Because Tang poetry, especially the metrical poems and quatrains in Tang poetry, is short and pithy, and rhymes with it. By reciting Tang poems, children can be influenced by the culture of the motherland from an early age. Its advantages are:
1. can exercise children's memory. Some chapters in Tang poetry are similar to nursery rhymes. Children have a good memory and can recite them easily. Ordinary children's songs are of poor artistry; Many chapters in Tang poetry are excellent in artistry and ideology. Reciting a little Tang poetry often helps to enhance children's memory.
2, can let children receive a good education. Many chapters in Tang poetry are beautifully written, such as "I woke up easily on this spring morning, and birds were singing everywhere". But now I remember that night, that storm, I wonder how many flowers were broken? Another example is "moonlight in the pine forest, crystal stone in the stream" and "frost leaves are red in February flowers", all of which are poetic. Let children read more and recite more, which can cultivate beauty and is conducive to the healthy growth of body and mind.
3. It can lay a foundation for children to learn Chinese in the future. In poetry, there are many words that children don't know and many grammatical phenomena. Reciting some poems in preschool stage can let children get in touch with Chinese knowledge in advance. Many people's good literary accomplishment is related to their contact with Tang poetry since childhood.
Children can learn some historical knowledge. Tang poetry is an ancient culture. When explaining Tang poetry to children, children can naturally understand some historical knowledge with the explanation. This is more popular with children than simply talking about history (it is difficult for children to receive history education systematically). By telling history, we can infiltrate the contents of patriotism and hardworking and brave working people, so as to achieve the purpose of ideological education.
Some parents may worry that we still don't know some aspects of Tang poetry, so how can children understand it? Yes, some poems are beyond the children's understanding. It doesn't matter if you don't understand. An educator has a point. For children, what they don't understand may be like a piece of ice. When they swallow it, they will melt. As I grow older, I have a deeper understanding of poetry. This is different from having children memorize texts by rote. There is no ideological pressure on children.
According to past experience, it is best to take the following measures for children to recite Tang poems:
1. You can recite simple and short quatrains at first. This is easy to arouse children's interest.
It's best to let the child read the words to him first. Even if he doesn't know words, he can have a concept of what words are and what poems are. You can teach him a few simple Chinese characters.
3. Prepare a small notebook, it is best to recite a song and copy the next one, so as to be aware of it and encourage children to make persistent efforts.
4. If children go to primary school and learn hanyu pinyin, they can buy a poem with hanyu pinyin to read. This has two purposes. It can not only review Chinese Pinyin, but also remove the "obstacle" of not knowing Chinese characters when reciting poems. It can also cultivate children's ability to acquire knowledge on their own initiative without parents' reading.
5. Explain the difficulties briefly.