Abstract
This article was intended to reveal the importance of parental awareness in understanding children's growth and development. Parents is the first education place and the teacher is the second for early childhood. This descriptive qualitative research was conducted in a case study. Data were obtained by observation and interview with parents and teachers. The results of this study were (1) The role of parents in stimulating children's cognitive development was as: (observers, motivators, facilitators, education place, and problem solvers); (2) Impact of parents' role on children's cognitive development was the children were motivated to learn at home, became more critical and active, experienced improvement in achieving learning outcomes, were able to express their ideals and to bring up character of responsibility and confidence.
Highlights
This article was intended to reveal the importance of parental awareness in understanding children's growth and development
This descriptive qualitative research was conducted in a case study
Data were obtained by observation and interview with parents and teachers
Summary
- Mengkalsifikasikan benda berdasarkan warna, bentuk, dan ukuran (3 variasi). Menurut Nurtaniawati dalam Beaty, ia mengemukakan beberapa hal yang dapat guru lakukan dalam menstimulasi perkembangan kognitif anak diantaranya (Nurtaniawati, 2017): 1) Membantu anak dalam bertanya dan menjawab pertanyaan dengan menggunakan daya imajinasi dan rasa ingin tahu anak, 2) Membantu anak dalam mengembangkan konsep yang terdiri dari konsep bentuk, warna, ukuran, pola dan angka, 3) Membantu anak dalam belajar dunia sekitar dengan memberikan pengalaman langsung, belajar dengan hand on experience. Dengan bermain dapat membuka kesempatan bagi anak untuk mempelajari banyak hal yang beragam seperti mengenal berbagai bentuk, warna, dan ukuran (Indrijati, 2016). Selain itu bermain juga dapat mengaktifkan seluruh panca indera anak, dengan demikian, bermain merupakan salah satu cara yang efektif untuk menstimulasi aspek kognitif anak
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