The Practice of “5 S” in the Effort to Develop Early Childhood Prosocial Behavior

Abstract

The low prosocial problems of early childhood in the playing arena of public play facilities are the background of this research. The aim of this research is to develop a model in the prosocial development of children through the practice of "5 S" (smiles, greetings, courtesies, politeness) by parents or caregivers in the arena playing public facilities. This type of research is development research, with the subject of research on parents who were brought to play in the arena playing facilities at the complex Singgalang Padang. The type of data in this study is data about evaluating prosocial behavior of children so far in the arena playing public facilities and data about changes in prosocial behavior of children after doing the practice of "5S". The results showed: changes in the topic of prosocial children, where so far they do not want to share, do not want to work together and do not want to give, indifferent at meetings, cannot wait for their turn, now the opposite has happened . In connection with this it is expected for parents or to caregivers of young children who bring play to practice the "5 S".