Perkembangan teknologi saat ini sangatlah maju. Dengan demikian teknologi juga sangat mempengaruhi perkembangan anak usia dini. Saat ini siapa yang tidak mengenal gadget? Gadget merupakan perangkat elektronik kecil yang memiliki fungsi khusus. Banyak sekali fungsi, manfaat, dan dampak yang terjadi akibat gadget. Fungsi pengetahuan, media sosial, hiburan, game dan masih banyak lagi yang lainnya yang di dapat dari gadget. Perkembangan ini menghadirkan dampak baru bagi generasi muda khususnya bagi anak usia dini. Gadget sangat mudah sekali menarik perhatian dan minat anak dan sudah menjadi hal yang biasa jika anak-anak saja sudah memakai gadget dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Gadget memiliki dampak positif dan negatif, untuk itu peran orang tua sangat penting dalam perkembangan teknologi yang sangat maju di zaman sekarang ini.. Kata kunci: Peran Orang Tua, Teknologi, Gadget, Anak Usia Dini.

Indonesia as an archipelagic country should be introduced to early childhood. Therefore, it is necessary to develop maritime insight learning tools for children in coastal areas. The objectives of this research were to develop maritime insight learning tools for ocean literacy in children aged 5-6 years old and to analyze the effectiveness of the learning tools. The learning tools were in the form of semester program, weekly and daily lesson plan, teaching materials, and learning media and were developed by following the conditions and characteristics of the coastal areas. Research & Development with one group pretest-posttest design were conducted in six kindergartens with 80 students at Konawe Utara Regency, Southeast Sulawesi. The research also involved education experts, practitioners, and teachers of that areas as research subjects. Data collection instruments used were observation sheets, questionnaires, tests, and documentation. The results showed that the maritime insight learning tools is valid for use. The result of trials with t-test showed there were an increase in the ocean literacy skills of students after using maritime insight learning tools with n-Gain scores of 0.69 with the category medium on a limited scale trial and 0.70 with the high category in wide scale trial. It concluded that development of the maritime insight learning tools was effective for improving ocean literacy in children aged 5-6 years old

This study aims to obtain preliminary data related to children's perceptions of gadgets and YouTube and what content is often watched by children. YouTube is one website on the internet that can be accessed easily to exchange information in the form of videos. Respondents in this study were preschool children, amounting to 30 children (17 girls and 13 men) with a range of 3-7 years in Semarang City. This study uses a qualitative approach. Collecting data in this study uses methods of observation, interviews, drawing and documentation of the work in the form of images of children. The results showed that 96.7% of children felt like using YouTube because they could watch various favorite videos and how to access them was very easy. There are 93.3% of children using smartphones parental to open YouTube and of course with parental supervision. Judging from the picture of the child, there is a tendency with the age of a higher child having the ability to visualize what is watched on YouTube more clearly, when compared to younger children. Content that is often watched by children varies greatly, including Paw Patrol Cartoon (23.3%), Play-doh (20%), Tayo (13.2%), Robocar Poli (10%), Bibo Toys (6.7%), Lego (6.7%), Upin Ipin (6.7%), Tendangan dari Langit (6.7%) and other cartoons (6.7%). With the ease of accessing information on social media such as YouTube, parent policy plays an important role, in addition to the positive side there is also a negative side that can affect children's growth and development. The government is also expected to take a firm stance regarding freedom of access to information that is not child friendly, such as content containing pornography.

This study aims to: 1) know the types of mass media accessed by preschoolers, 2) to know the behavioral development of preschool children, 3) to know the attitude of parents to the mass media for the development of preschool behavior. This research was conducted in Kendari of Southeast Sulawesi. This study used a case study method, respondents are parents who have preschool children who are considered in accordance of 10 people. Data were obtained with structured interview techniques in the elderly and observation in their children with age range of 4-6 years. The results showed that: 1) the mass media that is more often accessed by preschoolers is television. Television broadcasting with children's movies is the most watched, the next is the soap opera with teenage themes also become a spectacle of children, 2) the behavior of preschoolers based on the results of the study did not show deviant symptoms, 3) parents who have preschool children show the attitude positive. The conclusion is that parents' perceptions of the mass media are showing relatively good circumstances, showing no exaggerated anxiety about their impact on the development of their child's behavior. Suggestion is that parents together with the surrounding community to always control the spectacle of their children, perform mentoring, limit the time/hours watching television, and educate children about the adverse effects of addiction to watch, as well as institutions that serve to control the broadcasting of the media mass to further improve its performance.

Perkembangan motorik halus merupakan salah satu faktor yang sangat penting dalam perkembangan individu secara keseluruhan. Kemampuan motorik halus adalah kemampuan yang berhubungan dengan keterampilan fisik yang melibatkan otot kecil dan koordinasi mata-tangan. Saraf motorik halus ini dapat dilatih dan dikembangkan melalui kegiatan dan rangsangan yang kontinyu secara rutin, seperti bermain menggunakan media puzzle dengan pendekatan saintifik.Pendekatan saintifik di PAUD perlu diimplementasikan karena mampu memberikan pengalaman belajar yang lebih bermakna kepada anak dengan mendorong anak melakukan kegiatan mengamati, menanya, mengumpulkan informasi, menalar/mengasosiasi, dan mengomunikasikan. Anak adalah pembelajar aktif. Pembelajar aktif berarti anak belajar melakukan atas dasar idenya bukan hanya mengikuti instruksi atau arahan guru. Pembelajaran aktif tidak hanya aktif anggota tubuhnya, tetapi yang penting juga aktif proses berpikirnya Kata kunci: Motorik Halus, Media Puzzle, Pendekatan Saintifik, Anak Usia Dini