The Development Of Children’s Story Book Media Based On Oral Story Of Local Tradition To Support The Literacy Program For Kindergarten Level

Abstract

Reading is one of the most fundamental skills a child needs to learn to succeed in life. Developing good reading habits is vital to your child’s future not just academically, but  in  everyday  life  as  well.  It  is  responsible  of  all  parties  ,  parents,  school  and government or child care observer in improving the ability children’s reading . In the other hand, there are large number of children’s story books  which are labeled according to the age and level of the child’s own development, but in fact  incompatible with their age.  The  children’s  story  books  in  the  form  of  short  stories,  novels  or  comics  are dominated by foreign markets such as Walt Disney series, Japan comics series , and many more. This is one of the reasons why the theme of this study is selected .  Children need to be  given  reading  materials  that  are  appropriate       with  their  age  and  closed  to  their tradition so  young learners  have a responsibility towards the surrounding environment and          they also grow their love for the region they live in. One of the best resources for reading material is story book based on oral story of local tradition.The purpose of this research is         to develop the  oral story of local tradition from Samiran village, Selo sub- district, Central Java to     supporting the literacy  program especially in  reading. The research applied was Research and Development and located in Samiran village Central Java.  The subjects of this study was 20  children in Pertiwi Kindergarten  Samiran, level Kindergarten B at the aged of 5 – 6 year.