Implementation of Read Aloud Activities for Children in Bumi Krakatau Permai Complex, Kramatwatu-Banten

Abstract

Bumi Krakatau Permai complex is located in RW 001 of Margatani village, Kramatwatu sub-district, Serang Regency and has a varied age range of residents ranging from infants to the elderly, mostly occupied by residents with a pattern of work as private employees of industrial factories in the Cilegon and Serang areas. Therefore, the economic status of the residents of this complex is middle to upper class. Read Aloud is the most effective method of teaching reading to children because with this method we can condition the child's brain to associate reading as a fun activity.  The initial stage is to conduct observations using interviews, pretest questionnaires directly in order to determine the level of interest in reading of children in the Bumi Krakatau Permai complex. The target audience for the implementation of read aloud activities for children in the Bumi Krakatau Permai complex, Kramatwatu-Banten in RW 001 Margatani village, Kramatwatu District, Serang Regency. The resource person in this reading aloud activity is the service team or lecturers from across the Prodi of Faletehan University of Serang. This activity was carried out with four readers and four bookish play assistants for each group. The PAUD group with reader Kak Ratna and Kak Tifa as bookish play assistants, the kindergarten group with reader Kak Urfa and Kak Nurma as bookish play assistants, the grade 1-3 elementary school readers namely Kak Lina and Kak Anggit as bookish play assistants, and the grade 4-6 elementary group with reader Kak Niya and Kak Fajar as bookish play assistants. After the read aloud was finished, the Read Aloud Serang team did bookish play in the form of making pop-ups of the Al-Aqsa mosque. The materials used were glue, scissors, and paper that had been printed with pictures of the Al-Aqsa mosque.