Kindergarten Children Research Articles

Kendala-kendala Anak Usia Dini dalam Mengamalkan Al-Qur’an di Era Digital

All Muslims believe that the Koran is the main source of Islamic teachings. The above are mandatory religious teachings, and a person cannot be called a good Muslim if he violates these beliefs. Thus, every Islamic educational institution must truly make the Koran the main material that must be studied. Read or recite the Koran, write, memorize, and be able to practice the religious values contained in the Al-Qur'an. Using the Koran as a guide to life is a competency that Muslim children must have. So what are the obstacles for young children in practicing the Koran? The above is a big problem in this research, the answer to which must be sought through a qualitative approach. The research subjects were 3 teachers and students at Nw Sajang Kindergarten. In order to obtain accurate data, researchers used interview and observation techniques. Based on the results of research and discussions that have been carried out, there are two obstacle factors, namely internal and external factors experienced by Nw Sajang Kindergarten children in learning to practice the Al-Qur'an. Also internal factors are: (1). Lack of concentration. (2). Difficulty reading Arabic letters. (3). Limited understanding of Arabic. (4). Pressure or lack of time for studying religion, especially the Koran. (5). Lack of motivation and strong will from the child. And the external factors are: (1). Environmental disturbances (2). Children play more often. (3). Lack of appropriate learning materials. (4). Children use electronic devices more often when they are at home. And the solution to overcome this obstacle is; increasing concentration, taking an educational game approach, integrated Arabic language teaching, effective time management, providing ongoing motivation, and finally creating a calm learning environment.

Correct Organization and Problems in the Process of Building the Subject-Developmental Environment in the Kindergarten through the Lens of the Competence Approach

In the present work, the influence and stages of the correct organization of the subject-developing environment and its connection with the competence approach in the process of forming the key competences among children in kindergarten are traced. The scientific research reveals the basic principles and stages that are embedded in the fundamental structure of building the subjectdevelopmental environment, as well as the advantages of the competence approach included in the learning process in the preschool stage of education. Models of the types of developmental environments in preschool education are proposed, as well as the stages of building the subject-developmental environment in preschool education. Opinions on the subject are summarized and recommendations are given for the organization of the subject-developmental environment.

Reality of Organizing Meal Times For 3 - 4 Year Olds Kindergarten Children At Some Private Nursing Schools In Thu Dau Mot City

Reality of Organizing Meal Times For 3 - 4 Year Olds Kindergarten Children At Some Private Nursing Schools In Thu Dau Mot City

INDEKS KESEHATAN GIGI SISWA TAMAN KANAK-KANAK DI KELURAHAN MERGOSONO, MALANG

Dental and oral health, especially for children, is often considered a trivial matter. In fact, a healthy oral cavity condition at an early age will support the health of the oral cavity as an adult. The high rate of tooth decay in children should be a concern for parents, teachers and medical personnel. When complex dental and oral abnormalities occur in children, medical treatment causes trauma to their psychological condition, so it is much easier to prevent tooth decay through efforts to improve dental and oral health from an early age. Based on the results of dental and oral screening conducted on kindergarten children in Mergosono, Malang, it was found that the def-t score in children aged 4 years old is in the criteria of high (4,5), 5 years old is very high (7,7) and 6 years old is very high (6,8). The cause of the high incidence of dental caries in kindergarten children is the lack of knowledge about oral health, which can be concluded from the wrong behavior or way of brushing their teeth and the right knowledge about when to brush their teeth. Efforts that can be made to improve this behavior are education which is included in promotive and preventive efforts.

Association between Motor Skills, Occupational Performance, and Mental Health in Japanese Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Correlational Study.

Motor skills have been linked to executive functions (EFs) in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). However, the traits of other neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder, remain overlooked. Therefore, this study explored the association between motor skills, occupational performance, and mental health in older kindergarten children with DCD and other NDDs. Overall, 95 participants aged 5-6 years were included in this study and divided into four groups: DCD traits (DCD-t), DCD-t + NDD traits (DCD-t + NDD-t), NDD-t-only, and typically developing children. Motor skills, EFs, and mental health were assessed using the DCD Questionnaire (DCDQ-J) and Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition, School Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (S-AMPS), and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), respectively. The DCD-t + NDD-t group exhibited a strong correlation between the S-AMPS motor skill score and the DCDQ-J fine motor skill score (r = 0.88, p < 0.001) and between the total DCDQ-J score and the SDQ Total Difficulties Score (r = -0.94, p < 0.001). The findings indicate that children with DCD-t and NDD-t are more likely to experience EF and mental health problems than those with DCD-t only.

