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Degree

Master of Arts in Education, Defiance College, Education, 2008.

Abstract

Sixteen preschool students enrolled in a preschool participated in this study. The purpose of this project was to determine if integrating rhymes and music with early reading instruction increased preschool students' basic phonemic and phonological awareness skills. The effects of rhyme and music on the acquisition of these skills were made through the use of a phonics program that utilized rhyme as a means of instruction. The change in students' phonological and phonemic awareness was measured by four monthly assessments using the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Emergent Literacy Skills. Results indicated that as a class, students improved in their early literacy skills.

Subject Headings

Literacy; Music education; Preschool education

Keywords

literacy; rhyme; music; phonemics; phonology; preschool children; reading

Committee / Advisors

Fred Coulter (Advisor)
Jo Ann Burkhardt (Committee Member)

Pages

48p.

Document number: def1281545878
Permalink: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=def1281545878

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