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Fine motor development is a movement that only involves small muscles in the body, such as skills in using fingers and wrist movements. Delays in fine motor development are caused by the lack of opportunities for children to play, the stimulation that children receive is good by parents. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of playing collage and plasticine therapy on fine motor development in children 4-5 years old at Zainul Hasan Genggong Kindergarten, ProbolinggoThis type of research is pre-experimental with a two group pretest-posttest research design. The population was 46 respondents who met the inclusion requirements of the study were selected using a total sampling technique. Children's fine motor development was measured using an observation sheet, and information was gathered using editing, coding, scoring, and tabulating procedures. In both groups, the data were evaluated using the Wilcoxon test hypothesis.The results showed that the value of ρ Value α = 0.000 in the collage playing group and the value of ρ Value α = 0000 in the plasticine playing group. The significant level of ρ Value < α 0.05, it is stated that both therapies are effective in developing children's fine motor development. However, judging by the results of the observation, the post-test value of playing plasticine therapy was more with the results of the BSB category being 20 children. Due to the age characteristics in group 2, there were more 4 years of age at that age, children's fine motor development was more rapid.Collage and plasticine games are a series of therapies to develop fine motor development in children. For further researchers, it is recommended to add variety of images in collage play therapy, to approach children more when given play therapy.    

Enhancing the quality of education involves fostering strong literacy skills, not only in academic aspects but also in understanding, processing, and conveying information. In the midst of globalization and technology, literacy skills have become increasingly important in facing the changes of the times. This study aims to develop a playful learning approach that encourages enjoyable literacy activities in Desa Sokawati. Employing a qualitative approach with an action research design, this study engages children, educators, parents, and the community in Desa Sokawati. Engaging literacy activities tailored to the characteristics of children are designed based on surveys and interviews. Once planned, these literacy activities are implemented in KB, TK, and SD classes. Observations of children's and educators' responses are conducted during the implementation phase. The results indicate that the playful learning approach is effective in fostering enjoyable literacy activities in Desa Sokawati. Children are engaged in various activities that combine creativity, art, and learning. By developing an approach that suits the characteristics of children and the local potential, this study aims to provide practical guidance for educators, parents, and the community in enhancing children's literacy in Desa Sokawati. Furthermore, this research contributes to the development of sustainable literacy-based education in rural areas.  

Stimulation of child growth and development is carried out by mothers, fathers, caregivers and other family members who are the closest people to the child. The purpose of this socialization activity is to determine the knowledge of mothers who have children about immunization and child growth and development. The activity was carried out at Puskesmas PB. Selayang II Medan with the team at the posyandu with preparations that have been made with the steps achieved. This activity is a socialization of Health Education to mothers by distributing leaflets and lectures as well as pre and post activities. The results of the pre-activity were found from 34 participants who had the highest score of 100 as many as 9 people and the lowest score of 10 as many as 1 person, and after the socialization was carried out, the results for the post of 34 mothers who had the lowest score of 80 as many as 6 people and the rest scored 100. So that the results of the difference before with a percentage of 71.7% and after 96.5% with the average value is 24.8. The conclusion of the activity that this activity is very useful for mothers to increase mothers knowledge about immunization and child growth and development so that this socialization is very useful for changing mothers to be able to understand about immunization and child growth and development so that early prevention of stunting can be done.

The toddler period is also known as the "golden age," which falls within a crucial phase of child growth and development. However, during this period, toddlers constitute a nutritionally vulnerable group. Failure to navigate this period effectively may cause children to miss their opportunity for a golden phase of growth and development. This study aims to determine the relationship between maternal knowledge and parenting styles with the nutritional status of infants aged 0-12 months. Method: The research design employed is an Analytical Survey with a Cross-Sectional Study approach. All mothers with infants or toddlers visiting the Batusura’ Health Center between March and June 2023 were included. A purposive sampling technique was utilized, resulting in 64 respondents. Data collection was carried out using questionnaire sheets. The collected data were subsequently processed and analyzed using SPSS Statistics version 25 and subjected to Chi-Square tests. The findings of this study reveal a relationship between maternal knowledge and infant nutritional status, with a p-value of ρ = 0.004. Furthermore, a connection between maternal parenting styles and infant nutritional status was observed, with a p-value of ρ = 0.008. Conclusion: A significant relationship exists between maternal knowledge and parenting styles with nutritional status.    

