Early Childhood Islamic Education Journal https://jurnal.stitihsanulfikri.ac.id/index.php/eciej <p>Journal of Early Childhood Islamic Education-Islamic Tarbiyah College is published twice a year in March and December. This journal is a forum for publishing research results and applications of Early Childhood Islamic Education. In addition, this journal is a forum for sharing and strengthening research in the field of Early Childhood Islamic Education that has been conducted by researchers and practitioners.</p> STIT Ihsanul Fikri id-ID Early Childhood Islamic Education Journal 2964-5832 APPLICATION OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING TO IMPROVE EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE SKILLS OF CHILDREN AGED 4-5 YEARS AT TKIT RIYADLUSH SHOLIHIN SALAMAN https://jurnal.stitihsanulfikri.ac.id/index.php/eciej/article/view/104 <p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>This study aims to examine the implementation of the Project-Based Learning (PBL) method in improving the expressive language skills of children aged 4-5 years at TKIT Riyadlush Sholihin. Expressive language is an important aspect of children's communication development, which includes the ability to express feelings, ideas, and thoughts verbally. This research employs a qualitative</em></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><em>approach with a case study method, focusing on direct observation of the interactions and development of children's expressive language at a kindergarten. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation techniques during the</em></span></p> dewi numalasari yuni yulia farikha Copyright (c) 2025 Early Childhood Islamic Education Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2024-12-04 2024-12-04 4 2 DEVELOPING KINESTHETIC INTELLIGENCE THROUGH ENGKLEK GAMES IN CHILDREN AGED 5-6 YEARS AT KINDERGARTEN PERTIWI TAMPIRKULON 2 TAMPIRKULON, CANDIMULYO, MAGELANG FOR THE 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR https://jurnal.stitihsanulfikri.ac.id/index.php/eciej/article/view/105 <p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>This research is motivated by gross motor activities that are carried out before the core activities outside the classroom are only movement exercises and songs, occasionally children are invited to play throwing and catching balls. These motor activities do not utilize the strength of the leg muscles or body balance. Therefore, it is necessary to have an activity that can train kinesthetic intelligence. The purpose of this study is to determine the improvement of kinesthetic intelligence development through the traditional game of engklek and to determine the effectiveness of the game of engklek in developing kinesthetic intelligence. The research method used is descriptive qualitative research. The research subjects in this study are 18 students of Pertiwi Tampirkulon 2 Kindergarten aged 5-6 years Based on the results of the study, it was shown that the successful presentation of balance and strength aspects was 88.9% and the agility presentation was 83.3%. Aspects have increased kinesthetic development by 87%</em></span></p> istiqomah budi widyaingsih Copyright (c) 2025 Early Childhood Islamic Education Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2024-12-04 2024-12-04 4 2 USE OF THE TRADITIONAL GAME BAKIAK TO TRAIN COOPERATION IN CHILDREN AGED 4 - 5 YEARS AT ASSALIMA TKIT KALIANGKRIK https://jurnal.stitihsanulfikri.ac.id/index.php/eciej/article/view/106 <h1 class="western" align="JUSTIFY"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>This research aims to present a complete picture of the development of aspects of children's cooperation through the traditional game of clogs in children aged 4-5 years at TKIT Assalima Kaliangkrik. This type of research is descriptive research with a qualitative approach. The subjects of this research were children aged 4-5 years at TKIT Assalima Kaliangkrik, totaling 12 children consisting of 6 boys and 6 girls. Data collection techniques in this research are through observation, interviews, documentation. The Miles and Huberman model is collecting data, data reduction, data presentation and conclusions. The research results show that the traditional game of clogs can train children's cooperation. By playing the traditional game of bakiak, children become interactive, responsible and develop a sense of togetherness to help each other.</em></span></h1> siti zilainah suparmiati Copyright (c) 2025 Early Childhood Islamic Education Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2024-12-04 2024-12-04 4 2 DEVELOPING FINE MOTORCYCLE SKILLS THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL GAME OF MARBLES FOR GROUP A CHILDREN AT RA IT CAHAYA HATI BENDAN SAWANGAN MAGELANG ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024 https://jurnal.stitihsanulfikri.ac.id/index.php/eciej/article/view/107 <p><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Developing Fine Motor Skills Through the Traditional Game of Marbles for Group A Children at RA IT Cahaya Hati Bendan Sawangan Magelang Academic Year 2023/2024. The aim of this research is to find out how the traditional game of marbles can improve the fine motor skills of group A children at RA IT Cahaya Hati Bendan Sawangan Magelang for the 2023/2024 academic year. Based on the results of the data presentation followed by analysis, it was concluded that children's fine motor skills can be improved through the traditional game of marbles for group A children at RA IT Cahaya Hati Bendan Sawangan Magelang for the 2023/2024 academic year which can be seen when children become more skilled in moving their fingers, such as being able to hold marbles by aiming, and this has an effect on children's concentration power who are increasingly focused on carrying out other fine motor movements.</em></span></span></p> sri sudariyah budi widyaningsih Copyright (c) 2025 Early Childhood Islamic Education Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2024-12-04 2024-12-04 4 2 THE EFFECT OF PERCEPTION OF CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER HABITS IN SCHOOLS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD CHARACTER EDUCATION https://jurnal.stitihsanulfikri.ac.id/index.php/eciej/article/view/108 <p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>This study aims to determine the influence of perception of congregational prayer habituation with early childhood character education. The population used in this study amounted to 93 children in class B TKIT Zaid Bin Tsabit 1 Magelang which was determined by purposive sampling technique. The measuring tools used in this study are the congregational prayer habituation scale and the character education scale which is compiled using the Likert scale. The data analysis technique uses the product moment correlation technique. The hypothesis in this study is to determine the influence of the perception of the habit of congregational prayer at school on early childhood character education. The result of the hypothesis is that there is a positive influence between the habit of congregational prayer on character education with an effective contribution value of 9.61% while 90.39% is influenced by other variables that are not measured in this study.</em></span></p> yuliani prahesti anisa agustanti Copyright (c) 2025 Early Childhood Islamic Education Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2024-12-04 2024-12-04 4 2