TEACHER'S STRATEGY IN DEVELOPING SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE CHILDREN IN RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES AT RADEN FATAH KINDERGARTEN CIMANGGU, CIMANGGU DISTRICT, CILACAP REGENCY

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out about the teacher's strategy in developing children's spiritual intelligence, especially in religious activities in Raden Fatah Kindergarten Cimanggu. Raden Fatah Kindergarten is one of the kindergartens in the Cimanggu sub-district which has more value in the religious field. This research uses a type of field research and also uses a qualitative approach which is presented in the form of descriptive analysis. Data were obtained by interview, observation, and documentation methods, and data analysis techniques using data reduction, data presentation, and verification. The results of the study show that in developing spiritual intelligence there are several teacher strategies in developing spiritual intelligence in children, namely reading prayers before and after learning, reading hadiths, reading blessings on the prophet, and also reading asmaul husna, habituating Duha prayers, knowing and writing letters hijaiyah, memorizing short letters of the Qur'an (tahfiz), Friday blessings (infak), commemorating Islamic holidays. And after participating in these activities children experience development little by little over time.