Description of Mother's Attitudes About Stunting During the COVID-19 Pandemic at the Sudiang Makassar Health Center (supervised by Ayatullah Harun & Hukmiyah Aspar). Stunting is a condition of failure in child growth and development (body and brain growth) caused by malnutrition for a long time. Thus, children who experience this condition tend to be shorter or shorter in body shape than normal children of their age and have delays in thinking. The purpose of this study was to describe the mother's attitude towards stunting during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Sudiang Makassar Health Center. This study used an observational analytic method, namely a descriptive approach, to describe the mother's attitude towards stunting during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Sudiang Makassar Health Center with a total population of all mothers who had babies aged 0-12 months at the Sudiang Makassar Health Center who visited the January 2022, namely 37 people and a total sample of 30 people using the Accidental Sampling technique. The results of this study indicate that the description of the mother's attitude regarding the incidence of stunting during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Sudiang Makassar Health Center with a good attitude was 12 people (40.0%) and a bad attitude was 18 people (60.0%). It can be concluded that the picture of the mother's attitude regarding the incidence of stunting during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Sudiang Makassar Health Center was not good by looking at the results that had been obtained. So it is suggested that there is a need for education by health workers to the community, especially to mothers regarding the impacts or risks that will occur in children who are stunted.

Habituation is a very effective way to educate children in matters of worship. During the process of teaching children to pray five times a day, the attitude of children who are so busy with their play world is a common obstacle felt by parents. Because of that, the designer is interested in presenting Islamic literacy that conveys the motivation of prayer for children. Designers obtain data through surveys, observations and literature studies, then designers analyze the data as problem solving with the 5W + 1H method (what, who, when, why, where, and how). Meanwhile, the design method used is the 4D Model (Define, Design, Development, and Disseminate). The resulting Islamic literacy media design is a picture storybook entitled "Jangan Lalaikan Shalat".

Prohibited expressions are part of people's beliefs, referred to as people's beliefs because there is an association relationship in them. The culture of this prohibition expression has begun to disappear along with the changes or developments of the times. The purpose of making this picture story book is to preserve the Minangkabau culture of forbidden expressions and to explain the good intentions behind the prohibition phrases for young people today, especially the children of Koto Bersisir Selatan. With the media of interesting picture story books, it is hoped that this media will facilitate adolescents' understanding of the information conveyed, as well as increase interest in reading. The design of this work uses the glassbox design method with the design stages of preparation, incubation, lumination, and verification. 5W+1H data analysis method (What, When, Where, Who, Why, and How. In addition to designing picture books as the main media, this design has supporting media, namely posters, digital posters, x-banners, t-shirts, bookmarks , upload social media Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and E-book.

Chronic disease in children requires long-term care because of the prognosis and development of the disease. Chronic illness is not an easy thing for children and parents to deal with. Children undergoing medical and nursing care are scary things, these conditions require them to adapt to new routines that are part of their lives every day. This condition can be categorized as a traumatic event, which can affect psychological changes. These psychological changes are called post traumatic growth. Changes in these conditions become one of the factors that affect the quality of life. This study aims to determine the relationship between post traumatic growth and the quality of life of school-age children who are undergoing palliative care. This type of quantitative research with cross sectional approach method. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling with a sample size of 63 respondents. Based on the results of the Sperm- rank statistical test, a p-value of 0.013 was obtained with a positive correlation with a result of 0.312, so that it can be interpreted that there is a relationship between post traumatic growth and the quality of life of school-age children undergoing palliative care. Suggestions to parents or families are expected to always pay attention to physical and psychological conditions, as well as provide motivation and enthusiasm in undergoing palliative care so as to improve the quality of life in patients after experiencing a post traumatic growth process.

Hospitalization is a form of stressor in children that lasts as long as the child is hospitalized, hospitalization becomes a crisis that must be faced by children. Feelings of anxiety are the impact of hospitalization experienced by pre-school children. This impact has the risk of interfering with child development and the healing process in children. To reduce children's anxiety, we need a media that can express anxiety, one of which is play therapy. Forms of games that are suitable for children aged 3-6 years are coloring pictures. The purpose of this application is to find out the results of applying play therapy to reducing anxiety due to hospitalization. The application method was carried out using a case study descriptive method to 3 respondents and the coloring play therapy was carried out once in 30 minutes. The results of the application that has been carried out are a decrease in anxiety due to hospitalization. The conclusion in this study is that coloring play therapy can be used as a technique to reduce feelings of anxiety in preschool children due to hospitalization.

Youth is the future asset of a nation. But nowadays a lot is happening to teenagers, such as drugs and motorcycle gangs. This is a familiar problem. Juvenile delinquency includes all behaviors that deviate from the norms of criminal law committed by juveniles. There are so many internal and external factors that cause juvenile delinquency that need to be considered. To overcome this, guidance from parents and also a good environment can be a determinant for the development of the teenager. Based on the results of several studies, it was found that one of the causes of juvenile delinquency is the lack of functioning of the role of parents as role models for their children. The atmosphere in the family that causes discomfort for children is also one of the causes, including the divorce of their parents. Often they commit crimes because they feel they are not cared for by their parents who work too often without paying attention to the child's development. Teenagers who commit crimes generally lack self-control, or actually abuse that self-control, and like to enforce their own rules without paying attention to the presence of other people around them.

