Many parents know that music is beneficial to the healthy growth of young children. So, how should we cultivate children’s musical ability? I will bring it to you below, hoping to help everyone!

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Establishing the dominant position of children is the prerequisite for cultivating children’s musical ability. For a long time, in music teaching, teachers have always been in an active position when designing and implementing music activities. And often focus on the teaching of basic knowledge and basic skills, focusing on "what to teach", but for the development of children's musical ability, they can only adopt a "hope to the sky" strategy. Changing concepts and establishing the dominant position of children has fundamentally changed the original teacher-student relationship in music teaching, changing children from passive knowledge recipients to subjective and active people, all of which are to "guide but not include", and It is more about providing time for children's creative learning and improvement under the guidance of teachers. For example, when learning rhythm activities, you can start from the perspective of children and guide them to appreciate music, perceive the rhythm, style, movement characteristics of music, etc., and then ask children to express themselves freely according to their personal understanding. The teacher will provide guidance and prompts to improve the accuracy of movements. Accuracy and quality, discover good movements, praise and promote learning in a timely manner, which not only develops children's musical expression and creativity, but also is conducive to the formation of children's self-esteem and self-confidence, so that kindergartens can improve their intelligence, emotion and Social aspects and other aspects have been developed healthily.

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Creating a rich musical environment is an important condition for cultivating children's musical ability. Children's musical ability depends on the "musicality" of their learning and living environment. "To a certain extent, planned educational work and environmental stimulation and enlightenment can promote the initial development of young children's musical abilities. There have been reports: among the Yana people in Nigeria, Africa, the mother exposed babies less than a week old to music and dancing, and the father made small drums for their children. When the children were 2 years old, they entered the stage and learned a lot. Basic skills include singing, dancing, and playing musical instruments. A 5-year-old Yana can sing 800 songs, play several percussion instruments, and perform dozens of complex dance moves. This is not so much a function of talent as it is environmental factors that are more important. For this reason, kindergartens and families should try their best to create a good environment for children to learn music. For example: when children are active, listen to some cheerful and lively music to make them happy and happy; listen to some beautiful music when eating to make them feel comfortable and increase their appetite; you can also open a music area in the activity room to fully Use your spare time to train children's listening, pronunciation and response to music rhythm. You can also put liquids in bottles or cups to make your own musical instruments, bringing children a pleasant creative experience and improving their aesthetic ability.

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Various interesting game activities are an effective means to cultivate children’s musical ability. It is human nature to love music. Interesting music activities can stimulate children’s desire to learn and make them develop Positive and happy emotions, full use of imagination, showing their different feelings and creations. Therefore, music must be integrated into their lives and play, and they can learn easily and happily through singing, jumping, moving, and playing games. For example, at the small class level, songs with imitation sounds are generally chosen. These close-to-life, easy-to-understand and rhythmic sounds and cries are most suitable for younger children. For older children in middle and upper classes, their understanding of musical works has been significantly enhanced. Some fairy tale-like songs such as "The Tortoise and the Hare" and "Little Bear Treats", and animal-related songs such as "Little Swallow" and "Number of Numbers" "Duck", as well as singing-and-playing songs such as "Butterfly Looking for Flowers" and "Throwing Handkerchief" and other musical works with vivid lyrics, strong colloquialisms, and easy expression through movements, often make children unable to help but sing and perform, and sing and play at the same time. , thereby stimulating children's interest in music.

4. Songs and dance are the main ways to cultivate children’s musical ability. Music is the easiest art to express and stimulate emotions, and it is also a powerful means of moral education. As long as we make clever use of the educational principles of music, we can start from scratch. , will achieve subtle educational effects.

The lyrics in children's songs express certain thoughts and feelings in concrete and vivid language, promoting "truth, goodness and beauty", so that children can receive vivid and vivid ideological education while singing and dancing. For example, the small class song "I'm sorry, it's okay" uses a brisk rhythm and easy-to-understand language, allowing children to understand the connotation of the lyrics while singing and performing, and master and learn the saying "The big apple will be given to you, and the small one will be left to you." "Myself", I experienced that humility can bring happiness to others; from the singing of "Good Mother", I understood the hardship of my mother's work. I should do my own things by myself and not bother others; in the dance "Picking up Rice" In "Sui", I learned how to cherish food and develop the good quality of loving labor. It can be seen that beautiful music can naturally play an educational role, especially in terms of moral education. Compared with rigid preaching, it often achieves twice the result with half the effort. 5. Improving teachers’ own quality is the fundamental guarantee for cultivating children’s musical ability. As implementers of quality education, teachers, while having a correct aesthetic awareness and excellent music skills, should also strengthen the cultivation of their own creative qualities so that they can I have a wide range of interests, abilities and emotional expressions in art appreciation, and I can infect young children with my own etiquette, culture, literature and artistic accomplishments. ?