Should history education begin in kindergarten?

This ​paper​ presents research related to the perspectives and social representations of both prospective and currently employed educators regarding the ​introduction of​ kindergarten and primary education children to history education. The research was carried out using the Thematic Analysis​ method,​ and ​comprises qualitative data​. The results of this research ​study ​show that educators are influenced by their social representations regarding the type and form of history education, as well as by their education. Social representations shape their perceptions on the ​appropriate ​age for introducing children to history education. This paper presents the theoretical background of the research, its purposes, research strategies, methodology, the results and their analysis, and a final ​section ​for discussion and conclusions.

A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE ON PSYCHOSOMATIC HEALTH OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN IN LITHUANIA: PARENTS’ PERSPECTIVE

Lithuanian society supports Ukraine in its war with Russia. The two countries, Lithuania and Russia (the aggressor in the conflict) share a common border in the southwest of Lithuania, and Lithuanians are aware of the threat of an extended war. However, there is little information about how to discuss the events of the ongoing war with children. The aim of our study, which was conducted during the first months of the war, was to investigate the ways that parents talked about the war with their kindergarten-age children, together with their views on the impact of the war on their children’s emotions, behavior, and psychosomatic health. Parents in 5 kindergartens filled out an anonymous 15-item questionnaire, developed by the authors, through which we collected general data about each respondent and their child, their ways of communicating with the child about war events, and the impact of the war events on the parent and on the child’s emotions, moods, and behavior. Of the 116 parents who filled in the questionnaire, 93 (80.2%) responded that they had not talked about war with their children prior to Russia’s invasion, 44.0% of parents responded that they do not talk about the war in Ukraine with their child, and 57.8% parents indicated that their child had asked them about the war. In regard to the war’s effects on children, significant changes were reported in their behavior, play, and drawing. It is crucial to study the effects the recent war has had on children and find appropriate ways in which parents and educational institutions can contribute to their support. Preschoolers need to be informed and involved in the community life in age-appropriate ways. Drawing and play could be used to create relevant opportunities to talk in age-appropriate ways with preschool children about the ongoing war, to try to understand their perceptions, fears, and imaginings.

The Impact of Reading on Children’s Cognitive and Language Development

Literature has always been regarded as one of the best methods available that can positively influence the development of young preschool and kindergarten children, but also older school kids. However, in order for it to make a significant impact, we need to make sure that the content that is being read is appropriate for the age of the children we are reading to. If young children are exposed to adult literature or such that they cannot understand at their language level, it does not help their language improvement and development. In order for literature to make a full impact on both language and cognitive development, we need to use appropriate materials to reach satisfying results, in this case, genres which have been specifically crafted for the language level of the targeted audience. The aim of this paper was to explore the impact of reading to children (specifically literature designed for their language level) by doing a replication study based on the paper done by Fekonja et al. (2007), analyse the results and compare the two classes on a language measurement scale in order to see the impact of literature on language development. The results showed a significant difference in language development between the two groups, favouring the experimental group, which reinforces the importance of incorporating systematic reading of children’s literature into educational practices.

The effect of the Montessori program using physical activity games in enhancing the sensory-motor perception abilities of kindergarten children aged 5 to 6 years

The research aims to propose an educational approach inspired by Montessori's method using motor games to develop sensory motor skills in children aged (5-6) years, and to identify the impact of using Montessori's method with motor games in developing some cognitive sensory motor skills for children. The experimental method was used with the matched group design. The sample represented children from the Braum Al-Amal Nursery in Basra, who were selected to take the Haywood test to measure cognitive sensory motor abilities. It was concluded that Montessori's method using motor games contributed to the development of sensory motor skills and helped in enhancing overall and partial visual perception for children. The child learned about parts of the body, distinguished between body sides, and helped in enhancing balance and spatial awareness. The method also aided in teaching the child how to determine location. It was recommended to benefit from the Montessori method in developing motor and cognitive abilities, and to introduce specific courses for preschool teachers in teaching the Montessori method. Key words: Montessori method, motor games, sensory motor perception, preschool education, teaching methods

About the (un)acceptability of working in the presence of the child: parents’ constructions of the child and corresponding parental responsibilities

