Chinese classic children's song:

Author: Yin Shilin
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: In early education, parent-child reading is extremely important. Parent-child reading is a very good method for family education and early childhood education in Western countries and is also a product of modern educational concepts and modern views on children. Parent-child reading mainly refers to parents and children reading together and sharing the joy of the world of words. What are the main contents of parent-child reading? Nursery rhymes and fairy tales. Just think about it, parents holding their children in their arms, reading them nursery rhymes and fairy tales, or reading them together with their children—what a wonderful family scene! While sharing moving stories and beautiful melodies, they are also sharing happiness, the warmth of home, and the true love of humanity. The most beautiful memory of one's childhood is nothing more than this! The famous Italian child educator Maria Montessori held a similar view. She believed that a person's childhood experiences would affect their entire life: those who were suppressed in childhood may develop psychological disorders later in life, and those who did not experience happiness in childhood may also become gloomy. Montessori's views are not alarmist; life experience also tells us that a childhood nurtured without nursery rhymes and fairy tales is always missing something! I believe everyone has this feeling—when they grow up, they may forget everything from their childhood, but it is difficult to forget the songs and stories they heard as children, and it is difficult to forget the scene of parents or grandparents holding them and reading them nursery rhymes and fairy tales. Before humans invented writing, they used nursery rhymes to nourish their children. The lullabies sung by mothers are a kind of exquisite literary nutrition for infants, full of deep parental love, heartfelt expectations, profound blessings, and heavy love. Because people have enjoyed such nutrition, they realize how important nursery rhymes are for children. Therefore, in early childhood education, humans have chosen and used nursery rhymes as a form to educate children, allowing them to grow up nourished by this literature, becoming more loving and wise. So, what are the advantages of nursery rhymes, and what are the benefits of reciting them? First, nursery rhymes are concise literary works and are excellent materials for literary enlightenment and early literacy education. Second, they have a bright rhythm, smooth intonation, and beautiful melody, which can develop children's auditory organs and cultivate their sense of music. Third, nursery rhymes are essentially a form of paper-based games, making them fun and engaging for children, bringing them joy and imagination. Fourth, reciting nursery rhymes to children or encouraging them to recite them helps create a good family atmosphere, allowing children to feel their parents' love and the warmth and harmony of home from a young age. Additionally, reciting nursery rhymes helps children learn to feel and think at an early age, cultivating their patience and teaching them to focus on tasks from a young age, making them sensitive to new things early on. When kindergarten teachers read nursery rhymes to children and teach them to recite them, they are actually laying the foundation for their basic language education. Many young parents are very willing to spend money on toys and clothes for their children, and many parents and grandparents take young children to fast-food restaurants for meals when they are two or three years old, but they rarely think about buying books for their children, especially many parents do not understand the importance of reading nursery rhymes to young children or how to guide them to experience the world of language. This may lead to language deficiencies in the future and negatively impact their personality development. Therefore, here, I sincerely hope that young parents will learn more about early education and pay attention to their children's early reading, especially by actively reading nursery rhymes to them and engaging in parent-child reading. This collection of nursery rhymes is carefully selected and compiled by Yin Shilin, a renowned expert in nursery rhymes and children's literature in China. It collects traditional Chinese nursery rhymes that have enduring appeal among parents and children. These nursery rhymes are well-known and every one of them is a piece of literary nutrition passed down through generations, reflecting the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation and showcasing folk wisdom and collective consciousness. They are perfectly suitable for children to recite and read, and especially for parents and kindergarten teachers to use. The new life and new education call for such excellent nursery rhyme books. Every young parent and every kindergarten teacher should recite more excellent nursery rhymes to children, allowing beautiful nursery rhymes to nourish their hearts!