The Effect of Embodying Proverbs and Idioms with Multimedia Materials on Preschool Education

This research aims to determine how teachers' use of multimedia materials in teaching proverbs and idioms in preschool education will affect the learning levels of children about proverbs and idioms. This research was an applied descriptive study. The focus group interview method, one of the qualitative data collection methods, was used in the study. This research was carried out in Erzurum city center with the participation of 10 children, who are in the 60-69 month age range, who attend preschool education institutions in the first half of the 2019-2020 academic year. Within the scope of the study, the data were collected through focus group discussion. In the focus group meeting, an event was made by showing the multimedia videos about the proverbs and idioms to the children. During the interview, a structured interview form with questions consisting of eight proverbs and eight idioms was used as the data collection tool. What they understood from these proverbs and idioms were measured by the questions asked to the children before and after the activity. The data of proverbs and idioms included in the research were examined in separate titles. The content analysis method was used to analyze the data. As a result, it has been determined that teaching proverbs and idioms to children by using multimedia materials in the preschool education period helps them to understand the proverbs and idioms better and facilitates their learning.