Tips Memilih Sekolah TK untuk Anak Part 2

 Memilih sekolah TK bukan hal yang mudah tetapi tidak begitu sulit dilakukan jika ibu-ibu telaten serta berhati-hati dalam melakukan.

Baca juga: Tips Memilih Sekolah TK untuk Anak Part 1

Dalam artikel sebelumnya di jelaskan beberapa tips untuk memilih sekolah TK. Nah, artikel kali ini akan merupakan pelengkap dari artikel sebelumnya mengenai tips untuk memilih sekolah TK.

Tips Memilih Sekolah TK untuk Anak Part 2

Beberapa poin di bawah ini bisa menjadi pertimbangan atau tips yang bisa digunakan ibu-ibu dalam memilih sekolah TK untuk anak.

1. Akreditasi

Sebisa mungkin pilih sekolah dengan akreditasi A, karena sekolah dengan akreditasi tersebut setidaknya mempunyai manajemen yang bagus.

Dinas memberikan syarat yang tidak mudah untuk memberikan predikat akreditas A untuk sebuah sekolah TK. Jadi sekolah harus memenuhi syarat tersebut.

Namun, tidak semua sekolah memiliki akreditasi A, banyak sekolah yang baru berdiri memiliki kualitas yang bagus juga terkadang akreditasi belum A. Maka, ibu-ibu perlu cek kembali tips yang lain.

2. Materi yang diberikan untuk anak

Tips yang kedua, perlu ditanyakan pada saat ibu-ibu melakukan survey ke sekolah TK. Materi atau bentuk pembelajaran harus diketahui sebelumnya.

Apakah materi berupa stimulasi atau hanya based on paper (menggunakan buku). Untuk anak TK A masih perlu materi dalam bentuk stimulasi.

Jika hanya diberikan materi based on paper mereka akan cenderung bosan. Kebalikannya untuk TK B lebih siap jika kebanyakan materi based on paper.

3. Keterlibatan orang tua dalam kegiatan sekolah

Selama satu tahun ada banyak sekali kegiatan sekolah di luar kegiatan pembelajaran. Tips yang ketiga sangat krusial terutama untuk working mom.

Ada kegiatan seperti outing, hari guru, graduation, dll. Beberapa sekolah TK terkadang melibatkan orang tua dalam kegiatan tersebut. Untuk working mom akan sedikit merepotkan karena mengganggu pekerjaan.

Tetapi ada juga sekolah yang tidak pernah melibatkan orang tua dalam kegiatan tersebut. Jadi hanya guru dan anak sebagai siswa untuk menjalankan sebuah kegiatan.

4. Jarak dari rumah ke sekolah

Jarak merupakan salah satu hal yang bisa menjadi pertimbangan untuk menentukan sekolah TK untuk anak. Semakin dekat jarak dari rumah ke sekolah akan semakin baik.

Jika jarak dari rumah ke sekolah agak jauh kemudian melewati jalan besar yang cukup padat serta macet, maka ibu-ibu harus mempersiapkan anak berangkat sekolah sejak pagi.

Tetapi jika jarak dari rumah ke sekolah tidak jauh, ibu-ibu tidak perlu terburu-buru bisa datang ke sekolah agak mepet jam masuk yang penting tidak terlambat.

Dalam artikel part 1 dan part 2 untuk memilih sekolah TK dianjurkan untuk melakukan survey langsung ke sekolah supaya ibu-ibu melihat secara langsung kondisi sekolah.

Namun, jika tidak ada waktu untuk melakukan survey ibu-ibu bisa tetap melakukan survey via media social sekolah.

Jaman sekarang, beberapa sekolah sudah mempunyai media sosial seperti Instagram, Facebook dan TikTok. Ibu-ibu bisa menghubungi sosial media sekolah dan menanyakan tips yang telah dijelaskan dalam artikel.

Tips Memilih Sekolah TK untuk Anak

 TK atau Taman Kanak-Kanak merupakan salah satu jenjang pendidikan rentan usia 4-7 tahun. Ibu-ibu seringkali bingung ketika anak memasuki usia TK.

Mari kita bahas satu per satu.  Sekolah TK adalah persiapan untuk mematangkan anak sebelum masuk ke jenjang sekolah dasar. Didalamnya anak akan mendapatkan stimulasi sebelum belajar calistung.

