ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to explore an effective approach to integrated music listening activities by testing effects of the integration of young children’s active music listening and creative expression activities using musical instruments. For this purpose, I classified two age-5 classes of a kindergarten located in W City into an experimental group and a control group, of which the former was led to the music listening activities using musical instruments. Based on the collected data, the averages and standard errors of the children`s musical aptitudes and expressions were yielded, and a covariate analysis was conducted with the pre-test scores of the two groups as a covariant. As a result of the analysis, it turned out that the music listening activities using musical instruments had positive effects on the young children`s musical aptitudes and expressions. As we were able to confirm the educational values of the creative and participatory music listening activities in this way, this study discussed the fact that music listening activities using musical instruments can be applied to actual scenes of early childhood education as a type of music activity that can increase young children`s musical understanding and expression.

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