Handling A Spoilt Three-Year Old Child in Two To Three Class at Tumble Tots.

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Maranatha Christian University

ABSTRACT

Dalam Tugas Akhir ini saya akan membahas permasalahan yang saya alami pada saat saya magang di Tumble Tots pre-school & kindergarten. Salah satu masalahnya adalah terdapat anak yang sangat manja di kelas

Two to Three_{tempat saya melaksanakan magang.}

Untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini saya melakukan analisa. Saya menemukan beberapa penyebab dan akibat dari masalah yang saya hadapi sewaktu magang di Tumble Tots. Penyebab utama dari anak yang sangat manja ini adalah Ibu dari anak ini terbiasa memanjakan dia dan yang kedua, Ibu anak ini juga melindunginya secara berlebihan (kapanpun dan disaat dia melakukan hal apapun). Hal ini berdampak terhadap anak-anak lain ataupun guru yang mengajar. Dampaknya antara lain,

konsentrasi anak anak menjadi terganggu atau terpecah, aktivitas kelas menjadi terganggu, dan kegiatan guru pada saat mengajarpun menjadi terganggu.

Saya memilih tiga solusi untuk menangani anak ini, solusi pertama adalah saya harus memberikan disiplin secara konsisten kepada anak ini. Kedua; Ibu dari dari anak jangan terlalu memanjakan anaknya. Ketiga, Ibu dari anak ini juga jangan memberikan perlindungan yang berlebihan

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APPENDIX A : FLOWCHART

Causes 1. The mother is used to giving whatever the child wants.

2. The mother is overprotective.

Problem Handling a spoilt three-year-old child

in Two to Three class at Tumble Tots

Effects

2. The class activity will be disturbed. 3. It is disturbes teacher’s activitiy and the lesson becomes more difficult to convey. Potential

Negative Effects 1. The child can be angry or rebelious when he cannot get what he wants. 2. The child can be anxious.

Potential Solution I I should provide a consistent discipline

for this child.

Potential Positive not interested in school activites.

Potential Solution II The mother should not overindulge the

child.

Potential Positive Effects 1. The child can learn to be brave to show his capability. 2. The child can build his own self -esteem. The mother should not overprotect the

child.

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APPENDIX B

LIST OF QUESTIONS

(to the spoilt three-

year old pupil’s teacher)

1. What are the causes of the three-year old child being spoilt?

2. Does the spoilt child’s behaviour disturb the class activities?

3. How did the spoilt child bothered the class activities and

concentration of other children?

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APPENDIX C

SUMMARY OF THE INTERVIEW

No. Issued to be tiga tahun ini (Jason) manja?

Ya memang Jason itu dikelas terlihat hanya seperti main-main karena awalnya ibunya memang tidak membiasakan untuk mandiri .

Kemudian dari segi memanjakan ya bisa dibilang memang ibunya agak sedikit terlalu memanjakan dan juga overprotektif sehingga Jason menjadi takut pegang cat atau

sedikit-sedikit anaknya diangkat saat sedang bermain.

Anak berumur tiga tahun ini menjadi manja karena orang

tua nya tidak membiasakan anaknya untuk belajar mandiri dan

juga orang tuanya memberikan

Ya kalau menurut saya bisa dibilang mengganggu yah karena seperti pada saat dia minta permen pada ibunya dikelas dan kemudian ibunya membukakan permen itu, terdengar suara bungkus permen dan anak-anak lain melihat dan minta permen pada saya. Dan pada saat saya minta perhatian mereka kembali mereka malah minta saya untuk membukakan permen. Jadi, cukup mengganggu karena aktifitas kelas menjadi

tertunda.

Tingkah laku Jason menimbulkan

Umm.. iya kalau saya bilang dapat diasumsikan seperti itu karena perhatian anak-anak gampang terpecah kan yah. Dan

cukup sulit untuk mendapatkan perhatian mereka kembali saat sudah terganggu.

Tingkah laku Jason menyebabkan terganggunya atau

mengalihkan perhatian anak-anak

lain pada saat kelas berlangsung.

Emm.. ya, mengganggu ya ketika dia mulai pergi ke suatu tempat dan mengambil barang didalam kelas. Karena kan di dalam kelas banyak barang-barang penting seperti map anak-anak, workbook, dan lain-lain. Sementara juga saya harus berhenti

menyampaikan materi dan menegur dia. Ini cukup mengganggu saya karena untuk mendapatkan konsentrasi anak-anak kan nggak mudah. Ketika saya selesai menegur dia , saya harus mengulang materi untuk memastikan apakah anak-anak menerima materi yang saya berikan.

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

In this era, Indonesians not only use Indonesian language but they also

use English as a means of communication. Because of this, most schools

have introduced English language as early as posible. As a result, there are a

lot of pre-schools or kindergartens in Indonesia especially in Bandung. One of

the preschools and kindergartens in Bandung is Tumble Tots.

I did my internship at Tumble Tots pre-school and kindergarten

(henceforth, TT) and I choose TT because I love children and I can apply the

knowledge that I have acquired during my study at D3 English Programme,

Maranatha Christian University. I worked as a teacher’s assistant during my

internship and the responsibilities that I had included preparing the class,

supporting the class, laying out the station room, and tidying up the class.

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Maranatha Christian University not easy to do. I often faced problems. The problem I faced is there is a spoilt

three-year-old child in my class, whose behaviours often disturb the teaching

and learning process. In general, a three-year-old child still needs parent’s

protection. However, this child has been overprotected by his mother and it

caused him to be used to being spoilt.

The class where I did my internship is Two to Three class. There are

twelve children in the morning class and fifteen children in the afternoon

class. Their ages ranged from two to three years old. The lessons for the Two

to Three class are counting, sticking, coloring, art and craft (making funny

face/mask), and developing gross motor skills (at the station room). In TT

parents are allowed to stay in the class.

