This research is based on how the teacher builds a learning motivation of 5-6 years old children. In the classroom, sometimes children’s motivation decrease, there is one way to build learning motivation on children, it is called positive reinforcement. This research aims to determine the learning motivation of 5-6 years old children by giving positive reinforcement in the math and science subject. The method of this research was qualitative descriptive with the sample was six students of B2 class around 5-6 years old at the kindergarten in the Purwakarta, Indonesia. The instrument of the research was an observation sheet of students and teachers’ activities and the interview. The result of the data analysis on teacher’s observation was a positive reinforcement from the teacher by giving children praise; nonverbal reinforcement was delivered by smiling at children, showing a cheerful face and thumbs. Moreover, the result of observation also showed that children more like if the teacher gives praise in words forming for what they are doing, so the good behavior will continuous appear.
Number line material is an essential material in learning mathematics. However, in fact some students experience difficulties in the learning process of number line material. As was found among students at the Graha Asuh Jabal 165 Foundation, only seven of twenty five children said they liked mathematics at the Al-Hilal 3 Sarijadi Foundation. Based on the problems found, this service activity aims to help students understand number line material. The method for implementing this activity consists of three stages, namely: (1) the activity planning stage; (2) implementation stage; and (3) evaluation stage. The results obtained in this service activity are in the form of post-test results which show that there is an increase in student responses from the results of the pre-test conducted at the beginning of learning.
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