In the era of globalization, the pattern of modern family life today is very different from the old days. Conditions to meet the needs of life is high and very consumptive not infrequently require both parents to work outdoors for 5-20 hoursbin a day. It will inevitably affect both directly and indirectly on the pattern of education of children in a family with at least the frequency of meetings between children with parents, especially mothers.
Surakarta city as a development city inhabited by most modern families can not be separarated from the phenomenon. The existence of the city of Surakarta as a city with high mobility, espencially in the field of economy resulted in the pattern of life shifted from the conventional pattern that housewives only play a pure role as caretakers of children and husbands. But for now many housewives who work as career women so inevitably the education of children in the house also changed. The most common choice of parents is to use the services of a household assistant and a baby sitter as a substitute for the existence of the parent who works every day. The objectives of the Children Center in Surakarta as the Center for the Development of Children’s Potential are : (1) Designing a Children Center in Surakarta that is interesting and has facilities needed by children (2) Creating a container for children that can accommodate all activities of reanding, socializing and developing child potions.
The method to be used in this design study is frelo study by comparison with after kindregaten
Based on the results of comparative studies, it can be concluded that a program of learning activities in education in order to run optimally then where education is expected to create an education situation that gives a sense of security and fun for children. Thus the required atmosphere of adequate space and in accordance with the needs of child development. The needs of the child in space is to obtain a sense of freedom, safe, comfortable and warm