The phenomenon of temper tantrums indicates an indication of inhibited emotional development in children which makes children express the negative emotions they feel through aggressive behavior. Therefore, good communication behavior is needed from parents, especially mothers as the closest scope owned by children to deal with the condition of children who experience tantrums. This study aims to determine the motives, experiences, and behavior of mother-child communication in dealing with children who experience temper tantrums, as well as to know the meaning of the phenomenon of temper tantrums for mothers. This study uses a qualitative method with a phenomenological study approach and in collecting data using interview techniques. The main informants in this study were five mothers who had experience in handling their children who experienced temper tantrums at an early age. The results showed that the because of motives were due to the mother's communication behavior in dealing with children who experienced temper tantrums at an early age, including mothers having sensitivity and awareness towards children who experienced speech delay. The existence of several conditions that could trigger tantrum behavior in children to appear, such as events that occurred or experienced by the child is not in accordance with his expectations. In addition, through the communication behavior that is carried out, the mother has hope as an in order to motive so that in the future the child can communicate well. There are several communication behaviors that are carried out by mothers in dealing with the aggressive behavior of children they receive, such as inviting communication and giving understanding, providing opportunities and space for children, giving physical touch, not leaving children alone, scolding, and cutting off children's behavior, tweaking, and applying patterns. routine communication with children every day. Meanwhile, mothers interpret the phenomenon of temper tantrums that occur in children as something that makes them sad, tired, stressed, and embarrassed. However, mothers think this is also a test and part of the child's development process that they have to face and go through.

The aim of this research is to determine the relationship between drawing activities and the fine motor development of young children aged 5-6 years in PAUD Anak Ceria, Parbaju Julu Village, Tarutung District. The method used in this research is descriptive quantitative research method. Population is all children u sia d this 5-6 years class B at Ceria Children's Early Childhood Education Center in Parbaju Village Julu District of Tarutung, totaling 18 people. Data was collected using an observation sheet of 20 items. Based on the results of the study, namely the calculation results of a positive relationship test, the value of rxy= 0.483 was obtained > rtable( =0.05,n=18)= 0.468 Thus it is known that there is a positive variable X between variable Y. 2) A significant relationship obtained a value of tcount= 2.204 > ttablel(=0,05,dk=n-2=16)= 2.120, thus there is a significant relationship between variable X and variable Y. So Ha says there is a relationship between activities drawing with fine motor development for early childhood 5-6 years in Ceria Children’s PAUD, Parbaju Julu Village, Tarutung District and H0¬ was rejected.

The rapid development of the times, the revolution has changed many things that must be kept, not to be ignored. Traditional games that are full of cultural and ethnic values, even those that are useful for the best development of children. Modern games that are considered more realistic and even more personal are preferred by children, must be exposed to better motoric and cognitive games. In this study, the theory used is Herbert Spencer's cultural theory which considers that people and culture experience changes at certain stages from simple to complex forms. In addition to the concept of children's motor development according to John Piaget, who has found that games will train children's cognitive abilities better. This research is to see how the existence of traditional games influences the development of children today. This study uses qualitative methods to see how children make traditional games into modern games for children's motoric and cognitive development. As a result, children who do traditional games have much more developed abilities and character. The role of parents and teachers Traditional games that hold meaning and tradition are also important to be preserved. The results of the research itself can be concluded in the game Gobag Sodor there are cultural values that have been applied in the game and there are components of physical conditions that exist in learning at school and in college, such as agility, speed, coordination, strength and balance.

Delayed motor development in children means that motor development has not been developed as it should be, at the child's age, which results in the child not being able to carry out developmental tasks appropriate to his age group. Delayed motor development in children, some of which can be controlled and some of which cannot. This delay is often caused by the child's lack of opportunity to learn motor skills, excessive parental protection, or the child's lack of motivation to learn them. This research was carried out at the Parsoburan Community Health Center, Siantar Marihat District, Pematang Siantar City with a sample size of 53 respondents. After conducting research on the relationship between mothers' knowledge about the growth and development of toddlers and gross motor development aged 1-2 years in the work area of ??the Parsoburan Health Center, Siantar Marihat District, Pematang Siantar City in 2023, it can be concluded that there is a relationship between mothers' knowledge about the growth and development of toddlers and gross motor development at age. 1-2 Years in the Working Area of ??the Parsoburan Health Center, Siantar Marihat District, Pematang Siantar City in 2023

The current development of information technology issued by both individuals and business entities through social and electronic media when it has been sent and read by many people can affect the emotions, feelings, thoughts and even the actions of a person or group. It is very unfortunate if the information conveyed is inaccurate information, moreover the information is false information (hoax) with very provocative titles leading readers and recipients to negative opinions. Negative opinions, slander, hate speech that are received and attack parties or make people afraid, threatened and can harm the party being reported so that they can damage reputation and cause material losses (Aan erlansari, 2020). Many people use the internet as a daily necessity in finding information on social media, especially children who are still in their teenage phase. On the other hand, the spread of HOAX on social media has resulted in hate speech and negative elements in people's social life. In this case the government formed the Anti-Hoax Momentgas, but to counter HOAX the government is not strong enough to work alone, so in this service the author wants to make socialization to prevent HOAX information on people's social life, (SMAN 3 Tidore Kepulauan).

