FOLKTALES: INDISPENSABLE INSTRUMENTS OF TEACHING AFRICAN CHILDREN MORAL EDUCATION IN THEIR “FIRST SCHOOL” (HOME)

Résumé

Home is regarded as the first school of a child. It is evident that a child needs to undergo some home training before he/she is later handed over to the classroom teachers for the continuity of both moral and formal education. This paper tries to discuss the vital roles that Yoruba folktales play in the course of imparting moral education into the children at home. In conclusion the paper calls for full embrace of folktales especially in our primary schools and post primary school levels. The paper observes that if this is done, there is going to be a great improvement in morals and attitude of our children in the society. The paper employs some textual analysis to buttress the significance of folktale in child upbringing.