Educational Values in Busy Book for Early Childhood Learning

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210602.050How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Educational Values, Busy Books, Early-Aged Children

Abstract

This study aims to develop a busy book, examine the educational values developed in the busy book, as well as the feasibility of the busy book for early childhood playing and learning. This study employed the qualitative method to describe and analyze the phenomena, events, activities, attitudes, perceptions, and thoughts of individuals or groups in early childhood learning using the busy book media. Descriptive data analysis presents the shapes, colors, and educational values for early childhood learning. The findings show that the visual forms of the busy book are unique in themes, shapes, colors, and structure, which can be removed, reattached, opened, and closed as an album. The busy book can be regarded as a toy aimed to develop children’s logical understanding on shapes, colors, balance, and appropriate and accurate compositions. The educational character values in the busy book include observantness, accuracy, creativity, appreciation, discipline, and responsibility in playing and learning the composition of shapes and colors by practice playing and learning using the busy book. As a new type of learning media, busy books are found to be feasible, attractive, safe, and appropriate for playing and character learning for children. Children’s expressions when playing and learning using the busy book reveal enjoyment, seriousness, and joy which can be interpreted and understood as an interesting and appropriate education process for children. The busy book materials as ethical and aesthetical learning media are aimed to examine the development of children’s aesthetic expressions. The development of children’s artistic expression and appreciation is highly influenced by their surroundings and teaching. Therefore, the busy book as a new type of learning media is instrumental to address such challenge.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TI  - Educational Values in Busy Book for Early Childhood Learning
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