This research aimed to determine the effect of scrapbook child stories as a media for storytelling skills for elementary school students. This type of research was a quasi-experimental quantitative study with a pretest-posttest group design. The population of this research was second grade elementary school students of Candimulyo sub-district, involving two classes as the control class and the experimental class. The test results were then analyzed using the prerequisite test and hypothesis testing. The prerequisite test consists of the normality test using the Kolmogorov Smirnov test and the homogeneity test using the One Way Anova. Hypothesis testing using t-test with independent sample t-test. The results of the analysis were then tested using a significance level of 0.05. The results of this result showed that the control class and the experimental class had a normal and homogeneous distribution. The t-test results showed a significance level 0.05. It means that there was a significant effect of scrapbook child stories to improve storytelling skills.

In this study, it will be known the implementation and results of cursive handwriting on the prospective teacher. This study uses a case study of qualitative research. The study involved 39 prospective elementary school teacher to collect data on the implementation, difficulties, and instructions used in the teaching of cursive handwriting. The research data were collected using observation and interview techniques which were verified as valid by data triangulation techniques. The data that has been collected is analyzed through qualitative descriptive techniques. The results showed that the teaching of writing was carried out by assignments continuously and intensively. The teaching of cursive handwriting helps students to get used to write cursive handwriting better.

Normally, a pre service teacher will get an education in order to prepare themselves in cognitive knowledge, positive attitudes and skills. Moreover, what will be faced by them is educating children who are actually going through the initial stages of learning, namely reading, writing, and counting. Writing, especially cursive handwriting, helps children train their motor skills. To teach cursive handwriting, the pre service teacher should have good cursive handwriting skills. It would be nice if during their study, pre service teachers get cursive handwriting training. This article will describe the learning activities of primary teacher education program related to cursive handwriting. Qualitative studies were conducted on 39 students in the same class. The result shows that learning activities which implement planning, implementation and evaluation stages can support students' skills in cursive handwriting. This process is being implemented in order to prepare pre service teachers to have good cursive handwriting skill.