ISSN 2411-9563 (Print) ISSN 2312-8429 (Online) European Journal of Social Sciences Education and Research January-April 2016 Volume 3, Issue 1 206 Teacher’s Belief in Enhancing Children Imagination Through Children Malay Traditional Song Azli Ariffin Sultan Idris Education University azli@fppm.upsi.edu.my Profesor Dr. Saedah Siraj University of Malaya saedah@um.edu.my Dr. Abdul Talib bin Mohamed Hashim Sultan Idris Education University abdul.talib@fppm.upsi.edu.my Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine the teacher’s beliefs on imagination construction of preschool children in class, explore and understand the beliefs of preschool teachers on the concept of imagination and understand the beliefs of teachers on using children traditional Malay songs to improve preschool children's imagination. This exploratory study adopted the use of qualitative method of inquiry to provide an in-depth understanding of the area being investigated. Interview and observation of four preschool teachers were purposively selected from two government schools were used to collected data. Findings revealed that all the teachers in this study expressed their views that All the teachers involved in this study expressed their views that imagination is related to creativity and it is regarded as fundamental to the child's ability to be creative. All the teachers also believe that children traditional Malay songs can boost the child's imagination because such songs have the characteristics that suit well with children. Hence the songs are easy to be appreciated and understood by the children and indirectly it can simplify the process of building child's imagination. Keywords: Imaginations, creativity, beliefs Introduction Our daily lives are constantly surrounded with various problems that demand us to think for the best solution. Whether we realize it or not, amid our struggle to think for problem solving, creativity plays an important role in helping us to find ways that are innovative and effective. Since creativity can be defined as creating new idea or concept (Guilford, 1950; Mindham, 2005), divergent thoughts (Butcher & Nice, 2005), innovative (Butcher & Nice, 2005), and seeing things in a new light (Mindham, 2005), the definition given clearly demonstrates that creativity is the key to many things related to daily life. In the process of building creativity among children, there are two elements that need to be addressed, namely imagination and expression. According to Susan (2010), imagination of a young child is at a very high level. The child must be given opportunity and enough space for their imagination in order for them to think creatively. Egan (1999) confirms that imagination is a need to ensure that we think and be creative constantly in our modern society. Imagination is a mental picture of a phenomenon that goes beyond human logic. Imaginative activities are involved in the creative process because creative ideas are generated through imaginative ability. The ability to imagine is an essential prerequisite to publish and translate creative ideas (Azhar, 2004). The ability to imagine are within every individual and it