Implementation of a Musical Skills Course to Train Early Childhood Education Programs Students Songwriting Skills

Abstract

This research explores the effectiveness of Musical Skills courses to train the musicality and skills of Early Childhood Education Programs students at Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo in creating songs for early childhood. The early childhood education curriculum in Indonesia currently applies the Merdeka Curriculum, where in intracurricular activities play is a switch from Merdeka Belajar, so the activities chosen must provide a fun and meaningful experience for children, focus on children's welfare, and strengthen the profile of Pancasila Students. The Musical Skills course prepares students to have skills in creating songs for early childhood and preparing songs according to themes in the Merdeka Curriculum. These themes are: "Aku Sayang Bumi", "Aku Cinta Indonesia", " Kita Semua Bersaudara ", " Imajinasi dan Kreatifitasku ". Students can create songs according to their creativity with the main ideas of the big themes of Early Childhood learning in the Merdeka Curriculum. In addition, students can arrange musical accompaniment for the songs they have created using simple musical instruments that can be played by earlychildhood.