Teacher exposes US children to Jamaican culture through music

Music teacher Dale Honeyghan has become a TikTok sensation after sharing videos of himself teaching aspects of the Jamaican culture, through music, to his kindergarten class at a school in the United States

The 32-year-old, who grew up in Portland, St Elizabeth, and Manchester, teaches his students catchy advertisements, revival, dancehall, and reggae songs.

“When I started teaching last year, I decided that it’d be fun to teach them some Jamaican songs —songs that they are not familiar with—and I decided to post a clip of it, and it started to resonate on social media.

“People were liking it, and I was getting a lot of attention, so I decided to continue doing it. As the weeks went by, I’d find new songs and differently built songs—advertisements and so on—from the Jamaican culture and teach them and then post clips on TikTok,” Honeyghan said. Read More

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