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Mathematics is an applicable science and very close to human life, so mathematics is very important to learn from elementary school. However, the mathematics competence of elementary school students in Indonesia is relatively low. One of them is SD IT Cahaya Ummat which is located in Karangjati, Kecamatan Bergas, Kabupaten Semarang, the grade 6 students' average mathematics score is lower than other subjects. So far, learning is still conventional in nature with learning resources in the form of printed books, thus it is necessary to have learning innovations to increase students' interest in learning mathematics.The design of interactive media as a learning aid can be a solution to attract students' attention to be more focused when the teacher explains math material in class. When students feel interested and focused on learning, learning will be more effective so that students' understanding of the material presented by the teacher will also increase.Interactive learning media made with Adobe Flash CS5.5 to combine text, images, sound, and animation will make the application more attractive, so that students are more interested in learning mathematics with statistics material. The results of the validation score obtained from media experts are 34, material experts 39, and users 35, so this learning media product is classified as a very good category, so it is valid to be used.  

The goal to be achieved in research is to make it interactive 2nd semester learning material for Wahyu Hidayah Kindergarten, Pagersari Village. This matter against the background by the medium of learning masish using paper that lacking evision. The purpose of this making use Adobe Flash CS 5 media is to be able to provide convenience in the delivery of learning Interactive multimedia is a media that consists of manyncomponents or media that are connected to one another and are able to interact. Teaching media in the form of interactive multimedia has the ability to save audio visual data, make multimedia especially interactive learning as a supporter of the learning method that was once conveyed through books and direct explanations that are not easily digested by children, so expect the use of interactive CD media that aims to improve learning outcomes can explain that learning media interactive able to provide more interesting and interesting information a lot of fun In collecting data, the method used by the author is by using observation and survey methods. For the making using the Adobe Auditions CS5, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe programs Flash CS5, CorelDraw X5, Format Factory, is expected in the presence of media interactive learning can increase children's interest in learning.