PANGAN TOYYIBAH : MENGENALKAN PERSPEKTIF GAYA HIDUP SEHAT UNTUK PENDIDIKAN ANAK USIA DINI

This article offers a new construction of learning perspective about healthy food for early learners. To date, the term of healthy food has been introduced in early childhood education as a balanced nutritious food known as a “4 Sehat 5 Sempurna and Halal”. The consumption patterns, kinds and variations of meals of a child are mostly managed by parents or influenced by the environment.The new perspective is emphasized more on the concept of the "good" side as in the Islamic concept of food known as thoyibbah food. An understanding of toyyibah food in children is expected to be able to construct a mindset about a healthy lifestyle for their future. As exploration research, this study took 70 students of four classes from 3 different kindergartens as the subjects of the study. The results of this study have formulated a strategy to help children increase their understanding in selecting healthy food, choosing a good source of food, and the impact of choosing unhealthy (not toyyibah) food for their future health.