Implementation of Early Literacy Activities during Covid-19: A Parents Involvement Analysis

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to discover how early literacy activities are implemented during Covid-19 pandemic in Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia. Since the offline meeting at school has been discontinued, the research sample consists of 400 parents in Pekanbaru who were recruited online. This research method is descriptive in quantitative terms and provides an overview of the performance of literacy activities in Pekanbaru Riau. A questionnaire with A Likert Scale Model was used to collect data. The percentage descriptive technique was used for data analysis with IBM SPSS for Windows Version 23. The results showed that the implementation of literacy activities in Pekanbaru kindergarten was carried out through the parent participation in early childhood literacy development. According to the findings, four indicators that children must have in order to develop early literacy well (vocabulary, narrative, print awareness, and print motivation) are in the high category or more than 65%. Meanwhile, the Letter Knowledge and Phonological Awareness skills are sufficient, at around 60%. Overall, the results of this study are in the high category (64.5%), indicating that literacy activities in Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia, have involved parents in the advancement of early childhood literacy skills.