KUALA LUMPUR – The Wiradamai Learning Center in Kuala Lumpur provides an alternative educational platform for Indonesian children in Malaysia. The center provides learning support and a creative space for migrant children who have limited access to formal education. In an effort to improve the quality of learning for Indonesian children living abroad, the community service team from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) of Semarang State University (UNNES) held an activity at the Wiradamai Learning Center on Wednesday (1/10). The program was supervised by UNNES FMIPA lecturer Adi Satrio Ardiansyah, S.Pd., M.Pd., along with a team of students.
The community service activities focused on introducing various creative learning media based on traditional games and local culture, integrated into mathematics materials. The media introduced included counting balls (bekel) to practice basic arithmetic operations, geometric puzzles to introduce geometric shapes, traditional snakes and ladders, which combine the concept of integers with Indonesian traditional clothing, and a 3×3 number grid to practice verbal and numeric number conversion skills. The activity began with remarks from the management of the Wiradamai Learning Center, who expressed their appreciation for the program. The studio is considered a forum that can strengthen the national identity of Indonesian children while providing additional knowledge in a fun way.
Following the welcoming remarks, the event continued with an introductory session on learning media by a team of students. The children were shown how to use each medium, from playing marbles and counting to trying out the traditional snakes and ladders game. All activities were interactive and guided directly by the students under the guidance of their supervising lecturer. The next stage was group practice, where the children played with the learning media while learning basic math concepts. The learning atmosphere was made more lively by the combination of traditional games and nuances of Indonesian culture.
The activity concluded with a group photo of the participating children and the community service team. It is hoped that the learning media introduced can be reused in the studio’s daily activities. Finally, it can be concluded that the activities at the Wiradamai Learning Studio demonstrate that learning can be creatively packaged by combining elements of tradition and culture. This program not only enriches the learning methods of Indonesian children living abroad but also strengthens their sense of nationalism and opens up opportunities for future educational innovation.