Ada beberapa TK yang langsung memberikan atau mengenalkan calistung dengan metode yang menyenangkan untuk anak.

Sekolah jenjang TK dibagi menjadi dua level. Yang pertama adalah TK A untuk anak usia sekitar 5 - 6 tahun, kemudian yang kedua adalah TK B untuk usia 6 - 7 tahun.

Jika anak berusia 4 tahun 8 bulan bisa dikatakan anak sudah diperbolehkan untuk mendaftar masuk ke TK A. Bagaimana jika langsung ke TK B? Hal tersebut juga boleh jika usia sudah 6 -  7 tahun.

Namun, ibu-ibu seringkali bingung untuk memilih sekolah TK. Banyak sekolah yang menawarkan pendidikan yang bagus untuk anak pada zaman sekarang.

Sebelum memilih sekolah TK untuk anak, tidak ada salahnya untuk membaca tips berikut ini supaya menjadi persiapan sebelum menentukan pendidikan yang bagus untuk anak.

Tips Memilih Sekolah TK untuk Anak

Jika ada waktu luang, ibu-ibu bisa melakukan survey terlebih dahulu ke beberapa sekolah TK. Hal tersebut dilakukan untuk menerapkan tips dari artikel ini.

1. Biaya keseluruhan

Tips yang pertama adalah menanyakan biaya. Ada beberapa komponen biaya sekolah TK misalnya uang pangkal, SPP, biaya outing, biaya seragam.

Informasi tersebut bisa ditanyakan langsung ke sekolah atau guru yang ditemui pada saat survey ke beberapa TK.

Jika sudah mendapatkan info, ibu-ibu bisa menarik mempertimbangkan apakah biaya tersebut masih bisa tercover dalam budget keluarga.

Tidak semua TK yang mempunyai biaya tinggi mempunyai kualitas yang bagus, perlu disimak lagi beberapa tips yang lain.

2. Jumlah Siswa dalam Satu Kelas

Jumlah siswa dalam satu kelas mempengaruhi sebuah kelas bisa kondusif atau tidak. Ibu-ibu perlu tanya ke guru jumlah kelas. Kemudian tanyakan juga satu kelas isi berapa siswa?

Idealnya, satu kelas untuk jenjang TK berisi maksimal 15 - 20 siswa, jika lebih dari itu kegiatan dalam kelas tidak akan kondusif.

Selain itu, kondisi bangunan kelas juga perlu dicek. Misalnya, apakah bangunan merupakan semi permanen atau kokoh untuk dipakai kelas.

Terkadang ada kelas yang hanya disekat lemari atau papan sehingga suara kelas sebelah akan mengganggu kelas yang lain.

3. Latar Belakang Pendidikan Guru

Tips yang ketiga juga tidak kalah penting karena nantinya para guru anak memberikan materi kepada anak kita yang akan menuntut ilmu.

Pilih sekolah TK dengan guru yang minimal memiliki latar belakang S1 prodi pendidikan anak usia dini. Karena dari prodi tersebut guru memiliki bekal yang cukup untuk mengajarkan materi.

Banyak orang sebenarnya bisa mengajar TK tapi guru dengan S1 prodi pendidikan anak usia dini sedikit banyak paham metode yang cocok atau menyenangkan sesuai usia anak.

Mereka juga memiliki media tertentu khusus untuk mengajar yang tidak dipahami guru dari prodi diluar prodi tersebut.

4. Area Bermain

Biasanya sekolah TK akan memiliki media bermain dalam sekolah tersebut. Ada beberapa jenis mainan seperti perosotan, ayunan, jungkat jungkit, komedi putar mini, dll.

Ibu-ibu perlu mengecek secara langsung kondisi mainan tersebut, apakah keropos atau berkarat? kemudian juga mengenai kebersihan.

Hal tersebut perlu dilakukan karena nantinya anak-anak sudah pasti main di area tersebut. Maka dari itu perlu diperhatikan aspek keamanan dan kebersihan dari area bermain.

5. Pola Makan

Pola makan berhubungan dengan kebiasaan makan anak di keluarga. Masing-masing sekolah TK mempunyai pola makan yang tidak sama satu dengan yang lainnya.

