Stories & Best Practices

No Library Building? A Mini Library Can Be the Solution

The school, which is located at the foot of a hill in West Sumba regency, already has a designated building for a library. However, the building has not been used for a long time because

Improving Students’ Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) by Using the Big Book

In the administrative sense, the scenario that supports learning by using HOTS is already in the Learning Implementation Plan (Rencana Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran, or RPP). Nonetheless, teachers must prepare materials and learning media that are creative, innovative,

Making Numeracy Lessons Exciting by Using the Objects around Us

One of the ways to do this is by using learning tools or media, which can take many forms. It would be interesting, however, if the teaching media that teachers chose to use came from

Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education to Prepare the 21st-Century Generation

Education is key in preparing a generation that can meet the life challenges of the 21st century. In response to this, the Government of Indonesia has integrated the 4C’s as the final learning goal of

Learning while Playing with ‘Ultrasi’ (Si Ular Tangga Numerasi/Numeracy Snakes and Ladders)

It’s really fun to play snakes and ladders, especially when the children are learning math at the same time. Dalilatus Sholihah, S.Pd., a teacher at Islamic elementary school MI Darussalam in Candi district, Sidoarjo regency,

From Learning “As Is” to Learning “Wow! What’s that?”

The reason for this is not because these schools don’t want to apply this learning concept—it’s because school resources, in this case the teachers and supporting facilities, especially learning media, have felt inadequate to meet

Utilizing Unused Objects to Make a Literate Classroom

Yandri’s initiative to collect unused items came to be after seeing the condition of empty classrooms. This condition has remained the same since the school asked him to teach as a grade 2 teacher in

Playing Smart Dice Game to Help Improve Student’s Literacy

In order for students to learn everything about animals, how they reproduce, and how they live, while teaching about literacy at the same time, I have created a simple game called Datar or Dadu Pintar