Monday, January 8, 2023, UIII Daycare received a visit from Madania Progressive Indonesian School Kindergarten, Bogor. This activity was attended by Prof. Nina Nurmila, Ph.D. as The Dean of the Faculty of Education UIII, Daycare Staff, and Staff of the Faculty of Education UIII as well as the Principal and Kindergarten teachers of Madania Progressive Indonesian School, Bogor. The activity began with a visit to the Daycare to see directly how teachers accompany, care for, and educate children as well as see the facilities and infrastructure.

The activity then continued with the socialization of the UIII Daycare program which was held at the Teleconference, Faculty A, UIII. The activity opened with a video showing of the Faculty of Education. During socialization, Ms. Citra Novi Pramudia as UIII Daycare Teacher Coordinator, explained that before teaching and guiding children, teachers must be able to manage emotions, be alert, and be able to read children’s social and emotional situations. She explained that the Montessori curriculum consists of Practical Life, Sensory, Language, Math, and Culture. Lesson plans can be in the form of Pretend Play, Presentation, Science Class, Cooking Class, Fun Learning, Read Aloud, Outdoor Activity, Music and Environment. Ms. Alfi Afifah, Head of Madania Secondary School, explained that Madania Kindergarten wanted to create a learning program for the younger siblings of Madania Kindergarten students while waiting for their older siblings to finish studying. Then, Prof. Nina Nurmila, Ph.D. explained that there were positive testimonials from parents who entrusted their children to daycare. She said there was a Child staff who wanted to go to Daycare even though he was with his parents enjoying the New Year holiday.

The activity ended with questions and answers about teaching foreign languages ​​to children. Ms. Citra explained that teaching foreign languages ​​to children can be done by having a special teacher who is entrusted with full use of the foreign language in communicating with children or by determining which days the teacher uses the foreign language and which days the teacher uses the mother tongue.