Abstract

In the field of early childhood education, storytelling ability plays an important role in language development. Storytelling achievements of children could be more optimal. As a result, children need help to express the contents of the stories they have heard. Many children lack focus and concentration when learning to tell stories. Storytelling methods used by teachers, such as hand puppets, picture books, and finger puppets, are less effective in facilitating children’s diverse learning needs. The application of digital books based on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is still unexplored. This research aims to discover how digital books based on UDL can improve children’s storytelling abilities. Quasi-experimental research designs consisting of pre-and post-tests were used for data collection. The collected data were examined for homogeneity and normality. Based on the results of the comparison between t count and t table (df = 38) and probability, it can be concluded that the value of t count is more than t table (5.975 > 2.024) and p value (0.000 < 0.05). The average post-test score is greater than the pretest value. The pretest learning resulted in an average score of 45.63 for experimental class, and the post-test in an average of 85.00. The findings potentially contribute to improving children’s storytelling abilities through use of digital books based on UDL.