THE
IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION Early Childhood
According
to the law 20 Article 1, point 14 of 2003 on Early Childhood Education (ECD) is
a development effort aimed at children from birth to age 6 years conducted
through the provision of educational stimulation to help the growth and
development of the physical and spiritual so that children have the readiness
to enter further education. Education is an important asset for the progress of
a nation, therefore, every citizen is obliged to follow education, better early
childhood education, elementary education, secondary education or higher. In
the field of education a child from birth require appropriate care in
fulfilling the needs of education along with the understanding of the characteristics
of children according to their growth and development will be very helpful in
tailoring the learning process for children with age, needs and conditions of
each, intellectually, emotionally and social. The importance of education for
young children, this is the level of education before primary education, which
is a development efforts aimed at children from birth up to the age of six
years are accomplished by providing stimulation of education to help the growth
and development of the physical and spiritual so that children have
preparedness entering further education, which was held in formal, non-formal
and informal.
Improve
Cognitive Skills, Social and Emotional Learning process is essentially divided
into two concepts which take place simultaneously, namely the learning process
performed by the kindergarten children and the learning process carried out by
educators. Abin Syamsudin Ma'mun (1987: 4) also argued about the learning
process, namely "the learning process can be defined as an interaction
between children and educators in order to achieve the goal of teaching".
The learning activities in kindergarten prioritizing play while learning and
learning while playing. Naturally play to motivate children to learn something
deeper, and spontaneously develop children's abilities. Playing basically
concerned with the process than the results. According to the Opinion Bredekamp
cited by Musitoh (2003: 5) "play is a important vehicle for children,
social, emotional, and cognitive development "facilitate early childhood
.Pendidikan children get the social environment that suited him. Here he can
interact with more peers thus improving social and emotional skills.
Interaction with friends would encourage him to learn to communicate and
express feelings.
Through a variety of teaching
activities, children will begin to develop the cognitive ability to understand
and analyze the problem. By observing children are encouraged to develop
cognitive skills, for example in understanding the nature of the liquid, the
benefits of eating vegetables, about colors, counting objects, and so forth.
The learning activities in
kindergarten prioritizing play while learning and learning while playing.
Naturally play to motivate children to learn something deeper, and spontaneously
develop children's abilities. Playing basically concerned with the process than
the results. According to the Opinion Bredekamp cited by Musitoh (2003: 5)
"play is a important vehicle for children, social, emotional,
and cognitive development ".That is playing an
important vehicle for social development, emotional, and cognitive reflected in
the activities.
Improve
Communication Skills and Language Children will be taught to speak with current
formal language in the classroom. Teachers will also provide guidance on how to
talk nice and polite. Some activities such as playing and singing is also
useful to add child's vocabulary. This will improve speech and language skills.
To develop speaking skills, there are several aspects of speaking skills. Children's
language ability should be optimized based on aspects that support the
improvement of speaking skills. In the optimization speaking skills necessary
instruments to observe the development of early childhood / kindergarten,
refers to the indicators to be developed. According to Harun Rashid (2009: 134)
the ability to say, vocabulary and sentence should be developed instrument for
assessing, so it seems clear about the level of language skills of children.
Meanwhile, according Suhartono (2005: 138) aspects to do with stimulating the
interest of the speaking skills, drills combine the sounds of language,
enriching vocabulary, introduce the sentence through stories and songs, and
introduces the writing symbol.
Improve Physical and Motor Skills Many lessons taught are
encouraging creativity of children through fun activities. Such activity can
improve fine motor skills through activities that rely on the movement of the
fingers such as writing, holding, coloring, etc. They can also improve gross
motor skills through activities that rely on the movement of the hands and feet
such as hitting and kicking.
Following the early childhood classroom to help children
improve physical activity that is rarely done at home. Some activities that
help children move more include gymnastics, sports, play, dance, and so forth.
Early childhood experience physical and motor development, not unless the
development of personality, character, emotional, intellectual, language,
manners, and moral growing by leaps and bounds.
Therefore, if the nation wants intelligent, and noble character (Morality) education should be started from
childhood.
Children
Creativity develop sensitivity to rhythm, tone, various sounds, as well as
creative respect. (Yuliani Conscience, 2011: 42-43). Children who attend early
childhood education classes are more likely to develop creativity. Some of the
activities in the classroom to help children develop their creativity as
playing, singing, composing puzzles, coloring pictures and other so on.In this
stage children begin to learn about what he learned, sensitive to the
environment from what is seen and heard.
Preparing
Children's Mental Taking Formal Education Through early childhood, many parents
feel greatly helped prepare children to enter elementary school. Once entering
formal schooling in elementary school, the child already has sufficient mental
and some basic skills such as holding a pencil, recognize letters and numbers,
lined up, and so forth. In addition to following the children early childhood
can increase confidence. Many of the activities carried out in class that
encourages children to be able to appear as singing, dancing, playing, and
others. from that children already have the knowledge and attitudes that are
ready to follow the formal education better.
Conclusions
Early childhood is the golden age throughout the age range of human
development. This period is a sensitive period, during this period specifically
child easily accept stimulus stimulus from the environment. At this time the
child ready to perform various activities in order to understand and master the
environment. Golden age is a period in which aak start sensitized to accept a
variety of stimulation and a variety of environmental education efforts of both
intentional and unintentional. In this sensitive period occurs maturation of
physical and psychological functions that are ready to respond and to realize
all the tasks developments are expected to emerge in the everyday behavior
patterns.
Early
childhood education is a development effort aimed at children from birth to age
6 years conducted through the provision of educational stimulation to help the
growth and development of children physically and mentally in order to have the
readiness to enter further education.
Education in early
childhood basically covers all efforts and actions of educators and parents in
the process of care, upbringing and education of children by creating an aura
and the environment in which children can explore the experience gives him a
chance to know and understand the learning experience gained from environment,
through observing, imitating and experimenting that goes repeatedly and involve
all the potential and intelligence.
Reference
Yuliani
Conscience. 2011. Basic Concept of Early Childhood Education. Jakarta: Index.
Masitoh et
al. 2005. Learning Strategies kindergarten. Jakarta:
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