Introduction of the Surrounding Environment to Stimulate Naturalist Intelligence of Early Childhood

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to stimulate the naturalist intelligence of early childhood through the introduction of the surrounding environment. The sample in this study was 10 children aged 5-6 years in group B in a kindergarten in Padang. This research uses a quantitative approach with a pre-experimental type and the design used is one group pretest-posttest. Data collection was obtained from observation and documentation, then the data was processed using paired sample t-test analysis techniques. The results showed that the introduction of the surrounding environment can stimulate the naturalist intelligence of children aged 5-6 years. This is known from the results of the paired sample t-test obtained, where the significance value of 0.025 is smaller than the error level of 0.05 (0.025 <0.05). Based on these results it can be stated that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted which means the child's naturalist intelligence increases with the introduction of the surrounding environment.