Play Songs in Kindergarten Curriculum in Sefwi Wiawso Municipality, Ghana

Benjamin Conduah and Emmanuel Obed Acquah
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Benjamin Conduah: Department of Music Education, University of education, Winneba
Emmanuel Obed Acquah: Department of Music Education, University of education, Winneba

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021, vol. 05, issue 1, 515-524

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to examine the uses of play songs in the kindergarten education and factors confronting teachers in the use of play songs in kindergarten teaching in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western Region of Ghana. Convenience and Purposive sampling techniques were used to select the participants for the study. In all, twelve (12) teachers from six (6) kindergarten schools in the municipality were sampled and used for the study. Using interview and observation as the main instruments for data collection, it was revealed that a child’s language, cognitive, physical, social, moral and emotional developments are usually enhanced through the use of play songs and its constituent music and movement experiences. It was realized that kindergarten teachers are not conscious of the significance of play songs as an integral part of nurturing their pupils’ total development. It was recommended among other things that the use of play songs in the kindergarten classroom cannot be overlooked, therefore, pre-service training courses for early childhood teachers in the various teaching institutions should include portfolio building of play songs as teaching materials and resources

Date: 2021
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