MUSICALIZATION AS A DIDACTIC TOOL FOR TEACHING HYGIENE HABITS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: AN EXPERIENCE REPORT

Abstract

Introduction: Studies reveal how hygienic habits are essential at all stages of life, especially in childhood, so that this public begins to understand the relationship between hygiene and health. To consolidate these customs in this age group, music education becomes an effective option, since music stimulates cognitive and sensory skills and reflective critical reasoning. Objective: To describe the experience of medical students from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais during the extension action proposed in the discipline Collective Health Practice I. Method: The activity was carried out for children aged 1 to 3 years by a group of nine students, with the guidance of the teacher of the discipline Collective Health Practice I in the library of a municipal school in Belo Horizonte. An instructive song was developed by the students on topics related to hygiene, such as toothbrushing, bathing, hair and hand washing. The parody was composed by one of the students of the project and presented to the infants in a playful theater and on the guitar. Results: It was identified, through the teachers, that the children returned to the classrooms singing parts of the song shown. Subsequently, the students were asked to recite the parody again to the students, observing great interest on the part of the children, who sang simultaneously with the students. In addition to the impact on infants, the action also stimulated the students' learning about child behavior and the creative and interaction capacity of different age groups, bringing together the children's playful space and the context of health promotion presented. Conclusion: The use of music as a learning tool in health education proved to be effective, since the child, inserted in a playful dimension, was interested in the information learned in the song. However, a longer period of observation is necessary to consider a possible reproduction of these habits in other environments.