THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT IN SELECTED PRESCHOOLS IN OWODE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

📄 Project Abstract

This study is set out to determine the role music plays in early childhood development. Music has been found a very useful tool to strengthen the human brains and activate the cognitive, affective, psychomotor skills and the learning abilities of young children. This study is very particular about how much preschools in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area, Ogun State, and use music as a tool in teaching other subjects. Since this study is qualitative in nature, the primary data for this study were gathered through one-to-one and virtually interviews methods.Findings revealed that almost all the schools in Obafemi Owode L.G.A. appropriate music for diverse reasons. They all use music during their morning assemblies to activate the brains of their pupils and ensure their mental alertness of their pupils, during breaks and recreation, schools social gatherings. Some engage music as a classroom subjects while some engage music as a method of teaching other subjects such as basic mathematic...