ABSTRACT
Child Care (Taman Penitipan Anak/TPA) is a form of nonformal Early Childhood Education (PAUD) services that are continuously growing in line with the needs of today’s society. During this Covid-19 pandemic, TPA continues to provide learning services but remotely. Therefore, TPA services need to be extended to reach children’s activities at home through distance learning. TPA Melati Dharma Wanita Persatuan is one of the nonformal education. The objectives of this study have developed an application for child care services in Covid-19 pandemic era. This research is used to research and development methods (R & D) with 4-D Models. The results showed that the application for child care services is very feasible. The application for child care services received a very good category (88%) from parents/guardians of students as user regarding convenience, suitability, and usefulness of the application. The service model provided at TPA Melati Dharma Wanita Persatuan UM included care services, educational services, health services, and infrastructure services. The services provided by TPA Melati Dharma Wanita Persatuan UM can be accessed through the application so that students still get care services during the Covid-19 pandemic.
