THE FAMILY LITERACY MOVEMENT IN STRENGTHENING EARLY CHILDREN'S BASIC LITERACY

Abstract

As the first educational institution for children, the family becomes a place for learning for children. The character, intelligence, and development of children are formed and built from the family. The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the process of literacy movement in the family in order to strengthen children's basic literacy skills. This type of research is field research using descriptive qualitative methods. Where the data obtained through interviews, observation, and documentation. The data analysis used is using reduction techniques, data presentation, verification and drawing conclusions. The results of this study indicate that the family literacy movement carried out by parents at home in order to strengthen early childhood basic literacy is carried out by providing reading materials for children (storybooks, magazines, comics), story time, provision of study time, provision of media playing and learning for children, parents become role models and collaboration between the community and the school. The family literacy movement has major implications for children's development, especially in terms of cognitive and affective development where children with high literacy levels excel more in school and have self-confidence and are good at socializing.