The Nationalism Cultivation Through the Folk Songs In Sandhy Putra Kindergarden Surakarta

Abstract

This research aims to introduce the folk songs, because the folk songs
loaded with positive values and moral message such as nationalism, that can be a
basic character formation. This research used qualitative descriptive method,
which means that the discussed problems in this research illustrate or elaborate on
the state or phenomenon. The results of this research was given materials about
folk songs by story telling model or fairy tales. The teacher taught the game
song such as “The Padhang Bulan†which tells story of love to God and the
universe and its contents as God creation. This song also told us about the care
nature and togetherness towards fellow human beings and grateful feeling. In
addition to folk songs learning achievement by story telling, teachers used
the audio visual media on the folk songs showed about Indonesia's natural beauty
and cultural richness of Indonesia.
Keywords: character cultivation, folk songs.