The work-family literature suggests a contradictory relationship between working parenthood and (good) childhood, with disruptive or neglected children on the one side and absent or overburdened parents on the other. While the child occupies a complicated space in this relation, their position is rarely examined. Against this background, I explore the position of the child by turning to children’s co-presence during parents’ performance of home-based paid work and ask how parents construct the child and their corresponding parental responsibilities. Following a practice-theoretical framework, I approach parents’ accounts as practices of representation in which the boundaries of what was perceived as (not) acceptable ways of doing family and work were sketched out.For this purpose, I analysed 25 qualitative interviews with and about home-based working parents in the Austrian creative industries with positional maps. The parents had between one and three children in kindergarten or primary school.Parents’ constructions of the child were complex and ambiguous, as were the corresponding parental responsibilities. Meeting the child’s needs and not harming the child emerged as a common ground, yet the parents’ commitment to paid work was not questioned. Conversely, home-based work was seen as a way to meet both work and care demands. These findings suggest that home-based work may bridge ideas of good childhood and working parenthood. The paper contributes to an understanding of work and family that goes beyond simple dualism and offers new insights into parental home-based work, which remains relevant in the post-pandemic era.

The Effectiveness of a Therapeutic Program Based on Musical Songs in Alleviating the Phenomenon of Social Shyness Among Kindergarten Children

The Effectiveness of a Therapeutic Program Based on Musical Songs in Alleviating the Phenomenon of Social Shyness Among Kindergarten Children

Pembelajaran Menanam Padi untuk Melatih Motorik Halus pada Anak Usia Dini

The research aims to develop fine motor skills in only childhood trought rice planting activities at the TA Sanggar Anak Alam (SALAM) located in Nitiprayan village, kasihan,bentul, a village located on the border of the Yogyakarta district and Bantul district. With a total of 29 students. Fine motor skills, namely this movements, will coordinate the eyes and hands in a fairly good movement control which allows them to carry out precision and precision in small muscle movements. Learning activities to plant rice for kindergarten aged children’s fine motor skills aim to hone children’s motor coordination skills.

The effectiveness of multimedia use in relieving separation anxiety among first level kindergarten children from mothers viewpoint

The aim of this study was to determine the level of separation anxiety among children in the first level of kindergarten from the perspective of mothers , as well as the effect of multimedia use on relieving this anxiety and the effect of variable (gender) on the level of separation anxiety among children in the first level of kindergarten. The researcher used an experimental approach , the research community was the (Kazewa) kindergarten in the western education directorate in the center of Sulaimaniyah.The sample of study were purposely selected (30) children in the first level of kindergarten. The tool used was a survey form answered by the mothers of children. The results of study showed that the level of separation anxiety among children in the first level of kindergarten was high. there was a statistically significant difference between the pretest and the posttest ,and the difference was in favor of the posttest. This showed the effect of multimedia use on the relief of separation anxiety among the children in the study sample , as it was found that the variable (gender) has no role on the level of separation anxiety among the children in the sample.

Training kindergarten children on learning from their mistakes.

This study investigated whether feedback on their errors and speed improves kindergarten children's performance in an executive function (EF) task. Children from Switzerland (N = 213, 49% female, Mage = 6.4 years) were tested in the Hearts and Flowers task pre- and post-training and trained either on a variant of this task with (n = 71) or without feedback (n = 72), or on a control learning task (n = 70). The feedback group performed more efficiently than the no-feedback group during the intervention and partially also in the post-test. Both EF training groups performed more efficiently than the control group in the post-test. These results suggest that kindergarten children detect and monitor their errors and even get better at it given the opportunity to practice. Moreover, they benefit additionally from external feedback. Integrating feedback into computerized cognitive training (and learning apps) could be a potential avenue for interventions in school settings.

The relationship between metacognitive monitoring, non-verbal intellectual ability, and memory performance in kindergarten children

