The Importance of Emotional Intelligence Stimulation in Early Childhood When Back to School After the Covid-19 Pandemic Nur Hazizah, Sri Murni, Rismareni Pransiska
Universitas Negeri Padang
STKIP Bandar Lampung
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to see the importance of stimulation given to early childhood to prepare for returning to school. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the teaching and learning process has started to return to normal along with the sloping of incoming cases. Many children are not emotionally ready to go to school because they are comfortable with the atmosphere of learning at home. Based on the analysis, the researchers found that the emotional readiness of children to start school is very important in supporting academic achievement, the better the children emotionally such as being brave, confident, independent, responsible, and disciplined, the easier it is to provide stimulation to the initial concepts that must be mastered by children. . For this reason, the need for appropriate stimulation for early childhood emotional intelligence as readiness to enter school after the COVID-19 pandemic
Keywords: Emotional stimulation, back to school after covid-19