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Traditional music games in kindergarten

This research wants to determine to which extent preschool teachers working in kindergartens in the Italian and Croatian language use different contents linked to the traditional culture, specially traditional music creation (traditional games and songs) of two nations (the Croatian and Italian) living in the County of Istria in their music activities, regarding the cultural pluralism and specificity of the Istrian national tradition (language/dialect). The results have shown that preschool teachers, using various traditional games: counting rhymes, rhythmic games, mocking rhymes, games with songs and reciting, games with singing and dancing, games with rules, children’s circle dance, walking circle, children’s holiday tradition, in the Croatian or Italian standard language and the Chakavian and Istro - Venetian dialect, direct children to actively listen to music and by other music activities they encourage and develop an interest and positive attitude toward the traditional music creation values.

culture, identity, music activities, regional heritage education. traditional values

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