Application of Homemade Percussion Instruments into Nursery Rhymes in Music Activities for Preschool Children: A Case of Can Tho City: Southern Vietnam

Abstract

As recycled materials have increased inexorably in recent years, using daily waste products to make homemade percussion instruments has emerged as a topic of interest in music education. This article details six homemade percussion instruments (including a small drum, coconut shell, two shaking instruments, castanets, and claves) and how to use them in children’s songs, especially nursery rhymes that originated in Southern Vietnam. An experiment using these instruments in music activities for preschool children in Can Tho City was conducted with feasible outcomes and positive feedback.