463 TRADITIONAL GAMES AS AN EFFORT OF IMPLEMENTING MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENT FREDDY WIDYA ARIESTA Bina Nusantara University freddy.ariesta@binus.edu Abstract This study aims to examine the internalization of multicultural education values for children at the primary schools through traditional games. This is motivated by the diversity of cultures, races, languages and religions in Indonesia. Traditional children's games or “dolanan anak” is one of the nation's cultural assets that should be preserved. The games not only provide value for recreation or pleasure it also contains element of cultural values that are identical to multicultural education. These values are cultural heritage, which is full of the meaning of goodness and is useful in developing community life among the children. This article is a study literature that describes the traditional games as an attempt to integrate the values of multicultural education and social capital of the games in internalizing it. This importance is given to children or students of primary schools age so they can understand the diversity of national cultures better and earlier as a medium to foster tolerance and respect in their living environment and the external environment that has a cultural diversity. Keywords: Traditional games, Multicultural education, Primary school INTRODUCTION Childhood is often identified with the world of the play, a stage of great fun for children. Through play activities, a socialization process will be formed early on. Because in children's play activities learn to recognize cultural values and social norms that are reflected in each activity, rules that are needed as a guide for social interaction by the social roles they will later do. Through indirect play activities, children