Abstract: As recycled materials have increased inexorably in recent years, using daily waste products to make homemade percussion instruments has emerged as a topic of interest in music education. This article details six homemade percussion instruments (including a small drum, coconut shell, two shaking instruments, castanets, and claves) and how to use them in children’s songs, especially nursery rhymes that originated in Southern Vietnam. An experiment using these instruments in music activities for preschool children in Can Tho City was conducted with feasible outcomes and positive feedback.

Keywords: Homemade percussion instruments, nursery rhymes, preschool children, folk music, Can Tho City