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the importance of children's literature in supporting the development of literacy, character, and imagination in the digital era. Children's literature has unique characteristics and must be adapted to the world and stage of psychological development of children. As prospective elementary school educators, understanding the theory and genre of children's literature is important in selecting and delivering appropriate reading materials. This study examines the theory of children's literature according to experts, the classification and characteristics of various genres of children's literature such as fairy tales, fables, myths and legends, children's poetry, picture stories, children's novels, fantasy, and realistic fiction. Each genre is discussed by prioritizing the educational and moral functions contained, and is equipped with examples of relevant children's literature. With this approach, this paper aims to provide prospective teachers with a comprehensive understanding of the use of children's literature in an interesting and meaningful learning process.    

the importance of children's literature in supporting the development of literacy, character, and imagination in the digital era. Children's literature has unique characteristics and must be adapted to the world and stage of psychological development of children. As prospective elementary school educators, understanding the theory and genre of children's literature is important in selecting and delivering appropriate reading materials. This study examines the theory of children's literature according to experts, the classification and characteristics of various genres of children's literature such as fairy tales, fables, myths and legends, children's poetry, picture stories, children's novels, fantasy, and realistic fiction. Each genre is discussed by prioritizing the educational and moral functions contained, and is equipped with examples of relevant children's literature. With this approach, this paper aims to provide prospective teachers with a comprehensive understanding of the use of children's literature in an interesting and meaningful learning process.    

Art cannot be separated from human life, including in the stages of childhood development. In addition to having aesthetic values, art also plays an important role in inspiring children's creativity and imagination. Early Childhood Education (PAUD), as a pioneer in the national education process, has a role in developing children's potential from various aspects, such as cognitive, language, art, morals, religion, movement, and socio-emotional. One important aspect in children's physical development is motor development, both gross and fine motor skills. One form of effective stimulus in developing children's motor skills is through learning dance. Dance provides space for children to practice body movement coordination, balance, and muscle strength, while stimulating self-expression. The basic elements in dance, such as movement, energy, space, and time, play an important role in supporting children's creativity in expressing themselves through body movements. Therefore, dance is one of the effective media in supporting children's motor development and creativity as a whole.

The school's fifth-grade kids receive jumputan batik instruction with the goal of enhancing both their creative abilities and extracurricular accomplishments. One batik-making technique that makes use of the tie-dye procedure is jumputan batik. Jumputan batik is made by tying thread in specific areas of the material and then dipping it in dye to create a unique design. In order to ensure that activities may be carried out efficiently and have the greatest possible influence on students' development, the process of carrying out this community service is structured from planning to evaluation. As a result, kids are able to freely and creatively express themselves through art-related activities. Students can make their own designs and patterns when making jumputan batik, which promotes original and creative thinking. The ability to create original designs is made possible by the jumputan batik process, which incorporates tie-dye elements. Pupils can use their imagination to create motifs, patterns, and color combinations that represent their own personalities and concepts. Students' critical and creative thinking abilities are greatly enhanced by this creative process. According to the findings, students now possess much greater creativity, self-confidence, discipline, and teamwork. In addition to teaching pupils traditional batik techniques, this instruction aids in the development of social and character traits that will benefit them greatly throughout their life. It is anticipated that by exposing more students to Indonesian art and culture, this instruction would be expanded and perpetuated. It is anticipated that by exposing more students to Indonesian art and culture, this instruction would be expanded and perpetuated.

Poetry creation as an activity that is very close to the participation of the soul in expressing all ideas. Of course, to express ideas and inspiration at least requires sufficient knowledge. Meanwhile, expressing the abilities that exist in students certainly needs to be known in advance what talents they have. Of course, in schools there is already talent development that has been developed, namely in the field of literacy. Therefore, to express the imagination and talents that exist in students, what can be done is that students are asked to create a poem.  

This research aims to explore the use of picture story applications in increasing students' writing creativity in elementary schools. By combining visual and narrative elements, this application is expected to stimulate students' imaginations and help them compose more creative stories. The method used in this research involves observation and analysis of students who use the application in the writing learning process. The research results showed that students who used the picture story application experienced significant improvements in their writing abilities, including in terms of creativity and writing structure. These findings indicate that picture story applications can be an effective tool in supporting the development of students' writing skills, as well as making a positive contribution to more interesting and innovative learning methods.

