YOUTUBE KIDS SEBAGAI MEDIA PENGENALAN PERKEMBANGAN BAHASA PADA ANAK USIA DINI

The purpose of this study was to determine the relevance of YouTube Kids as a medium for introducing language development in early childhood. YouTube Kids is a video application that serves children by selecting content, providing parental guidance, and filtering videos that are inappropriate for children under 13 years old. The methods used are selecting source materials from magazines, finding library references, reading library references, making notes, publishing journal research results. Based on magazine studies, the habit of watching shows on YouTube Kids, which displays audio conversations in the application, may have an impact on children's language development, but it does not necessarily have a major impact on language as a whole. Development encourages early childhood stimulation through YouTube Kids This can increase children's attention, concentration, curiosity, memory, imagination, innovation, and language. Therefore, social platforms such as YouTube are referred to as stimuli to optimize language development in early childhood.