20.500.12556/RUL-175587 Using predictive storybooks to foster backward counting an explanatory sequential study in Indonesian kindergartens Objectives: This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the storybook “10 Bottles of Milk “ as a learning medium for backward counting and to explore teachers’ perceptions of its implementation. Methods: The study used a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design. Quantitatively, a pretest–posttest design was used with 150 kindergarten children from 10 institutions (A–J) in Surabaya, Indonesia, each comprising 15 children. The instrument, a backward counting test, was analyzed using the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test. Qualitatively, interviews were conducted with 10 prospective teachers who carried out storytelling activities using the “10 Bottles of Milk” ledger and analyzed using a theme, accompanied by a word cloud visualization (word cloud) to capture the dominant word concept. Findings: The quantitative results showed an increase of 2.66 points in the average score from the pretest to the posttest (p <0.001), indicating that the storybook “10 Bottles of Milk “ had a significant effect on children’s backward counting ability. The qualitative results show that the storybook of 10 Bottles of Milk effectively makes children understand the concept of counting back from 10-1. The results of quantitative and qualitative research consistently confirm that the storybook “10 Bottles of Milk “ is an effective learning medium for backward counting in early childhood. Conclusion: Overall, the combination of quantitative and qualitative results indicates that the storybook “10 Bottles of Milk” is an effective learning medium for stimulating backward counting skills in early childhood. The use of predictive books with attractive visuals encourages children’s active involvement in storytelling activities and supports the development of early numeracy in kindergarten. mixed method explanatory sequential backwards counting early childhood vrtci predvidljive slikanice štetje učno sredstvo 10 steklenic mleka predšolska vzgoja slikanice Indonezija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Podatek o licenci CC BY SA 4.0 je naveden na pristajalni strani članka (glej izvorni URL zgoraj). (Datum opombe: 5. 11. 2025) Članek v reviji 2025-11-05 08:45:16 2025-11-05 08:45:17 2025-12-12 03:54:51 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 2258-2274 no. 4 Vol. 15 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 373.2:37.091.3:511.1:82-93 2550-1313 10.23960/jpp.v15i4.pp2258-2274 255787011 RAZ_Widayati_Sri_2025.pdf RAZ_Widayati_Sri_2025.pdf 1 69D4866F2289D6658D8CF2FFC61D9EA2 479fe424e772c4afe29e23f8703ea752f3a3391bd915dc41d773accdf5014898 2dbf0024-ba1c-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=221359 https://jpp.fkip.unila.ac.id/index.php/jpp/article/view/993 0 24c328f3-ba1c-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=221358 Pedagoška fakulteta 0 0 0