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conducted with these 12 participants. The findings indicated that majority of the
early childhood educators are not supportive and have insufficient knowledge with
the implementation of nature-based curriculum for preschool children. Early
childhood educators also fear of children’s health and safety at outdoor
environment. Also, the participants believed that they are lack of nature-based
teaching aids and materials. The conclusion remains that majority of early
childhood educators not supportive towards this curriculum. However, a change in
children’s behavior and attitude or early childhood educators’ retrospective is still
open for discussion.
Keyword: Early Childhood Education, Nature-Based Curriculum, Environment
Education

VPG10

LEARNING TO FORM SENTENCES USING PICTORIAL CARDS (PICTO)
AMONG PRESCHOOL STUDENTS

FELICIA YII MEEI YONG
Insitut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Rajang
Jalan KDJ, 96508 Bintangor, Sarawak
yiiyong@gmail.com

This research is aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of cards used among
preschool students in learning simple sentences in English. This research had been
carried out at a preschool in Meradong District Area, Sarawak. 10 kindergarten
students had been chosen using purposive sampling method. Data was collected
using mix method. Pretest and posttest (rearranging sentences) interviewing,
observation and parking lot were carried out in this research. Paired-samples t-test
showed that there is a significant difference in the mean of the pretest and posttest.
These are p=0.001 (syntax skill), at α = 0.05. Descriptive analysis also found that
the research respondents showed significant increases in the mean of the posttest
for the test carried out respectively. Research result also found that most of the
respondents showed positive behavior towards the usage of pictorial cards in
learning and forming sentences in English
Keyword: bahasa Inggeris, pre-school, occupation, pictorial

VPG11

IMPLEMENTATION OF NATURE LOVING EDUCATION IN A MALAYSIAN
KINDERGARTEN: TEACHERS RETROSPECTIVE

1
LIAU EVA , MOHD NAZRI ABDUL RAHMAN, PhD 2
Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya
2
mohdnazri_ar@um.edu.my

Nature loving education promotes environmental awareness among preschoolers
that include emotional, attitude and practice of sustainability awareness. The ability
of a teacher to transfer knowledge into attitude and daily practice in order to
increase children's environmental awareness. This research was done for the
purpose of investigating whether the teacher incorporates Nature Loving Education
into an early childhood lesson. Data collection was conducted through interviews,
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