Abstract
Early childhood education based on Qur'anic values internalized through the local wisdom of the Ngawi and Madiun communities shows a positive phenomenon in the form of the still existence of religious traditions such as children's recitation, tahfiz in the family environment, the tradition of selametan inserted with Qur'anic prayers, as well as the role of religious leaders and parents in instilling morals from an early age through example and daily habits; but on the other hand, negative facts were also found in the form of the fading of some of the practices of local wisdom due to modernization and digitalization, the lack of systematic documentation of the method of internalizing these values, and the lack of formal integration of local wisdom into the local PAUD curriculum so that the internalization process runs sporadically and unstructured. The research gap arises because previous studies tend to discuss Qur'an education and local wisdom separately, not many have examined integratively how the two intertwine in the specific context of the Ngawi and Madiun communities as an area with distinctive Javanese-Islamic cultural characteristics. This research uses a qualitative method with an ethnographic approach and case studies, through participatory observation techniques, in-depth interviews with community leaders, early childhood education teachers, and parents, as well as documentation studies on local cultural practices in the two regions. The results of the study show that the internalization of the value of Qur'an education in early childhood in Ngawi and Madiun takes place through habituation, example, and local cultural narratives (dolanan, tembang, selametan traditions) that contain Qur'anic values, although its effectiveness is still limited due to the lack of formal synergy between educational institutions, families, and local traditional leaders.