In the journey of life, especially in the world of higher education, students are faced with various challenges that not only test their intellectual abilities, but also their personalities. Among the values that are essential to forming individual character, unity is an element that is often overlooked, but has a profound impact on the formation of character and self-confidence for college students. Unity is not just a figment of the imagination, but an important foundation in living life with full strength and emotional balance. National unity is a solid foundation for the younger generation to achieve a bright future. In the era of globalization that is full of dynamics, unity becomes increasingly crucial. Without unity, various challenges such as division, radicalism, and instability will threaten the sustainability of the nation. The younger generation as agents of change has a central role in maintaining and strengthening unity. By uniting, the younger generation can create strong synergy to overcome various problems and advance the nation.

This activity aims to increase the creativity of grade X students of SMA Negeri 4 Palembang through learning to write short stories (hikayat). The method uses a collaborative traditional story approach design. This action involves Indonesian language teachers as partners in the planning, implementation and evaluation process. Data was collected through observations, interviews, and analysis of the results of short story writing activities through students' writing. The results of the activity showed that learning to write short stories (hikayat) can increase students' creativity, by significantly increasing the aspects of imagination, originality, and authenticity of this learning also increases students' motivation and interest in writing. Therefore, learning to write short stories (hikayat) can be an effective strategy to increase students' creativity at SMA Negeri 4 Palembang

Language and semiotics have a close relationship and are interrelated. Language is a system of signs that humans use to communicate, while semiotics is the science that studies signs. Semiotics is a science that studies signs. This paper aims to describe the semiotic studies contained in the lyrics of the albums "Human" and "Monochrome". Apart from that, it also describes the albums "Humans" and Monochrome" as learning material for analyzing poetry texts in class X SMA. This research uses a descriptive approach using a qualitative method. The descriptive approach utilizes data in the form of a deep understanding of the use of semiotic signs in song lyrics, as well as being able to understand the meaning and context in their use. The conclusion of the analysis is as follows: Study of the semiotics of the lyrics of the albums "Manusia" and "Monochrome" by Tulus, that the signifiers found in this research are in the form of song lyrics, in the form of the suffixes a, u, i, ng, ar, am, ang. The signified found in this research is related to social reality, has meaning regarding the value of motivation towards other people, the value of optimism, and the value of love for someone as a whole of the song lyrics. The album "Human" and Monochrome" by Tulus can be used as learning material to analyze poetry texts in class X high school. Learning the semiotics of a collection of song lyrics from Tulus can improve students' ability to understand feelings, imagination, sensitivity and understanding of the characters depicted.

Reading is a highly beneficial activity for gaining information, knowledge, and insights. When the children are encouraged to develop reading habits from an early age, they are likely to grow into individuals who enjoy reading. During this crucial and education phase, children exhibit creativity, imagination, and honesty in their thoughts and emotions. However, according to UNESCO, the literacy rate in Indonesia remains relatively low. Through the use of interactive storytelling in childrens’s education, thin community service projecta aims to promote a culture of reading. The first step in the initiative involves providing media that highlight the benefits of interactive storytelling in enhancing children’s reading interest. This method is expected to offer a fun and engaging learning experience while fostering children’s creativity, imagination, and critical thinking skills. Interactive storytelling also serves as an effective teaching strategy to support the holistic development of children.

This article aims to examine the role of picture books in enhancing language skills in early childhood from the perspective of children's literature studies. Picture books are considered an effective medium in supporting children's language development because they combine visual and narrative elements that enrich the child's learning experience. Through picture books, children can not only develop vocabulary but also understand language structure, improve listening and speaking skills, and stimulate their imagination. This indicates that engaging and educational picture books can enhance children's language skills, particularly in word recognition, sentence development, and storytelling abilities. Therefore, picture books are a highly beneficial tool in improving language skills in early childhood and should be considered in early childhood education curricula.    

