Curriculum Design of Early Childhood Life Skill Based on Indonesian Local Culture

摘要

Life skills introduced at an early years will help children become to be responsibility, independent and disciplined for the future. The provision of stimulation of life skills must be adapted to the local wisdom of the region in order to become a nation's strength in shaping the identity and character of Indonesian children. This study aims to produce a development model in the form of a life skills curriculum model for early childhood based on Indonesian local wisdom. The research method used is research and development. The development of the early life skills curriculum model was carried out through survey and documentation studies in 4 (four) provinces (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi and Kalimantan). The results of the first year study show that teachers have taught life skills in early childhood that is self-help skills and social skills. The stimulation of life skills is taught through habituation, modeling, and cultural-based exemplary activities in the local area.