Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences Volume 16, Issue 4, (2021) 1503-1516 www.cjes.eu Character value that formed through learning the art of playing GACIL in early childhood Joko Pamungkas a *, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Department of Education, Yogyakarta 55821, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6320-7293 Suminto A. Suyuti b , Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Department of Education, Yogyakarta 55821, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4886-8066 Arif Rohman c , Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Department of Education, Yogyakarta 55821, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1557-9479 Suggested Citation: Pamungkas, J., Sayuti, S. A., & Rohman, A. (2021). Character value that formed through learning the art of playing gamelan cilik in early childhood. Cypriot Journal of Educational Science. 16(4), 1503-1516. https://doi.org/10.18844/cjes.v16i4.6004 Received from February 02, 2021; revised from April 22, 2021; accepted from August 02, 2021. Selection and peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu, Higher Education Planning, Supervision, Accreditation and Coordination Board, Cyprus. ©2021 Birlesik Dunya Yenilik Arastirma ve Yayincilik Merkezi. All rights reserved. Abstract One of the developments of children’s potential is the development of character values. This study aims to describe the character values formed during the learning process of the art of playing gamelan cilik (GACIL). This type of research is quantitative. The subjects of this study were 618 children aged 5–6 years from kindergarten. The data analyses used to describe the character values formed in early childhood are descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis and network analysis. The results showed that there were nine character values that were successfully formed in early childhood during learning the art of playing GACIL, namely the love of God, independence, honesty, courtesy, generosity, hard work, justice, humbleness and tolerance. Character values in early childhood are 46.44% cultured, 10.84% evolving, 5.18% visible and 37.54% unseen. Generosity (DM) is a dominant character value that is formed in early childhood and there is a strong relationship between character values. This finding is a good alternative for kindergarten teachers in planting and inculcating character values through learning the art of playing GACIL based on local culture. Keywords: Character, early childhood, gamelan cilik, learning, value. * ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Joko Pamungkas, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Department of Education, Yogyakarta 55821, Indonesia E-mail address: jokopamungkas.2017@student.uny.ac.id / Tel.: +62813-2811-6950