On curiosity to introduce mathematics in early childhood

Abstract

The aimed of this study is to find the children curiosity in the learning process introducing mathematics and how the teacher foster children's curiosity. This study used a descriptive qualitative method. Data collection used, observation, interview, video. This article tells about the part of the data collection by interview kindergarten teachers consist of six teachers from be of the different schools. Two teachers were interviewed in each school. The guide interview made consists of five questions, which have been validated by peer review and experts. The results of this study indicate that children's curiosity is high in the learning process of mathematics because children have a sense of curiosity about what has just been seen, it needs a teacher's effort, so the children always interested in learning, the teacher needs to create creative media in order to avoid children boredem and the child's curiosity remains.