Contohnya, ada sekolah yang tidak memperbolehkan anak membawa snack UPF tinggi gula, dilain pihak ada sekolah TK yang membebaskan anak membawa snack.

Ada pula sekolah TK yang punya kantin khusus yang menjual makanan homemade dan menyehatkan untuk anak.

Sebagai pertimbangannya, ibu-ibu bisa memilih sekolah yang mempunyai pola makan dengan kebiasaan di rumah sehingga tidak mengganggu pola makan dari anak.

6. Treatment untuk Anak dengan Kasus tertentu

Treatment disini maksudnya adalah anak dengan karakter tertentu. Ada banyak karakter dari anak TK misalnya anak yang pendiam, cengeng, hiperaktif, dll.

Ibu-ibu perlu menanyakan ke sekolah bagaimana cara mereka memperlakukan anak yang pendiam? apakah sebelumnya ada kasus anak pendiam di sekolah tersebut?

Nah, biasanya jawaban satu sekolah dengan sekolah yang lain tidak akan sama. Jika sudah mendapatkan hasilnya, ibu-ibu baru bisa memutuskan untuk memilih TK untuk anak.

Usia 5 - 7 tahun merupakan usia yang krusial untuk anak. Ada yang mengatakan jika usia tersebut merupakan masa golden age anak.

Jadi, kalau bisa jangan sampai salah dalam memilih sekolah. Maksimalkan masa golden age anak supaya mereka stimulasinya terasah dengan maksimal sekaligus belajar dengan happy! selamat mencoba

Choosing a School for Kids: Crucial Moments in Life

 Choosing a School for Kids become crucial moments in life. Why it can be like that? School has so much impact for kids future, especially kids before age.

At that time kids needs so much stimulation to develop their characters. Pay attention when choosing school for kids.

Moms and dad should look at many aspect before choose school for kids. Wrong choices will give so much impact.

Beside that, the school fee is always make parent think twice to choose a school. In this time, there fee is little bit high.

Moms should be aware about school tuition. Comparing the fee from one school to another is also the best decision.

In the other hand, there is also school quality which resemble is it worth it to pay in the amount of money for getting the right school quality.

Once again, although just two until three hours for a day in the pre-school, kids get so much impact for their life.

It's about their skill to be independent, how the said, focus to study, attitude, etc. It give so much impact for kids. That's why choosing a school become crucial moment in life.

So, what's the step to do before choosing school for kids. Moms should survey, or visit the school. Look at the classroom condition and ask something to headmaster or teacher.

The Question to Ask When Visiting a New School

There are some important point to kwon when moms visit a new school for kids. Moms can pay attention at this point or ask directly this point to people in the school.

1. The Amount of Students in The Class

Asking the amount of students in the class is important. Imagine that a class with thirty students is too much. The class is not condusive.

One teacher in the class with twenty students is enough for the level of pre-school. The class will be condusive.

2. Books and Teaching Method in The Class

The second point is about book and teaching method. Pre-school students needs so much stimulation. So, they needs sensory play teaching method with creative teaching method.

Asking them to write directly in the book is wrong because their focus is too short to write or just sitting in the class.

3. School Activity

School activity means that other activity beside study in the class. Usually a pre-school has yearly activity like outing, outdoor, etc.

Moms can look how many their activity and comparing with budget. Is there any additional budget or not. There are so many school that pay outing budget in the first semester.

4. School Fees

The last is about school fees. After look at the all school quality based on the question before, and then compare with school fee.

If the school fee is comparable with the quality is good choices, and vice versa. Do not forget to look at the family expense condition before decide to choose a school.

Choosing a school for kids is one of crucial moments. There are a lot of opinion, consideration, requirements to look.

School give many impact to develop kids. So, think twice before choose a school. Kids has their rights to enjoy their children era to get friend and study in the school.

Es Gabus Case: Teaching The Kids about Empathy

 Empathy is one of life attitude which must be teach for kids since they are newborn. It needs the role of parents to teach.

Empathy is when we can respect and understand about the situation of others. We cannot show selfish before empathy with others. This is very crucial moment in life.

Imagine that our kids does not have empathy. There will be some problem like es gabus in Indonesia. This case become crowded in the country because all residents feels sad with the condition of es gabus seller.

