I am good news, and I will tell the children to learn to speak with you. I will recommend some poems to your parents today. We present poetry to children like preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner, and let them choose according to their own interests. Remember what the last program said? Every child is a unique individual, and his ability to accept poetry and the depth of understanding poetry are different. Parents' responsibility is to provide children with poems to feel, not to let them accept them in our way.
In the part of Chinese poetry, I personally admire a set of old textbooks in the early years of the Republic of China. This is a set of Chinese textbooks, business mandarin textbooks, enlightened mandarin readers and world bookstore mandarin readers that have been buried in history for nearly a hundred years. These books were reprinted and published. It is worth recommending. Because these junior high school Chinese textbooks were compiled by one generation. Zhang Yuanji, Ye Shengtao, Feng Zikai.
These great writers and painters don't think this is overqualified at all, because they know that these seemingly simplest words are the most important articles. To convey truth, goodness and beauty to children, love and integrity are the most important.
For example, an enlightened Mandarin reader in The Sun reads: Sun, Sun, you get up early. Where did you sleep last night? Poems with the theme of the sun are not uncommon, but this one is powerful. From this pure natural perspective, it writes precious curiosity and thirst for knowledge in a child's tone. Another example is "the postman in green comes to the door". "There are some thin pieces of paper with many black ants on it. The ants are silent and everything is clear. " Look how vivid and interesting these words are. They are catchy nursery rhymes and games that children never tire of playing. Children can learn to sing while playing, or they can play with a few children. This kind of poem full of situational and gamification is most suitable for five-year-old children!
This set of books is not only simple and profound, but also rich in illustrations and clear in handwriting. The illustrator is Feng Zikai. The illustrations of a generation of masters are really elegant in artistic conception, with bright lines and vivid childlike interest. Whether it is the composition of the picture, the imagination of the content, the realism of the situation and the choice of details, it is worth pondering again and again. Therefore, these sets of old textbooks are really worth reading repeatedly by parents and children.
Look at the words chosen by masters such as Ye Shengtao and Feng Zikai for children, and you will find that interest must be the first choice. Shouting slogans and red tape are things they avoid. Similarly, this is the standard for us to choose poems for five-year-old children. I remember when my adopted son Pearl was five years old, she was very dissatisfied with the story that Pig Bajie ate watermelon. I feel bored. Because our educators can't resist the impulse to preach and think that meaning is more important.
But in my opinion, fun is much more important than meaning. Reading the kitten's surname with children is obviously more imaginative than throwing watermelon skin around by Pig Bajie.
In addition to these sets of old textbooks of the Republic of China, there are two collections of poems and songs that I appreciate very much, namely "Light in the Attic" by American Shelley feinstein and "A Children's Poetry Garden" by Stevenson. There is only one reason for admiration, that is, these poems are full of childlike imagination. This is the poem that children need most.
Are children in modern life suitable for learning distant ancient poems? Why is forcing children to perform and recite ancient poems in public the first step to keep them away from poetry? Why does excessive explanation ruin children's interest in ancient poetry? Welcome to the next issue of teaching children to learn to speak.