Journal of Computer Science Advancements Journal of Computer Science Advancements, 1(2) - April 2023 113-123 Number Board Media To Stimulate Symbolic Thinking Ability In Children 5-6 Years Old Ipah Saripah 1 , Imam Tabroni 2 , Gonzales Armando 3 , Lucas Maria 4 1 Universitas Bunga Bangsa Cirebon, Indonesia 2 Universitas Bunga Bangsa Cirebon, Indonesia 3 European University Insitute, Italy 4 Khatolieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Corresponding Author: Ipah Saripah E-mail; Ipahsaripah1183@gmail.com Article Information: Received April 10, 2023 Revised April 19, 2023 Accepted April 21, 2023 ABSTRACT The child will experience a very important golden period and cannot be missed until he is 3 years old. The reason is that during these times, children's cognitive abilities are still growing and developing rapidly. In fact, about 80% of children's cognitive skills occur optimally in the first 3 years of life, and up to 90% of their abilities will continue to develop until they reach the age of 5 years. Media is a tool that can be used as an intermediary in stimulating all aspects of development in early childhood, both aspects of moral and religious values, physical-motor aspects, language aspects, social-emotional aspects and cognitive aspects. To stimulate all aspects of early childhood development cannot be separated from learning media because for early childhood learning is done through playing using learning media both real media, audio media, visual media, surrounding environmental media and audio visual media, so that learning activities for children early age runs effectively. This article will discuss how the influence of the number board media in stimulating the symbolic thinking skills of children aged 5-6 years in Sumurugul Village Keywords: Age 5-6 Years, Number Board, Symbolic Thinking Journal Homepage https://journal.ypidathu.or.id/index.php/jnhl This is an open access article under the CC BY SA license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ How to cite: Saripah, I., Tabroni, I., Armando, G., Maria. (2023). Number Board Media To Stimulate Symbolic Thinking Ability In Children 5-6 Years Old. Journal of Computer Science Advancements, 1(2). 113-123. https://doi.org/10.55849/jsca.v1i2.476 Published by: Yayasan Pendidikan Islam Daarut Thufulah INTRODUCTION According to Trianto there are several aspects of development that must be developed in every learning process in early childhood education (Adelantado-Renau, 2019; Adhia, 2019; Afifi, 2019), one of which is the achievement of development in the cognitive field. Cognitive development can be stimulated by various innovative learning methods and media. One of them with the number board media.