79 JECCE (Journal of Early Childhood Care and Education) ISSN : 2615-1413 (online) http://journal2.uad.ac.id/index.php/jecce Early Childhood Education : In The Past, Present, and Future Rina Syafrida 1 , Mimin Maryati 2 , Hinggil Permana 3 PIAUD, Fakultas Agama Islam, Universitas Singaperbangsa Karawang 123 rina.syafrida@fai.unsika.ac.id 1 , hinggil.permana@fai.unsika.ac.id 3, Info Artikel Submitted: 27 August 2019 Accepted: 29 November 2019 Published: 03 Februari 2020 DOI: 10.26555/jecce.v2i2.1016 Copyright © 2019 Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis perkembangan pendidikan anak usia dini pada masa dulu ditinjau dari sejarah pendirian sebuah lembaga, perkembangan dan pelaksanaan pendidikan anak usia dini saat ini serta perkembangan pendidikan anak usia dini di masa yang akan datang dilihat berdasarkan analisis kebutuhan dan harapan dari orang tua dan pendidik. Penelitian dilaksanakan selama 3 bulan mulai Februari sampai April 2019 di lembaga Global Islamic School, di Jalan Raya Condet, Jakarta Timur. Metode penelitian adalah pendekatan kualitatif dengan strategi studi kasus yang bertujuan untuk melakukan penelitian kondisi objek yang alamiah, peneliti berperan sebagai instrumen kunci, teknik pengumpulan data secara triangulasi, analisis data bersifat induktif dan hasil penelitian kualitatif lebih menekankan makna dari pada generalisasi. Kesimpulan yang di dapat adalah Global Islamic School menggabungkan dua konsep utama yaitu pembentukan karakter seorang muslim dengan wawasan global dan menggabungkan 4 konsep fitrah anak yaitu olah qalbu, olah pikir, olah rasa dan olah raga dalam membantu anak mengembangkan potensi dan kemampuan. Kata Kunci : Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini, Karakter Muslim, Konsep Fitrah Abstract This study aims to analyze the early childhood education development in the past in terms of the establishment history of an institution, the early childhood education development and implementation today and the early childhood education development in the future is seen based on the needs analysis and expectations of parents and educator. The study was conducted for 3 months from February to April 2019 at the Global Islamic School institution, on Jalan Raya Condet, East Jakarta. The research method is a qualitative approach with a case study strategy that aims to research natural object conditions, researchers act as key instruments, triangulation data collection techniques, inductive data analysis and qualitative research results emphasize more on meaning than generalization. The conclusion obtained is that the Global Islamic School combines two main concepts, namely the formation of the character of a Muslim with a global insight and combines the 4 concepts of the nature of the child, namely the heart, mind, exercise and feeling in helping children develop their potential and abilities. Keywords : Early Childhood Education, Muslim Character, The Concept of Fitrah INTRODUCTION Lifelong education is an idiom popularized by experts who represent the meaning that the true education process never stops. Since the 15th century experts have begun to realize the importance of education from an early age. Since then many opinions and theories have developed about the importance of education from an early age and how it is implemented. Fredeiric Frobel, an expert born in Germany in 1782 who first introduced a kindergarten or playground. In Indonesia, Father of Education Ki Hadjar Dewantara introduced an educational concept for early childhood which was given the name of the student park. Not much different from the western world, Taman