Jannatun, Resiana2013-03-042013-03-042013-03-04Nickmatil Verdani Fitrihttp://repository.unri.ac.id:80/handle/123456789/2388Motivation of Parents Put Their Children to KindergartenBased on observations during the author served in pre-school education, especially in kindergarten School 1 Pembina from 2007 until now found symptoms as follows: as follows, 1) Although education preschoolers were expensive (IDR 110/a month) yet including other costs so it depends on the economy of parents, but the parents still put their children to kindergarten School 1 Pembina District of Bandar Petalangan Regency of Pelalawan, 2) The interest of parents put their children to Kindergarten School 1 Pembina District of Bandar Petalangan Regency of Pelalawan quite high, although in District of Petalangan there are 2 other TK adjacent to the Pembina School 1 TK Pertiwi and TK Earth Kartini. It is seen from the increasing number of students each year, 3) Based on the information obtained from parents whose children go to school in Pembina District Kindergarten School 1 Pembina District of Bandar Petalangan Regency of Pelalawan, obtained information that their children can attend classes in an elementary school well and have a pretty good achievement in the book value reports ranged between 70-80. The purpose of this study, 1) To determine the intrinsic motivation of parents put their children to Kindergarten School 1 Pembina District of Bandar Petalangan Regency of Pelalawan 2 To determine the extrinsic motivation of parents put their children to Kindergarten School 1 Pembina District of Bandar Petalangan Regency of Pelalawan, 3) To know the motivation The dominant between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations that affect parents put their children to Kindergarten School 1 Pembina District of Bandar Petalangan Regency of Pelalawan. Type of research is descriptive quantitative approach that aims to provide a systematic overview of the state of the object of ongoing research. From the results of research and discussion as described can be concluded that: 1 Intrinsic motivation parents put their children to kindergarten School 1 Pembina District of Bandar Petalangan Regency of Pelalawan the ideals of parents, parents' interest and wishes of parents, 2) Extrinsic motivation parents put their children to Kindergarten School 1 Pembina District of Bandar Petalangan Regency of Pelalawan the social environment and the state of the school, 3), while the dominant motivation among intrinsic and extrinsic motivations that affect parents put their children to Kindergarten School 1 Pembina District of Bandar Petalangan Regency of Pelalawan that both intrinsic motivation terms of aspects of parental ideals, interests and desires of the elderly parents.en-USMotivationstudent Paper Post Degree