Characters of Early Childhood Independence in Children's Storybooks Fairy Tales Main Characters of Independent Early Childhood

Abstract

Independence is one of the most important aspects of early childhood development. Independence refers to a child's ability to perform daily tasks independently, such as taking care of themselves, organizing activities, and making decisions. This study aims to provide an understanding and describe the independent characters of early childhood in children's storybooks Fairy Tales of the Main Characters of Independent Early Childhood. The need to collect data and sources of information is done by reading and recording. The author reads the children's storybook Fairy Tales of the Main Characters of Independent Early Childhood as a whole and then records the sources of information needed to understand and analyze directly related to the independence of early childhood in the story. Furthermore, data analysis is carried out by collecting, conceptualizing, and sorting or filtering relevant data.  From these activities, researchers will find important information or data and will conclude the results and discussion. The results showed that there are independent characters in the storybook Fairy Tales of the Main Characters of Independent Early Childhood, namely: Independent Learning Alone, Independent Bathing Alone, Independent Sleep Alone, Independent Eating Alone, and Independent in Responsibility.