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Memory plays an important role in every psychological and cognitive functions which influence their ability to memorize the lessons. The Educational Kinesiology program called Brain Gym is reported as simple movements that can help to coordinate the body and brain thus can improve concentration and memory in children. This was an experimental research with one group pretest-posttest design to investigate the effect of Brain Gym on the memory of kindergarten students. Data collection method used in this study is carried out by Pictorial test that matches the characteristics of early childhood. The test was divided into pretest, which was a test carried out before the subjects were given the Brain Gym treatment and posttest, which was a test carried out after the subjects were being given the Brain Gym treatment. Data analysis used to compare the results of memory score before and after the Brain Gym treatment which shown the positive memory score improvement result by average. The average memory score of subjects before being given Brain Gym treatment was 57.5, while the average memory score of subjects after being given Brain Gym treatment was 77.5. The results of the SPSS analysis Paired Sample T Test on the pretest-posttest value of the experimental among subjects yielded the -t count <-t table (-3.501 <-2,093) with the significant value produced was 0.02 <0.05 which is stated in conclusion that Brain Gym affects the memory of kindergarten students.