The 2013 Early Childhood Curriculum is not a subject based curriculum, but are also grouped according to the areas of a child’s development that will be enhanced when they achieve the Learning Outcome. Areas of Child’s Development are:
A. Religious Values and Moral
Recognize religious values includes saying prayer, being thankful to God, behave honestly, being helpful, courtesy, respect, sportsmanship, knowing the religious holidays, and respect (tolerance) religion of others.
B. Physical Motor
Gross motor skills: has the ability to move the body in a coordinated, flexible, balanced and agile and follow the rules.
Fine motor skills: the ability to use tools to explore and express themselves in a variety of forms to enhance their fine motor muscles.
Health and Safety Behavior: weight, height, head diameter according to age and ability to live in a clean, healthy way, personal hygiene and the environment, and care about safety.
C. Cognitive
Learning and Troubleshooting: able to solve simple problems in everyday life being flexible and socially acceptable and applying knowledge or experience in a new context.
Logical thinking: recognize differences, classification, and pattern, initiated, planned, and recognize cause and effect.
Thinking symbolic: to know, mentions, and use the symbol numbers 1-10, knowing the alphabet, as well as able to represent the various objects in the form of images.
D. Language
Understand (receptive) language: to understand the story, orders, rules, and enjoys and appreciate reading.
Expressing Language: being able to ask, answer questions, communicate verbally, and recounting what is known
Literacy: understanding the relationship of form and letter sounds, imitating the form of letters, as well as understand the words in the story.
Just like the IEYC, the Learning Outcomes in the Curriculum 2013 Early Childhood Education are described in competence of Attitudes (spiritual + social), Knowledge, and Skills. The Attitudes, Knowledge, and Skills that a child is expected to learn, in DIKNAS term is called the Core Competence (KI) or we call it the Learning Strands, they are:
Core competency-1 (KI-1) for the core competencies Spiritual Attitude:
This area focus on having understanding of good moral values.
Core competency-2 (KI-2) to the core competencies of Social Attitudes:
This are focus on developing a healthy lifestyle behavior, good curiosity, creative and aesthetic, confident, disciplined, independent, caring, able to work together, to adapt, to be honest, and polite in their interaction with families, teachers, and friends.
Core Competence-3 (KI-3) for the core competencies of Knowledge:
This area focus on recognition and understanding of self, family, friends, educators and / or caregiver, the environment, technology, art and culture at home, neighborhood, and school through observing with the senses; asking/inquiring; gather information; process information, and communicate through play activities.
Core Competence-4 (KI-4) for the core competency Skills.
This area focus on expressing what they know, feel, need, think through language, music, movement, and work productively and creatively, as well as reflecting good morality & behavior.
A set of Attitude, Knowledge, and Skills have been identified for a child to learn under each Learning Strand. These are the Learning Outcomes. The Learning Strands and Learning Outcomes serves as guidelines for the learning that happens at RTA.
