The Role of Parents in Fostering a Culture of Family Literacy

Abstract

The name of this activity is Mentoring Gerakan Literasi Keluarga (GLK)/Family Literacy Movement Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0. This activity was carried out with the aim of providing space for discussion and assistance to parents in Sungapan V, Wahyuharjo, Lendah, Kulon Progo in implementing GLK. The method used in this service is the GLK implementation assistance. The assistance activities were carried out in the following stages: 1) introduction of community needs, 2) determination of assistants, 3) learning / knowledge transfer, 4) implementation, 5) consultation, 6) follow-up, and 7) evaluation. This service was conducted from March to July 2020. GLK assistance during the Covid-19 pandemic was carried out five times face-to-face in the network. The results achieved are 1) growing awareness of the importance of the family literacy movement, 2) habituating 15 minutes of reading non-learning books every day; 3) the provision of reading material for children, 4) the creation of a text-rich family environment by displaying books, pictures or information in one corner of the house.