According to Permendiknas No. 58 of 2009 early childhood education is a form of education that focuses on laying the foundation for growth and 5 developments, namely: moral and religious development, physical development (fine and gross motor coordination), intelligence/cognitive (thinking power, creativity) ), socio-emotional (attitudes and emotions and communication, in accordance with the uniqueness and stages of development according to the age group passed by early childhood). In the law of the Republic of Indonesia no. 20 of 2003 concerning the National Education System, especially the seventh part of the article 28 paragraph 1) Early Childhood Education is held before Basic Education and paragraph 2) Early Childhood Education can be provided through formal, non-formal and/or informal education. From the provisions of the law of the Republic of Indonesia or the provisions of the Minister of National Education that Early Childhood Education is important.

Background: Meditation practice has been widely known in Indonesia and abroad. Initially it was practised by adults. Later on, meditation is also practised by children as it brings significant benefit for their growth and development of mind and personality. Methods: This study is a systematic review of published articles on data base of PubMed, Researchgate, CNKI, about effects of meditation for children, within the last 10 years. Results: From dozens of clinical studies reported in scientific journals, it is apparent that meditation can be practised by healthy children, children with ADHD and diseases. In general, meditation practice brings positive effects for children and their parents.. Conclusion: Meditation practice is safe and effective for children to bring benefit for their growth and development of mind and personality.

Parenting in the family is an action taken by parents in the family, so that children who get positive parenting can avoid growth and development disorders. This study aims to determine the relationship of parenting patterns to the growth and development of children aged 12-36 months. This research was conducted at Batua Raya Health Center and Tamalanrea Jaya Health Center. The total sample was 172 people with purposive sampling technique. This research is a quantitative study with a cross sectional approach method. The results of this study showed that parents who had positive parenting patterns had good nutrition 71 people, positive parenting patterns had poor nutrition 24 people, negative parenting patterns had good nutrition 40 people, negative parenting patterns had poor nutrition 37 people, positive parenting patterns had appropriate child development 71 people, positive parenting patterns had poor child development 24 people, negative parenting patterns had appropriate child development 41 people and negative parenting patterns had poor child development 36 people. The data analysis used is chi square and the p value for growth is 0.002 and the p value for development is 0.003. This shows that there is a relationship between parenting patterns and the growth of children aged 12-36 months.

The toddler period is a golden period that determines the rate of growth and development of toddlers both physically, mentally and emotionally. Assessment of nutritional status Assessment of nutritional status of toddlers using standard and measurable parameters can be used as a monitoring item for nutritional problems in toddlers. This study aims to describe the findings based on research data conducted in 2021 on 96 toddlers in the working area of the Ranomuut Public Health Center, Manado City, North Sulawesi Province. Primary anthropometric and age data were collected on toddlers 6-24 months and obtained data that 26% of toddlers have nutritional status in the poor category (<2SD) and 74% of them have nutritional status in the good category (? -2 SD to +2SD). Even though there is no urgency found in the results of this study, the conclusions of the research need to be published, and it is hoped that this can be used as a reference for future research.  

The background of this research is to see teenagers who always use gadgets both in study and at other times. Apart from that, the purpose of this research is to analyze the use of devices among adolescents and see the spiritual growth of adolescents. The results of this study will take teenagers longer to play with gadgets than pray and read the Bible. More teenagers before going to bed find time to turn on the device to open social media and other applications and forget to pray and on time to wake up is the first th ing teenagers do is open the device which makes them forget to pray. The use of gadgets always has an impact on the development of adolescent behavior, because gadgets have a variety of interesting and flexible features and applications so that they can add to the attractiveness of everyone, especially among teenagers. Excessive use of gadgets is more likely to have a negative impact on adolescent behavior including irritability, lazy learning, and even immoral acts. Therefore it is hoped that parents will always supervise the use of gadgets in adolescents, where adolescents must be able to operate gadgets properly and know the benefits of gadgets so that deviant behavior does not occur. The consequence of this research is that parents play a role in helping and guiding their children in dividing their time in playing gadgets and reading and investigating God's word so that the spiritual level of youth can increase. Christian Religious Teachers also have a role in directing teenagers to increase spiritual growth.