E-Comic: Media for Understanding Flood Disaster Mitigation in Early Childhood Education

The existence of several early childhood education institutions in Indonesia, such as in the Riau Province region, often faces the risk of catastrophic floods overflowing the Kampar River resulting in casualties. The results of preliminary research found that children lacked insight into flood disaster mitigation, and schools did not have appropriate mitigation programs or media. This study aims to develop a product in the form of an E-Comic to introduce flood disaster mitigation in a practical and effective early childhood education. Research and development procedures in this study using the ADDIE model. The data collection techniques for this study were the results of expert validation, practicality tests, and media effectiveness tests on children aged 5-6 years using the mitigation understanding instrument and descriptive statistical analysis of Aiken's V validation. Flood disaster is very suitable for use in early childhood learning, with the average Aiken's V result by material experts is 89% and media expert is 96%. E-Comic practicality with an average percentage of 85.5% and effectiveness test results with an average value of 90%. It can be concluded that the E-Comic introduction of flood disaster mitigation in Kindergarten children is suitable for use as a learning medium and has a practical and effective quality.&#x0D; Keywords: E-Comic, Flood Disaster Mitigation&#x0D; References:&#x0D; Apriyani, R., Sumarni, S., &amp; Rukiyah, R. (2018). Pengembangan Media Pembelajaran Komik Tema Alam Semesta untuk Anak. Cakrawala Dini: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini, 9(2), 110–124. https://doi.org/10.17509/cd.v9i2.11004&#x0D; Azizah, N., &amp; Khanafiyah, S. (2014). Pengaruh Komik Sains dalam Pembelajaran IPA terhadap Pengembangan Karakter Siswa di Kecamatan Semarang Tengah. 3(3), 34–42. https://doi.org/10.15294/upej.v3i3.4329&#x0D; Bolton-Gary, C. 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