Proposed Guidelines for Inclusive Music Activity to Enhance Listening and Singing Music Skills for Kindergarteners Children in Thai Red Cross Children Home

Abstract

The purposes of this research was to: 1) propose guidelines for inclusive music activity for preschool children in Thai Red Cross Children Home; and 2) study results of inclusive music activity to enhance listening and singing music skills for preschool children in Thai Red Cross Children Home. The qualitative research method is applied for data collection and analysis. The questionnaire and behavior observation form are applied for collecting qualitative data. The informants comprise of 20 preschoolers in Thai Red Cross Children Home and two class teachers. The data triangulation and mean are employed for data analysis.    

The findings are divided into two parts as follows: 1) guidelines for inclusive music activity for preschool children in Thai Red Cross Children Home. It can be divided into two aspects, which are: 1. guidelines for learning management and activity organization comprising music activity frequency, music activity characteristic, music activity pattern, content selection, class management and authentic assesment. 2. Guidelines for music content selection to enhance listening and singing for preschool children; and 2) results of inclusive music activity to enhance listening and singing for preschool children in Thai Red Cross Children Home, it is found that the music activity mostly sharpening listening skill is “mâe gài òk kài wan lá fong” activity with mean at 4.6, while the music activity mostly enhancing singing skill is “mâe gài òk kài wan lá fong” activity with mean at 4.25.