So the essence of the problem is not whether children should recite ancient poems, but how to recite them.
First, reading aloud is the key. Recently, because I have been recording texts for my children, I talked a lot with my Chinese teacher's friends, and what she said left a deep impression on me. "One thing that we often do when teaching from generation to generation is also the most easily overlooked thing. Reading aloud. Almost everyone has experienced collective reading in Chinese class. The sound of books is not only the memory of youth, but also a good way to deepen the memory of words. " Science shows that when people read aloud, the movements of mouth, muscles, tongue and airflow can activate the activities of many brain regions (especially the frontal lobe, temporal lobe and parietal lobe). Reading aloud can balance the inhibition and excitement of cerebral cortex, make blood flow and nerve function in a good state, and can effectively help memory.
Mr. Nan, a contemporary educator and poet in China, once talked about why children should read and how to read ancient Chinese, pointing out that reading, especially Chinese books, should be read out loud. What's the point of reading aloud? This means a lot. After reading too many books, you will naturally understand pronunciation. In other words, I also know the learning of Pinyin between words and languages. "Reading aloud is essentially that readers appreciate their own voices. In the process of reading aloud, he turned words into sounds, accompanied by rhythm, rhythm, images and emotions, which made people enter a beautiful artistic experience and trained their right brain well.
Second, repetition is the last word. Of course, many children are used to reading silently while reciting. Repeated silent reading of words is also a quick memory method. However, whether you read aloud or silently, you cannot do without two words: repetition. Repetition is due to forgetting, and forgetting is inevitable. It is estimated that the Yueyang Tower and the teachers' model, which were memorized at school, are only "worrying about the world first, and enjoying the world later" and "the first emperor didn't start a business, and the middle road collapsed. Therefore, it is normal for children to remember and recite slowly. Since you will forget, you should treat your children equally and fairly.
Correct your mentality first, don't suppress it, don't force it, give him more time to repeat it, and learn to recite it naturally. This effect is just like watching TV commercials. When I watched TV with my little nephew, I found that he often grasped advertising words and even had a perfect grasp of tone. This is definitely not a special case, because advertising relies on visual and auditory repetition. The brand implantation of TV, buildings and subways is very particular, which is to create a "familiar" feeling for consumers. This is the so-called "listening" meaning. The famous Ebbinghaus forgetting curve tells us that the speed of forgetting is first fast and then slow. After learning to remember a certain knowledge, forgetting begins to happen, especially in the initial stage.
The specific forgetting speed is shown in the following table: parents can make a memory table for their children and review it again before forgetting the content, so that it takes a little time to review it once, saving time and effort, and the children will have a sense of accomplishment in remembering in a relaxed state, so they will not resist reciting it slowly. Not only in the mouth, but also in the ears. When sasha vujacic was a child, it was amazing. She didn't recite ancient poems quickly, but the violin music was quickly broken and memorized in her heart. Even if you don't practice for many years, you can still hit 70%. Later, I figured it out, because our family will consciously play the violin for her on weekends or at night, just like grinding her ears when learning English. Rolling is the last word.
Third, understanding is the cornerstone of recitation. Xunzi said in Persuasion: "It is not beautiful for a gentleman to know that his husband is incomplete. So the number of reciting is the same, and the thinking is the same. " It means that a gentleman knows that learning is not perfect, so he reads a set of books to achieve mastery and understands knowledge through thinking and exploration. The teacher will explain the meaning to the children word by word in class, but the extension is less. If the child's understanding is not comprehensive, parents can go back to the child's favorite way of reading comprehension: use their imagination to make poems into stories and tell them to their children.
With the short story of the author's life, children will have a more comprehensive understanding of the background and reasons of this poem, which is natural and transparent to understand. If it is a poem describing landscape flowers and birds, parents can read one sentence and draw a little with their children, for example, "Jasper plays the role of a tree and hangs a tapestry of thousands of strands of green silk." "We can use green to express this painting, and draw tall trees and many hanging Yang Liuzhi. Let the children see willows and weeping willows swaying in the wind, and the scene of spring will come to the fore. Children can experience the spring in any works through vision and imagination.
Fourth, singing and reading poems are helpful. Since writing is such a romantic thing, why not make it more romantic with music? CCTV has a program called Classic Singing. The biggest attraction is to invite celebrities or ordinary people from all walks of life as classic singers to tell stories in the form of modern songs. Once launched, it's amazing. The program only lasted for 3 days, and the Douban score was as high as 9.3.
The composer adapted classical poetry and ancient prose into modern music. The rhythm of words and music is catchy and can help memory. Wang Leehom sang three amethysts with rap, Phoenix Legend sang Jin Jin Jiu with drum culture, and my favorite is Mo Mo sung by Sitar tan (Wang Mian), who happily sang the festival of Mo Mo Dont Ask For Help, just wanting to leave fragrance for the world. Parents can watch them with their children, and the children will remember these poems when they sing and read.
Fifth, applying what you have learned is the essence. In the adult world, which moment of poetry do you think is the most meaningful? In other words, when describing the scenery, expressing emotions and lamenting life, poems that bring joy to the scenery come to mind, which is a profound enlightenment to childhood and a love that spans thousands of years. In spring, when you see peach blossoms blooming on the branches, you know what "killing peaches and burning flowers" means. "