Es Gabus Case

What happens in the Es Gabus case, why it can be viral in Indonesia? Actually this condition happens between es gabus seller and the part of soldiers.

The soldiers get information from people around that the seller have fact es gabus and sell to kids around that place.

After that, the soldiers face the seller and ask about the information. However, the way soldier ask to seller is wrong. They record the conversation until Indonesian people can watch the video.

The soldier break es gabus and then ask the seller to eat in that time. There is also accident like beating from soldiers to seller.

The government related to soldiers place check the es gabus sample in the laboratory and then the result is there is no problem about es gabus.

That makes netizen or Indonesian people feel angry with the soldier although soldiers office is already press release in the public.

The seller of es gabus is one of indonesian residents with low income and have several problem like he cannot built home that broken, and then his kids does not go to school because of expense problem

After this case, there are a lot of people wanna help him. He get motorcycle, several money from content creator and etc.

Empathy Lesson for Kids after Es Gabus case

So, what we get from es gabus case? There are some lesson like empathy, work attitude, care each other so that the case will not happens.

The important one is empathy, as parents we can grow the empathy of kids since they are newborn. Do not wait until them growth.

How to Develop Empathy for Kids?

There are some way to develop empathy. Moms does not needs to difficult way to develop it. This article will give some tips for developing empathy in the kids heart.

1. Sharing each other

2. Helping friends

3. Helping moms to cooking or cleaning the house

4. Feeding pet

5. Reading books that contain empathy story

6. Praying for other or themself.

That's all to develop kids empathy. Beside that, moms can give advise when they are wrong. The tips above is very easy to develop kids empathy.

Actually kids before 5 years old has good memories, thats why the tips above can start when they are newborn. Keep try the tips!

Special Gift in The Teacher Day

 Teacher Day is special day for teacher. In that day, all people give thanks to teacher. They are parents, students in a schools or other students which already move.

All of them give teacher gift. This is part of school that must be prepared by moms. Kids will ask some money to buy gift for students.

It does not needs a lot of money. Just give them a little to buy gift for teacher. There are so many recommendation gift for teacher.

Remember, Teacher Day in Indonesia is happens on November 25. Before the day, kids will ask to buy gift for their teacher.

Moms can choose gift based on the budget. It is just requirements. mostly all students todays era will give teacher a gift in the teacher day.

Recommendation Gift in The Teacher Day

There are so much gift can be chosen by moms for teacher day. Teacher will happy get special gift in their special day

1. Flower

Some students will give flower to teacher in the teacher day. Flower has some size like small and big. Most students can bring a beautiful flower till a bucket of flowers.

The price of flower is cheap. It depends on the size. In the teacher day, there will be some people that has business to sell flower with card to teacher day.

2. Chocolate

It is same with valentine day tradition. Besides flower, students can give chocolate for teacher day gift. Chocolate is easy gift.

Moms can buy in the supermarket and then adding small decoration. Just it to teacher day gift. The teacher will happy get chocolate as a gift.

3. Stuff

Stuff in this article means something like shoes, veil, clothes, and many things. For example, when the teacher is man. Moms can buy tie as gift.

In the other hands, if the teacher is woman that often teach by using shoes. Moms can give shoes. Teacher will happy accept stuff as a gift.

4. Money

This one is very different but teacher will like it so much. Students can give money as a gift. All moms that having kid in the schools can collect money for teacher day.

For example, one hundred thousands for a teacher and then the money decorated like flower bucket. Moms can check in the online shop. There are so many money like flower bucket.

The gift above can be inspiration for moms in the teacher day. Teacher will happy accept that gift. The gift for teacher is resemble how moms say thanks because they already teach the kids.

Four gift above is so easy to find and moms will not difficult in the price of gift. Let's try to find the gift for teacher and happy teacher day!

The Benefit of Book Story for Kids

Book has so much benefit for kids. Moms can give information about books since they are newborn. Books is not only contain written story.

There is also book which contain picture for newborn. By reading a books, a newborn will develop so many part of brain.

When newborn becomes toddler, moms can give them book story. Actually book has same benefit for kids in the different age.

It depends on the kind of books they read. It's better to give baby a book story than give them gadget. Remember, kids before five age years old is the golden age.

Moms can freely compare the price of book between online and offline. Remember, books has so much benefit from the picture and the story.

