Analysis of Parental Involvement in Early Literacy in Malang, Indonesia

Parental involvement is a crucial thing that can improve children's early literacy skills. The purpose of this research is to analyze the involvement of parents in early literacy in Malang, Indonesia. This study used a descriptive quantitative method with a survey involving 122 parents (mean age 37.5 years) who had kindergarten children aged 4-6 years. This study uses a measuring tool developed by PIRLS-2011 Parental Involvement from the parent's perspective. The results show that in general parental involvement in developing early literacy skills is in the low category of 48% or as many as 58 people and in the medium category of 37% or as many as 45 people. Parental involvement at home shows 38.87%. This shows that parents are quite involved in developing children's literacy at home