Motherhood Efforts as Informal Educators in Stimulating Early Childhood Motor Development in Kedung Jaya Village, Bogor

Abstract

This research is a qualitative research to describe and analyze the role of mothers as informal educators in stimulating the motor development of early childhood in Kedung Jaya Village, Bogor. The problems in this study are formulated as follows: what is the role of mothers as informal educators in stimulating motor development in early childhood in Kelurahan Kedung Jaya Bogor? The method in this study uses qualitative descriptive analysis methods. The selection of data sources using purposive sampling, namely mothers with early childhood who live in Kedung Jaya Village, Bogor, totaling 3 mothers and 4 children. Data collection uses observation, interview and documentation techniques. Data analysis includes 3 phases, namely: data reduction, data presentation, conclusion drawing and verification. Checking or checking the validity of the data is carried out by triangulation, including: source triangulation and engineering triangulation. Based on the exposure and research findings, it was found that the role of mothers as informal educators in stimulating early childhood motor development has not shown ideal results. Optimizing the role of mothers as informal educators will have a major impact on early childhood motor development. The success of the mother in stimulating the motor development of the child is influenced by the age, level of education, knowledge, living environment, physical condition of the mother and the socioeconomic conditions of the family. Early childhood motor development is one of the important aspects of development for a child's future, therefore researchers recommend two important things that mothers can do in an effort to improve early childhood motor development, namely: 1) Delegating childcare to early childhood education (ECCE) institutions if the mother is working or unable to stimulate the child's motor development,   2) Providing quality time with the child.