Art needs perception first, and children don't pay attention to understanding when learning ancient poems. Ancient poetry rhymes evenly and has a good sense of rhythm. Good perception will naturally form "understanding". Adults feel that classical poetry is unfamiliar and difficult to understand, but children don't have this sense of alienation. Children's songs can teach children something, but they can't replace ancient poetry in quantity and quality. Everyone's study time is limited, so we should teach our children the best things. If parents teach their children to read ancient poems with the ease and pleasure of reading children's songs, children will not feel the difference in pleasure and beauty between the two languages.
In addition, childhood is the golden age of memory. At this time, what you read and recite will be truly engraved in your mind and internalized into your own wisdom wealth. Therefore, we should cherish childhood recitation and don't let children waste their time on some mediocre works. Classical poetry, mainly Tang and Song poetry, I think it is worth reciting since childhood.
Another misunderstanding caused by "difficult to understand" ancient poetry is that when teaching children to learn ancient poetry, they should explain it as much as possible and "translate" every sentence into "vernacular". In fact, it is precisely "over-interpretation" that should be prevented when studying ancient poems. The reasons are: first, based on the trust in children's understanding; Second, the beauty of artistic conception and writing of poetry lies in experience. They didn't need to explain. One explanation is the bondage of imagination and the destruction of language beauty.
Before the child is two or three years old, reading poetry needs no explanation, as long as it is regarded as singing.