BUILDING LITERACY CULTURE THROUGH PARENT INVOLVEMENT ON EARLY AGED CHILDREN IN SUKARAPIH VILLAGE, TAMBELANG, BEKASI, WEST JAVA

Abstract

To build Children habit on read to more frequently at an early age required several efforts. Study has been conducted in Sukarapih Village, Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia to examines the effect of parental involvement on children early aged and the effect of child’s own reading and other cognitive skill. Current condition in Sukarapih Village is children’s literacy skill was still low. Some factors effected this condition are (a) Parents did not encourage their child to reading more books therefore child more interest on gadgets or watching television (b) lack of facilities and infrastructure for early age children to explore book from an early age. Furthermore, Pre school and kindergarden is not available in that village. The approach carried out by activities as follow ( 1)Educated parents how importance of reading from early aged (2)Provide reading book corners so that book access easier for children in village. Evaluation activities conducted and give result children has their own as reading with a maximum frequency 3 books per month, drawing or book coloring with maximum frequency 1-2 times per month, and Learning to Write with maximum frequency activities 4 times per month