A Family-School Partnership Based Learning: An Effort to Organize Early Childhood Education During Pandemic

Organizing the teaching and learning process during the Covid-19 pandemic is a challenge for educational stakeholders, including teachers and parents, especially at the early childhood education level, which is thick with play and the inherent supervision of teachers and parents. The kindergarten students' learning becomes hampered due to the need for traditional face-to-face learning. The online learning model is proven to be challenging for students, even with parents' guidance. The obstacles can be in the form of digital literacy skills or supporting facilities. Dealing with the challenges, family-school partnership-based learning is proposed as one of the learning models to gain the expected learning outcomes. The learning model involves parents actively taking the role of tutors for their children at home, while the school prepares learning materials with detailed processes and a structured schedule. Even though it is still beyond perfect, learning outcomes can be achieved in accordance with the curriculum.