ABSTRACT
This study aims at creating audio visual media for visualizing educational messages contained in children songs. The study is a collaboration product between lecturers as the agent of change, in-service teachers as the practitioners, and pre-service teachers as university students practicing music creativity subject. The methods employed in this study was Research and Development. The subject of study was 32 Kindergarten Teachers of Gugus Teratai Gajahmungkur Semarang Indonesia. Steps in audio visual media creation are described as follows, first, learning the kindergarten curriculum; second, observing the teaching; third, discussing with teachers to gather information about the kindergarten needs; fourth, observing teachers in the classroom for the song implementation; fifth, examining the the song materials; sixth, collecting the song materials for creating the audio visual media; seventh, trying out the media to the teachers; eighth, finishing the product with the teachers; ninth, with the students of music creativity subject, packaging the songs into an audio visual product. Results of the study showed that from 32 Kindergarten teachers joining the study, all agree that using audio visual could attract students’ attention while the educational messages were delivered in the teaching.
KEYWORDS
Children song, audio visual media, educational messages