CHARACTER BUILDING FOR EARLY CHILD BASED ON LOCAL WISDOM THROUGH TABOO

Abstract

This research was aimed at character building for early child, as of generation that would possess polite attitude and behavior, happiness, welfare, peacefulness, disciplined, responsible, being committed, honesty, hard-working, kindhearted, eager to cooperate, self-controlled, having good personality which are the cultural and social capitol. Cultural value that contains positive local wisdom can be enhanced for the growth of early aged child that builds the out-standing character for the nation of Indonesia. Early aged child is a group of children that is being the growing process and being in a complicated growth. The developing and growing should be basAed on the proper and correct basic emotional and spiritual intelligence. Therefore, there are a lot of things that can be done by teachers of PAUD (Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini) in developing the intelligence as well as building the character on the basis of local wisdom for the children. One of other things that can be done by teachers is by introducing taboos. Taboos is one that very often involve in every tribes of Indonesia. Taboos is regarded delivering moral messages then is expected to build the character of children. This research was conducted through qualitative research.

Keywords:Character, Early Aged Child, Local Wisdom, Taboos.