The Early Childhood Safety Education (A Case Study at Kindergartens in Banjar)

Abstract

The background of this study is the frequent occurrence of early childhood accidents. Children as objects of protection need to be equipped with knowledge and attitudes and behaviours related to their safety. One way to avoid early childhood hazards is to increase their understanding of hazards and ways to overcome hazards through self-safety education. This study aims to describe the implementation of early childhood independent education and to find out the results of an assessment of Kindergartens in Banjar. This research is a case study with a qualitative exploratory approach. This research was conducted from July to September 2020 involving 63 children. The results showed that the method of self-safety education at Kindergartens in Banjar was the Kindergarten Watching method. This method is the result of the development of the Town Watching . The stages include Field survey, develop a map of observation, Discussion to solve the problem, and Presentation. Children can attend the process of self-safety education. However, there were still 18.60% of new children began to develop in telling the results of the description related to potential hazards. Self-safety education at Kindergartens in Banjar can improve children’s understanding of hazards and how to avoid them.