When assessing their certainty, children are often poor at accurately monitoring their level of learning. The study examined the relationships between memory performance, intellectual ability, and metacognitive monitoring accuracy in kindergarten children. We also explored whether specific thresholds in memory performance and non-verbal intellectual ability influence metacognitive monitoring accuracy to identify group-specific patterns that might be masked by an overall linear analysis. We assessed the monitoring discrimination of 290 kindergarteners (Mage 6 years) using a paired-associates learning task. Results showed small correlations between task performance, intellectual ability, and metacognitive monitoring. Non-verbal intellectual ability provided explanatory value for monitoring accuracy beyond memory performance. We observed group-specific results consistent with the unskilled-and-unaware effect; children with the highest memory skills were more effective at discriminating between correct and incorrect answers than their peers with the lowest memory skills. However, kindergarteners with the highest non-verbal intellectual abilities did not demonstrate greater cognitive adaptability in novel tasks, as their monitoring accuracy was comparable to that of peers with average or lower intellectual abilities. Findings indicate that both task performance and non-verbal intellectual ability are relevant for monitoring accuracy, but the impact of non-verbal intellectual ability was less significant than anticipated. The modest correlation suggests that kindergarteners' non-verbal intellectual ability and metacognitive monitoring abilities operate relatively independently.

The effectiveness of a project- based learning strategy in developing some analytical thinking skills for a kindergarten child

The effectiveness of a project- based learning strategy in developing some analytical thinking skills for a kindergarten child

The Impact of Folklore-Based Storytelling on Empathy Behavior in Kindergarten Children

The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of using folklore as a storytelling method on the empathy behavior of children in Group B kindergarten. The study uses quantitative methods, specifically the Non-Equivalent Control Group Design technique, involving Group B Harapan Gandok Bopkri Kricak Kindergarten. The sample consists each of 10 childrens in the experimental group and in the control group, selected using total sampling strategy. This study analyzed the data on behavioral empathy gathered through observation using the Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney tests. The results showed that the pretest score for the experimental class was 15,50. After the treatment, the score increased to 28,70. In comparison, the control class had a pretest score of 16.10 and a posttest score of 16,90. The Wilcoxon test yielded a score of Asymp.Sig (2-tailed) = 0.005. The hypotheses test conducted resulted in a significant score of 0.005, which means that Ho is rejected (p 0.05). This study's conclusion can help other schools helped the problems that students going through.

The Influence Of Interactive Learning Media To Increase Learning Motivation And Learning Outcomes For Early Childhood

Specific learning objectives, pedagogical approaches, and the overall learning environment must be taken into account when assessing the impact of interactive media on student motivation and learning outcomes. Learning media have a major influence on children's ability to understand the material presented. This is because the media used is able to provide a real and concrete understanding of the message so that the message conveyed is clearer and deeper The research design used causal quantitative by administering a pretest posttest to young children in Labschool Kindergarten with a number of 25 objects, analysis using the SPSS version 24 program. Based on the summary of the results of the hypothesis test as shown in Table 3 with the results in the first hypothesis test P Value of 0.073 means P&gt; 0.05, in the second hypothesis test P Value of 0.078 means P&gt; 0.05 and in the third hypothesis test P Value is 0.065 means p&gt; 0.05 then in all these tests the zero hypothesis is rejectedThe findings support the hypothesis that interactive multimedia has a positive effect on student motivation and learning outcomes in special subjects on the theme of Introduction to Pancasila in Kindergarten. IKIP PGRI Labschool keyword. interactive learning media, motivation, and learning outcomes

Practices of Kindergarten Teachers in Discovering Gifted Children according to the Standards of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) in Kuwait

This study aimed to verify the practices of kindergarten teachers in discovering gifted children in government kindergartens in Kuwait in accordance with the standards of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), and to identify the obstacles facing the practices of kindergarten teachers in discovering gifted children. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the descriptive survey method. The study data were collected through a questionnaire designed by the researcher, on a sample of 307 teachers. The results of the study showed that the most prominent practices of the teachers were the achievement of the third standard: learning environments and the first standard: assessment, with a high score, surpassing the second standard: planning of educational curricula and teaching methods, which received a medium score. The study recommended working to develop specialized programs to care for and develop the abilities of gifted children, and to pay attention to enhancing effective communication between those responsible for educating gifted children in the upper administrations and the field in the stage of government kindergartens in Kuwait.

A Real-Time System for Monitoring Vital Signs to Protect Kids' Health

Strengthening healthcare services is the first step to improving children's lives, and improving primary healthcare is a key part of this. Individuals can be involved in their healthcare by using personal health information systems, which provide engaging medical tools to the public. Our goal is to provide a smart system with a GSM network that can fully monitor the health and safety of kindergarten children. This system works using GSM technology, a computer, temperature and heartbeat sensors, and an LCD screen. When the system detects an odd temperature or heart rate, it immediately alerts the parents through the GSM network. Our younger students' health and safety are protected by this reliable method, which works well for kids of all ages and has been thoroughly tested and proven