Relationship between Parental Involvement and The Development of Preschool Children in Piasau Zone, Miri

Abstract

Parental involvement is a driver of children's success and excellence. This is because parents are the earliest and often with their children. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the relationship between parental involvement in home learning and language and communication development, early mathematics as well as the socioemotional and spirituality of preschool children in the Piasau Zone, Miri. The survey respondents consisted of 182 parents or children from nine preschools in the Piasau Zone, Miri. This survey uses a set of questionnaires to collect data. The study questionnaire obtained content validity and achieved reliability with Alpha Cronbach value of 0.932. This study uses quantitative design. The results have shown that parental involvement is at a high level. Data analyzer involves descriptive statistics and inference. The findings show that there is a significant relationship between parental involvement and children's development in language and communication development (r=0.543), early mathematics (r=0.413) and socioemotional and spiritual (r=0.413) at the level of confidence p<0.05 using Spearman Rho Correlation. In conclusion, this study has demonstrated the importance of parental involvement in home-based children's learning with language and communication development, early mathematics and socioemotional and spiritual pre-school children in the Piasau Zone, Miri.