Applying storytelling techniques using puppet media is an interesting method for increasing interest in reading in young children. This technique uses dolls as a visual medium that can attract children's attention, thus making the storytelling process more interactive and fun. Dolls, which act as characters in the story, are able to make the story more alive and make it easier for children to understand the message they want to convey. Apart from that, this technique encourages children to participate more actively, both in listening to stories and in responding to the stories being told, which in turn increases their interest in books and reading activities.The use of puppet media in telling stories can enrich children's learning experiences, because it not only develops listening and speaking skills, but also stimulates children's imagination, introduces new vocabulary, and forms a more creative way of thinking. With a more enjoyable atmosphere, children become more interested in reading books that contain similar stories, which helps strengthen their relationship with the world of literacy. Therefore, storytelling techniques using puppet media are an effective approach to introduce literacy from an early age, increase children's interest in reading, and develop their language skills.

Questioning skills are skills that teachers must develop in the teaching and learning process. The aim of this research is to illustrate how teachers' questioning skills play an important role in stimulating the cognitive development of early childhood. This research method uses descriptive qualitative research which collects data through interviews, documentation and observation. The subjects of this research were young children who received institutional education. In fact, teachers' questioning skills have been proven to have a significant impact on the cognitive development of young children. Teachers' questioning skills can increase children's curiosity and improve children's memory, imagination and creativity in finding answers in the teaching and learning process. It can be concluded that teachers' questioning skills play a very important role in improving children's cognitive development. Because through these questions children can continue their thinking processes, obtain new information and expand their knowledge.

Mistakes in writing during learning have become common, especially for students who do not fully understand writing. Inspirational texts are texts that can inspire readers through the author's writing, whether through imagination or facts that occur in real life, containing inspiring content. The purpose of this analysis is to improve the writing structure of texts produced by ninth-grade students, who often write without paying attention to proper writing conventions. The research method used in this study is descriptive-analytical. The sampling method used is a single inspirational text created by a student as the research material. The results obtained from the research and analysis of these spelling errors include 12 categories, but there are still some identical words that were not included because they have already been categorized.

Human resources are the most important asset in an organization/business, especially in an educational institution, so they are very important. It is important that existing human resources can be planned as well as possible to achieve the goals of the organization/institution. Careful human resource planning will ensure smooth operations. Yes or no, this is the operational process of an organization/institution. There are many effective and efficient human resource planning models, but effective human resource planning and effective intentions are sometimes not realized optimally, only limited to imagination and desire. just a hope. Therefore, this research was conducted to analyze human resource planning and find solutions to problems that influence HR planning at Mis Al-Washliyah Greahan. The research method used by researchers in this research is a qualitative approach with descriptive methods using interview techniques, observation and document study. After the data is collected, classify, edit and present the data based on each data type. Before data is collected, it is first analyzed and checked for validity. The research results show that human resource planning is carried out through programs, activities, planning stages, including quality indicators or goals to be achieved in a process of improving the quality of education. This form of planning includes resource management which includes developing human resources, developing the learning process and increasing the capacity of human resources to improve the quality of education.

This research examines the aspects of relevance, effectiveness, and impact of children's literature on the development of children in Indonesia. In the ever-evolving digital era, this study investigates how traditional children's literature continues to maintain its significance for contemporary generations. The methodology used includes a comprehensive analysis of existing literature, interviews with education experts, and observations of children's literature consumption patterns. The main findings indicate that classic children's literature maintains its relevance through the transmission of universal values and cultural heritage, as well as through adaptation into contemporary formats. The effectiveness of children's literature is proven in the improvement of literacy skills, emotional development, and social learning. Recent developments in children's literature show innovative trends, including theme diversification and the use of digital platforms. Furthermore, this research reveals the significant influence of children's literature on various aspects of development, including cognitive, emotional, social, and the formation of cultural identity. Children's literature serves as a catalyst in stimulating imagination, enriching vocabulary, and facilitating understanding of emotional complexities and social dynamics.The implications of this study emphasize the importance of integrating diverse children's literature into the education curriculum, as well as collaboration between educators, writers, and other stakeholders to create relevant and impactful content. Recommendations for future research include a deeper exploration of the long-term effects of children's literature exposure on individual development, as well as an investigation into the potential of children's literature in addressing contemporary issues such as digital literacy and global awareness.

