Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini di Indonesia: Permasalahan Kurikulum Taman Kanak Kanak

Abstract

The early childhood years are important because in this period all developmental as? pects (physical, emotional, and intellectual) grow at their fullest pace. Unfortunately, parents, society and government (through their sdlool system) in Indonesia show a lack of aware? ness on the importance of giving appropriate early stimulation (formal and also non formal) to children at this age. As a result, treatment to children, in their learning and growing process, tend to be developmentally inappropriate. The current paper tries to examine the importance of giving developmentally appropriate learning environment in kindergarten. The length of the school is only one dimension of the kindergarten experience. Other important issues include the na? ture of the kindergarten curric癮lum and the quality of teaching. Changing the length of the hours spent in kindergarten is not as important as making sure that all kindergarteners are provided with developmentally and individually appropriate learning environment. Developmentally appro? priate kindergarten classroom must have one thing in common: the focus will be on the devel? opment of the child as a whole. Keywords: