TELLING ABOUT ISLAMIC HEROES AND FEMALE LEADERS: WAYS OF IMPLANTING SELF-CONCEPT, MORAL, AND RELIGIOUS VALUE ON CHILDREN

The objectives of national education are realizing the fair and prosper society in term of material and spiritual based on the value of Pancasila, in which the main point is developing Indonesian citizens wholly. One of the most important components of Indonesian citizens is children, because they are the owner of the nation’s future. Thus, it could be said that the implantation of self-concept, moral, and religious values should be started earlier, so that it would be strongly implanted on Indonesian children. One of the methods is storytelling with woman heroes and public figures, whether they are from Indonesia or Islamic history. The consideration in choosing the woman heroes and public figures is as a form of moral education, introducing Islamic religious values, as well as gender education on children. This becomes important because of Indonesian’s social life which is full of various religions, cultures, tribes, race or ethnics, social status and others. The storytelling process as a form of learning media is expected to be applied in kindergarten (TK), Islamic Kindergarten (RA), or elementary school


A. Introduction
The aim of national development is to realize a just and prosperous society that is both materially and spiritually equitable based on Pancasila, which in essence is the complete development of Indonesian people and the development of all Indonesian people 1 . One of the most important parts of the Indonesian society component is children, because children are the future owners of a nation. Minister of National Education Regulation No. 58 of 2009 states that there are at least 5 aspects that must be developed in children, they are religious and moral values, language, cognition, physical-motoric and social emotional. Therefore, it can be said that the selfconcepting, moral, and religious values must begin early, so that it will be firmly embedded in every Indonesian child.
In addition to parents, educational institutions have an important role in educating the nation's generation in the process of planting self-concept, morality and religious values. National education aims to develop the potential of students to become faithful and fearful people to God Almighty, noble, healthy, knowledgeable, capable, creative, independent, and become democratic and responsible citizens (Law No. 20 2003concerning the National Education System 2003. However, educating a child in the modern era as it is now becoming a challenge for parents and teachers because of the gadget that presents a lot of interesting content for children. Although there are quite a lot of benefits, gadgets also have a negative side to child development, for example related to negative content that can interfere with children's moral development. Not infrequently we also see the number of criminal cases involving children, adding a sense of love for the homeland, (5) researching and observing, (6) touching and activating children's thinking potential, (7) giving awards, (8) physical education, (9) giving good example, (10) repetition in the learning process, and (11) meeting the needs of play. 5 In addition to the above methods, the method of storytelling can also be an option to instill moral values in children, including religious values. Cameron states that storytelling is an oral activity designed not only to be heard but also to be involved in it. 6 This will be very suitable for children who have a short attention span, so that children do not feel bored because they have to listen, but also get involved in the story telling process. When a child feels bored, the moral or religious values contained in the story will not be conveyed properly. Musthafa  The proposal related to the giving of the female characters above is that the story will not only be a means of delivering moral messages and religious education, but will also provide gender education to children, both directly and indirectly. Their  stories of heroism and greatness will give children their own motivation that anyone can do great things in their lives.

B. Self-Concepting, Moral, and Religious Value in Children
In the world of education there are two types of age known, they are chronological age and biological age. Chronological age is age according to increasing age each year, while biological age is the age with increasing connections in the child's brain cells which is determined by how much stimulation that builds is given to the child. Biological age must be built seriously with accurate knowledge and implementation of education from birth to adulthood. 8 Every child will pass through what we call the golden age (The Golden Ages), where the child's brain will be able to absorb many things from its environment like a sponge. At this time, it is felt to be a very appropriate time to instill self-concept, moral, and religious values to children, so that they can be internalized in the child well. Minister of National Education Regulation No. 58 of 2009 states that the level of developmental achievement describes the growth and development that children are expected to achieve in a certain age range, and the development achieved is an integration of aspects of understanding religious and moral values, physical, cognitive, language, and emotional social. 9 During this time children will need help from people around them, including teachers and parents, to understand something including the development of morality. The children need help in 3 processes related to morals, namely the formation of character, personality formation (shaping or personality), and social development. 10 The purpose of education is not just to educate a child to be smart in the intellectual field, but a child is also good at moral education. (3) the trial and error process; that is, by developing moral behavior experimentally.
Behavior that brings praise or appreciation will continue to be developed, while the behavior that brings punishment or reproach will be stopped. 1. Text, is a basic element in conveying an information that has various types and forms of writing that strive to provide attraction in the delivery of information.

C. Storytelling as a Child Learning Method
2. Audio media, helps convey information more memorable and helps increase the attractiveness of an offering. Types of audio include background sound, music or voice recording and others.
3. Visual media, media that can provide visual stimuli such as pictures/photographs, sketches, diagrams, charts, graphs, cartoons, posters, bulletin boards, and others.
4. Motion projection media, including motion films, bracelet films, TV programs, video cases (CD, VCD or DVD) 5. Artificial/miniature objects, including three-dimensional objects that students can touch and touch. This media is made to overcome the limitations of both objects and situations so that the learning process continues to run well.
6. Humans, including teachers, students, or experts/experts in certain fields/materials From the explanation above, it is stated that humans are also a medium that can be used to convey certain material, in this case is a teacher or teacher. Teachers generally refer to professional educators with the main task of educating, teaching, guiding, directing, training, assessing, and evaluating students. 16 Sujiono also stated that the teacher is also defined as 1) a person who has charisma or authority that needs to be emulated and emulated; 2) adults who are consciously responsible for educating, teaching and guiding children; 3) people who have the ability to design learning programs and are able to organize and manage classes; and (4)  a. Children aged 3 to 5 years really like stories and listen to stories attentively. At this age children have a high imagination but still limited to the surrounding environment, meaning that the child will imagine something that is within the scope of his environment.
b. Children aged 6 to 9 years have high imagination, far beyond the environment that surrounds the child. In this phase the child is very fond of imaginary stories. Stories that are useful for children are taking children away from the limits of their knowledge without leaving reality. c. Children aged 9 to 12 years no longer like to imagine as much as the previous phase. At this age children pay more attention to life and already have a few principles and values. They love the stories of heroism and adventure. But this does not mean that their fantasy period has ended.
Children also have certain characteristics that educators need to pay attention to, so that what is conveyed is not the wrong target later. There are 10 characteristics of young learners, they are: 24 a. Children aged 5-7 years still have an egocentric attitude, this attitude still wants to win themselves, those who like to connect what they learn or do with themselves.
b. Children aged 5-7 years still find it difficult to distinguish between concrete and abstract.
c. Imaginative and active d. Learners easily feel bored e. Colorful and fun young learners f. Younger group still has a self-centered nature until the age of 7 years.
g. Children at this elementary age love stories h. In the age of 8-10 years young learners already have a readiness in the language, they already understand the context of the essence of a conversation without having to understand the meaning of word for word i. Young learners love conversations to interact and talk about what they have j. Young learners are active learners. They like learning by learning by doing.  b) Telling stories. Storytelling is a way of telling stories that carry on cultural heritage from one generation to the next. c) Tell a story by using a picture illustration from a book d) Tell stories using a flannel board e) Storytelling using puppet media f) Tell stories by using or playing fingers

F. Conclusion
Teaching religious and moral values in children is very important, because at that time children absorb many things from the surrounding environment. Therefore, by giving moral lessons will help children in the future who are our nation's heirs.
There are many methods that can be used to teach moral values to children, but the method of storytelling is considered to be a very good method to use. The method of storytelling has many benefits, for example enriching children's language vocabulary, increasing their imagination, and of course being a powerful way to instill good values in children. Of course, the process of storytelling is carried out with certain techniques and not just storytelling given that one of the characteristics of a child is having a short concentration of power. The use of media, such as hand puppets, video, audio or others can be used so that children do not get bored quickly when listening. Using books with lots of pictures and illustrations can also be selected.
The choice of stories that can be used in the process of instilling moral values in children is indeed diverse, but by choosing female figures in Islam or Indonesian female heroes, religious values will be embedded in children, and education on gender equality will also be included. in it, both directly and indirectly, where every child will realize that they can all do things that are useful to many people and do great things, including girls. This is like the stories mentioned in the previous section.