UTILIZATION OF FREE TIME FOR CHILDREN IN SUKARHARJA CIOMAS VILLAGE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

Lately, there have been more and more complaints from parents about their children not being able to take advantage of their free time during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is due to the increasingly narrow scope of children who require them to do all activities at their respective homes which causes the emergence of feelings of boredom due to the many schoolwork that currently use the online system and the lack of interaction and socialization of children in the surrounding community. Seeing these conditions, Community Service of Ibn Khaldun University Bogor is here with a mission to educate children on how to use the free time they have with positive and fun activities. The interesting method is to invite children in the Sukaharja Ciomas Village environment to look for creative ideas through youTube or other social media. Program effectiveness was measured using questionnaires. The final results of the questionnaire showed that more than 50% responded well to the results of this activity, which can be concluded that the children are very enthusiastic about this activity.