disrupts health, growth, and development in children. There is no knowledge in children that resulting they consume unhealthy snacks. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of educational game methods of attaching images to slide calendar towards school-age children’s knowledge and attitudes on choosing healthy snacks. Method: This study was a quantitative study design with quasi experiment approach. There were 47 respondents selected in the treatment group and the control group, by using the method of educational game tools towards their knowledge and attitudes. The instruments used in this study were educational tools of attaching images to slide calendar and a modified questionnaire about attitudes and knowledge. Data analysis used the Mann Whitney test and the Wilcoxon signed rank test. Results: The results showed there was a significant difference (p≤ 0.05) in the level of knowledge between the treatment and control groups after treatment. Whereas the attitude between the treatment and control groups after treatment resulted no significant difference (p≥ 0.05). Conclusion: The educational tools methods of attaching images to slide calendar had an influence on increasing the knowledge of choosing healthy snacks in school-age children. Children did not experience changes in attitude of choosing healthy snacks, but children would increase their knowledge with the method of attaching images to slide calendar.