Some Benefit of Books for Kids

1.  Develop Imagination of Kids

Book story for kids has contained story that written and picture. The picture will develop kids imagination. They will know animal, people, plants and many more.

2. Creating Bonding between Moms and Kids

Due to kids cannot read the book by themself, moms or dads should read for kids. Moms can read before sleeping or in the leisure time.

3. Adding Vocabulary for Kids

By reading a book story, moms can teach a baby for memorizing vocabulary. The more kids listening the story of books, the more they study about vocabulary. Their vocabulary will increase.

4. Critical Thinking Skill

Kids that read book story will develop their critical thinking. It means that, when moms read it for kids, they will ask about the content of books.

5. Good Attitude

Kinds of good attitude can be found in the book story that tell about character of someone like how they treat parents, how to eat, etc. Kids will resemble it in the daily activity.

Books story is good for kids. Let's buy some books and read together with kids. Not more than one weeks, moms will get the benefit of books story for kids.

Moms can choose the one which appropriate with kids needed. For example, when they need to increase vocabulary, moms can choose a book with so much subject like kind of animal, fruit, vegetable, etc.

List of School Equipment for Kids

 There are so many equipments for kids to bring in the school. Moms should thinks about the use of equipments, is it useful or not.

The benefit of make a list for school equipment is to make the budget efficient. Actually kids just needs some equipment. They does not need s much equipment because there is some equipment no need to buy.

Before going to stationary store, moms have to create a list what's school equipment that need to buy and kids use it in the school.

Buying so much school equipment without planning before is waste. There will be some equipment is useless. So, moms should think before buy it.

If there is additional school equipment that may not buy and it's not included in the list. Moms can buy it fastly because kids need it for school.

This article will give school equipment recommendation for moms to buy. There are some important school equipment.

Some equipment is easy to find in many store. Moms can buy it offline or online. When moms can compare the price of one store with another is better.

The List of School Equipments for Kids

There are some school equipment for kids to bought buy moms. This list can be consideration for moms to make budget more efficient.

The list will also explain about how to choose the equipment based on the needs of kids. That's wonderful and complete list.

1. Bag

Bag is important equipment for kids. They go to school bring their bag. It has function to save all little school equipment.

How to choose the proper bag? Moms should buy bag that appropriate with kids size. It's related with kids age and grade in the school.

Pre-school kids has different size of bag with elementary school. If there is difficulty and moms cannot estimate the size, using ruler is better so that there is not mistake to buy.

2. Books

Books in this list means that empty book or new books. Sometimes kids need it for school task. Buying books based on kids needs.

For example, elementary school will needs more books than pre-school. Moms can buy a dozen of books for elementary. That's different with pre-school just need one until two books.

Moms should go to stationary with kids and ask them to choose the books they like. There is kids that like certain design book.

3. Pencil

Pencil has function to write. It's actually same with books that buy based on the kids needs. Moms should choose good quality pencil.

There is pencil that not exit the color (black) after kids use it to write. Good quality pencil will make the writing become clear and it does not easy break.

4. Pen

Pen  is same with pencil to writing task of kids. However, not all kids need pen. Sometimes school that already use digitalize activity. They are rare to ask the students for write.

Firstly, moms have to pay attention in the school type. When conventional school and the students is high school, it will needs more pen. So, moms can buy a dozen of pen.

Pre-school students does not need pen for school, but if moms wanna buy it for kids (pre-school) , moms can buy only one pen.

5. Lunch Box

There are some school will ask the students to bring lunch box. Moms can ask the kids to choose one lunch box they like.

Remember, moms have to choose the lunch box size based on kids age. However it's better to choose lunch box that has compartments inside.

6. Pencil Case

Pencil case is the place to take pencil and eraser. there are some size of pencil case. Moms should buy pencil case size that smaller than bag of kids.

That's because there is pencil case that has big size and it cannot take in the bag. So, moms should be careful to choose the size of pencil case.

A small pencil case is better. If kids can accept small pencil case, moms can buy it because big pencil case is so heavy.

That's all important school equipment to bought by moms for kids. When there is other additional equipment, moms can buy it after buy six list above.

Using that list is very good idea because moms budget will be efficient and there will be no waste for school equipment.

