Mini Garden Teaching Media Assistance as a Means of Environmental Conservation Education for Early Childhood at Kombutokan State Kindergarten

Abstract

Learning in early childhood requires an interesting method and provides a direct learning experience so that children can understand the material more easily. One of the ways that can be done is by utilizing the environment as a learning medium. This activity aims to help teachers in providing simple but interesting learning media through the creation of a mini garden as a means of environmental conservation education in early childhood at Kombutokan State Kindergarten. The method used in this activity is assistance to teachers and student involvement in practical activities of planting plants in the school environment. The activity was held on January 12-13 involving students, teachers, and students. In the initial stage, assistance is carried out to the teacher in making a mini garden by utilizing used tires filled with soil as a planting medium. Furthermore, the activity continued by involving students in the process of planting several types of plants such as eggplant, rica, and tomato. The results of the activity show that the mini garden can be an interesting learning medium and provide a direct learning experience to students. In addition, this activity also helps to grow students' sense of responsibility in maintaining and caring for plants and increasing concern for the environment from an early age.