The problem occurs when I became an assistant for Aunty Hani in the Two

to Three class. The spoilt child likes to do whatever he wants and his

behaviours caused problems to the teaching and learning process. As one of

the examples, when the spoilt child started grabbing something inside the

class, one or two children also followed his action and played with the

classroom’s stuff (glue, marker, books, and others). This became a problem

because other children’s concentration were distracted and the teaching

learning process was delayed. I am interested in analyzing this problem

because I think this is important to be solved to make the teaching and

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Maranatha Christian University Therefore, I choose handling a spoilt three-year-old child at TT as the topic of

my final term paper. This topic will be examined critically and systematically in

accordance with scientific research.

B. Identification of Problem

When I did my internship at Tumble Tots I found a problem. The questions

that will be analyzed are :

1. Why is one three-year old child in the Two to Three class at TT spoilt ?

2. How does this spoilt three-year old child influence the class activity?

3. How should I as the teacher handle this spoilt three-year old child?

C. Objective and Benefits of the Study

The objective of the study is to analyze the problem of handling a spoilt

three-year old child in the Two to Three class at TT. After analyzing the

problem with its causes and effects, I explain the best solution to the problem.

In this part I also discuss the benefits of the study. The benefits are for the

writer, the readers, and the institution. The benefit for the writer is I can

develop myself to handle a spoilt child. For the readers, especially the

parents, they can get the information that they should not spoil the children

but should understand that children can develop themselves naturally as they

are growing up. For the institution, especially the teachers, they can solve the

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D. Description of the Institution

TT was established in The United Kingdom in 1979 by Bill Cosgrave, coach

for the British Olympic Gymnastics team of 1968. In Indonesia, TT has many

branches, including in Jakarta, Bandung, and Surabaya. In Bandung, there

are two branches, The first is at Jalan Maulana Yusuf no.8, which was

established in 2001. The second is at Jalan Galunggung no. 18. The owner of

TT in Bandung is Mrs. Fedya Kertatama.

In TT there are six classes: Gymbabes, Walking to Two, Two to Three,

Three to Four, Rightstep 1, and Rightstep 2. TT in Jalan Maulana Yusuf has

eleven teachers. Each class is usually taught by two teachers: one is the

leader and the other one is the class supporter. The equipments that TT

provides are wooden and foam equipments. These equipments are for the

activities done in the station (the room for a gross-motor skill exercises). The

teaching aids that the teachers use to teach the children are mostly (90%)

real things, for example, comb, fruits, dolls, shampoo.

The activities in TT are divided into two kinds of activities, that is activities

which use soft skills and activities that use gross-motor skills. In the activity

which uses soft skills the children do some activities like colouring, counting

(fun math), cutting, sticking, tracing the dots lines. In the activity that uses

grossmotor skill the children do the activities in the station room. In the station

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Maranatha Christian University The agility area is for building the children’s dexterity, the climbing area is for

building the children’s confidence, and the balancing area is for building the

children’s body balance.

E. Method of the Study

The data used for the analysis is from the journal that I have. The journal

is based on the observation I did during my internship from January 4th

-February 12th 2011. I use the library research, the Internet, and interviews to

support the theories and my analysis in finding the solution to the problem.

F. Limitation of the Study

I did my observation as a teacher’s assistant at Tumble Tots pre-school

and kindergarten at Jalan Maulana Yusuf no. 8, Bandung. I taught the Two to

Three class. The observation is focused on the school activities and children’s

behaviours, in the Two to Three class at TT. I did my internship at TT from

January 4th to February 12, 2011

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G. Organization of the Term Paper

This term paper is divided into four chapters. Chapter I, the Introduction,

gives the details about the Background of the Study, Identification of the

Problem, Objectives and Benefits of the Study, Description of the Institution,

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Maranatha Christian University Chapter II explains the causes and effects of the problem. Chapter III

discusses the potential solutions to the problem with the potential negative

and positive effects of each solution. Chapter IV explains the best solutions

for the problem. I also include Bibliography, which contains the sources of all

theories that are used in the study, and the Appendices, which contains the

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CHAPTER IV

CONCLUSION

In the previous chapter, I have discussed the causes and effects of my

problem, which is handling a spoilt three-year-old child in the Two to Three

class at TT. The causes of this problem are the mother is used to giving

whatever the child’s wants and the mother is overprotective. The problem

affects the learning process in school. The effects are the other children’s

concentration is disturbed or distracted and the class activity is bothered.

Besides the causes and effects that I also analyze three potential solutions

to solve the problem, with their potential positive and negative effects. The

potential solutions are I should provide consistent discipline to the spoilt

child; the parents should not overindulge the child; and the mother should

not overprotect the child.

After I have analyzed each potential solution and potential positive and

negative effects of each solution, I choose the combination of the first and

the third potential solution as the best solution. The potential solutions

chosen are I should provide consistent discipline and the mother should

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Maranatha Christian University The combination of the first and the third potential solution is the best

solution. The article ”Early Intervention Boost Positive Functioning” stated

that “The intervention involved teachers, students and their parents.

Teachers were given special training to learn specialized skills in

classroom management and instruction. Children were taught impulse

control, how to get what they want without being aggressive” (par. 8). I

choose this combination because by involving the two sides(the mother

and the teacher), the spoilt child will accept two positive impulses. The

impulses are first make him do things by himself and this gives him

chances to develop his abilities, second make him do not depend on his

parents and therefore he can learn not to be spoilt.

In conclusion, the existence of a spoilt three-year old child in the Two to

Three class at TT can disturb the school activites and the other children’s

concentration is distracted. However, if the mother and teacher can handle

the spoilt child, the school activites can go well and the other children can

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