The Way To Choose School For Kids

 This is one of important part in moms life. The way to choose school for kids become crucial moment for every parents.

Moms needs to plan before choose school for kids. If moms directly choose a school without arrange planning, there will be a lot of mistake.

That's because school is place to develop kids. In certain age, kids will be develop based on their age. School give them stimulation, and change kids become different.

Kids is not stay at the school in the short time. For example, five years old children. They are kindergarten around two years. Imagine that they spend their time two years in the school.

When moms choose good school, kids get good stimulation in two years. In the other hand, when moms has wrong choices, it's disadvantage for kids in two years.

One years before kids start their school, moms have to decide the school. There are some way to choose school for kids.

What's Important Things Before Choose School For Kids?

Moms have to look at this important things before choosing school for kids. It needs more than consideration so that kids get maximum stimulation. 

Moms have to choose some schools,  She needs to choose two until three school. After that, go to that school which already choose. Some important things should pay attention are:

1. Budget

Moms can look at the budget. Asking the teacher about fee for monthly, student activity, and all fee that needs to paid by parents.

This is included in the budgeting planning. Moms can things that the school fee is still covered by family ability or not.

2. School Activity

The second important things is ask the teacher about school activities. All is includes daily, monthly or yearly activity.

Moms should choose school with activity that have benefit for developing kids. Do not choose school which do not have creativity in daily activity

3. School Cleanliness

How clean the school is also important. Look at the environment of school. It's because how clean the school is resemble how clean the teacher to take care the students

4. School Canteen

It's relationship with food in the school. Moms can think about how kids food and food habit in the school. Is there any allergy or not.

Sometimes there is moms that has habil to give the children healthy food. School that does not have habit in healthy food will disturb the habit of kids.

5. Teacher Background Education

This is important part also to choose school for kids. Moms can look at the education background of teacher.

Teacher with education background that has relationship with kindergarten will know how to treat your kids. How method should be used in the school.

Moms can use the tips above to choose school for kids. Remember, do not choose school without any consideration.

Kids time is very precious for the future. Five tips above just common tips which can be applied by all moms in the world.

The way to choose school for kids is very flexible. Moms can create by itself other tips than five mention above. Give the best for kids!

Kids Preparation School, What's We Do As Moms?

 Kids preparation school, it means that the time firstly our kids start to go to school. Its their first day in the school. The kids age is around three until four years old.

At that time will be difficult things for kids or their mother also. As we know that kids has different characters. Some kids will enjoy their first day in the school but the other will not.

Kids Preparation before Going to School

This is important part of their life. So, make it beautiful memory with good preparation before they go to school.

1. Buy Some Book Related With School

Looking for a book story about school is good decision. Moms can buy one till three books story which has school as their part.

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The books have to contain school activity like study, class room, playground, teacher, students, and etc. Based on that, moms can explain what's kids will find in the new school.

Choosing book story that has colorful image will make kids interesting. They will happy look at the book that has so many picture

Read the book story one times before sleep in the night. It will makes the kids memory grow and they keep in mind the book story about school.

2. Buy Some Stationary

The second step before our kids going to school is buy some stationary. Moms and kids can go to stationary store for buying bag, pencil, eraser, pencil case, bottle, and etc

Moms have to choose stationary based on kids wants. Every kids like so much in a character such as Teddy Bear. They will choose stationary that has Teddy Bear picture.

In this step is related moms support to kids. Do not force the kids to buy stationary based on moms wants. That will make them happy before they going to school.

However, moms can give limitation related to amount of stationary. Buy as kids needs, do not buy too much because it will waste.

3. Introduce School Building

The third kids preparation before going to school is introducing school building. So, they will know the school location.

Just relax and do that with happy. Moms and kids can go to school building in the morning or in the evening. They just needs to passed school building and stand in front of the school.

Moms and kids does not needs to enter the school because the purpose it is just to introduce the school building.

Choosing the school building that has playground will make kids happy. When they just look at the building, they will imagine to play in the school although the day they go to school is tomorrow.

The tips above is important to do before kids going to school. Moms should make kids preparation school is happy as they can.

There is some kids will need other preparation. Once again it depends on the kids character and how they thinks about school.

This article just explain three simple kids preparation which easy to do. Do not make it difficult and enjoy every moments with your child!