Abstract

Literacy is one area of academic skills that can help children learn to read more easily and can influence skills in other academic areas. This study aims to describe the use of smart aprons learning media in teaching early literacy skills in schools that already use it in the Greater Jakarta area. This qualitative descriptive research was carried out in August 2022 with 11 teachers as respondents. Collecting data using observation techniques, interviews, and documentation. The validity of the data is obtained through data triangulation. The results of the study show that the use of smart aprons in literacy teaching is implemented in planning, opening learning activities, explaining activities, and closing learning activities, and is used in reflecting on learning about literacy. Besides being used for teaching literacy, smart aprons are also used to stimulate other aspects of development, such as children's cognitive and gross motor skills. Smart aprons are easy to use, time efficient, and flexible and make children enthusiastic about learning, encourage children's motivation, encourage teacher creativity, and children know something that was not previously known and encourage teacher creativity.
 Keywords: smart apron media, literacy skills, early childhood

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