Teacher's Strategy In Developing Dance For Early Childhood At Ra Perwanida Pliken

Abstract

Early Childhood Education is a forum for exploring and developing the potential of children so that they can develop all aspects of child development including the artistic aspect. One of the aspects of art that can be developed in early childhood is dance. Dance has an important influence on children's growth and development because dance does not only develop artistic aspects but also cognitive, language, physical-motor, social and emotional aspects of children. The purpose of this research is to find out what the teacher's strategy is in developing early childhood dance at RA Perwanida Pliken. At RA Perwanida Pliken children who have potential in the art of dance can be channeled well, it can be seen from the trophies obtained from the results of the competitions that the children participated in. At RA Perwanida Pliken, the competitions that were participated in were not only at the district level but also at the competitions district level. This study uses qualitative research with a descriptive approach. Data collection techniques were carried out using observation, interviews, and documentation. The results of this study are the teacher's strategy in developing early childhood dance at RA Perwanida Pliken as follows: 1) Planning material carefully, 2) Preparing facilities and infrastructure properly, 3) Participating in sub-district to district level competitions, and 4) Teachers professional in dance.