This research examines the aspects of relevance, effectiveness, and impact of children's literature on the development of children in Indonesia. In the ever-evolving digital era, this study investigates how traditional children's literature continues to maintain its significance for contemporary generations. The methodology used includes a comprehensive analysis of existing literature, interviews with education experts, and observations of children's literature consumption patterns. The main findings indicate that classic children's literature maintains its relevance through the transmission of universal values and cultural heritage, as well as through adaptation into contemporary formats. The effectiveness of children's literature is proven in the improvement of literacy skills, emotional development, and social learning. Recent developments in children's literature show innovative trends, including theme diversification and the use of digital platforms. Furthermore, this research reveals the significant influence of children's literature on various aspects of development, including cognitive, emotional, social, and the formation of cultural identity. Children's literature serves as a catalyst in stimulating imagination, enriching vocabulary, and facilitating understanding of emotional complexities and social dynamics.The implications of this study emphasize the importance of integrating diverse children's literature into the education curriculum, as well as collaboration between educators, writers, and other stakeholders to create relevant and impactful content. Recommendations for future research include a deeper exploration of the long-term effects of children's literature exposure on individual development, as well as an investigation into the potential of children's literature in addressing contemporary issues such as digital literacy and global awareness.

This research aims to determine the effectiveness of using story framework media in improving the ability to write fantasy story texts for class VII students at Junior high school 5 Cimahi. Writing fantasy story texts requires creativity, developing imagination, and the ability to organize story lines well. Based on initial observations, many students still have difficulty writing structured, creative and coherent fantasy stories. This research uses a qualitative descriptive method to describe the facts that emerged during the research through observation and questionnaires. Data was collected through observation sheets which included plot development, characterization, use of language, and creativity. Based on the results of the analysis, 39% of students achieved the Very Good category, 50% the Good category, and 11% the Poor category with an average score of 81.9, which is classified as Good. Thus, story framework media is effective in helping students develop better and more structured fantasy story text writing skills. It is hoped that this research can contribute to the development of more innovative and effective Indonesian language learning methods

The program of efforts to improve the quality of educational facilities and infrastructure services at TKK St. Michael Baobolak, the development of economic literacy in the Maryke Village community aims to improve the quality of educational services at TK St. Michael Baobolak through the provision of facilities and infrastructure that are still inadequate, such as teaching aids, reading books, and play equipment. Thus, it is expected to create a more conducive and enjoyable learning environment for children, and support their optimal growth and development. This study uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive method. Data were collected through direct observation, interviews with related parties such as the principal, teachers, and staff, as well as documentation related to educational facilities and infrastructure at TKK St. Michael Baobolak. The results of the study showed that this program succeeded in improving the quality of educational facilities and infrastructure services at TKK St. Michael Baobolak. On the other hand, the results of this activity have also provided coloring tools and alphabet posters. Coloring tools, such as crayons, colored pencils, and markers, are very important media to stimulate children's creativity. Through coloring activities, children not only train their fine motor skills, but also develop their imagination and ability to express themselves. Meanwhile, alphabet posters serve as effective visual aids to help children recognize letters and build the foundations of reading skills, thus having a positive impact on their well-being.

This artwork aims to interpret the phenomenon and behavior of the community at the baralek event starting from the preparation stage to the party stage equipped with the art of saluang bagurau into a new musical composition. The process of creating this artwork is carried out with the observation (exploration), experimentation (improvisation), and forming stages. The idea of the musical work "Balega Dalam Rami" was raised from the procession of preparation for the baralek event (wedding party) in Minangkabau. Baralek as a creative idea had an impact on the emergence of the composer's imagination which was then poured into the concept of garap which became a foothold to accommodate the three parts of the procession in this work, namely Bagotong Royong, Bainai Night and Bagurau, which provided an overview of how the phenomenon and behavior and emotions of the community during the preparation process for Baralek (wedding party), to an entertainment night that focused on the phenomenon that occurred in Saluang Bagurau.