Once when I was sending my children to class on the bus, I heard a conversation between two mothers next to me. The discussion was about parenting, which caught my attention. The two mothers talked about the problem of their children memorizing poems. One mother was very proud to say that her child can now recite many ancient poems;

Another mother frowned and said worriedly: "There is no need for children to memorize poems before school age. You’ve become stupid! The child can’t read and doesn’t understand the meaning of the poem..."

The mother retorted: "You only read this from the Internet, don't you believe it? I also recited a lot of ancient poems when I was a child, my brother, my father! My dad is a bachelor, I am a master, and my brother is a doctor!..."

Another mother has some Embarrassed and stopped talking.

Their conversation also aroused my curiosity;

Will preschool children become stupid if they memorize ancient poems?

When thinking about this question, I thought of those famous people who have recited poems since childhood:

Qian Xuesen, who can recite countless ancient poems at the age of 3, often recites Guo Moruo's poems at the age of 6 Can read "The Analects"... Recently, Dong Qing, who has become very popular as a reader, was able to recite many poems when she was very young, and was known as "the temperament is like orchid; and the little girl who liked poetry since she was a child, because of poetry and the popularity of Wu Yishu , so the biggest feeling I get from them is that what I get from reciting ancient poems as a child is wisdom, not "stupidity".

From this, I think that "reciting poems in preschool will make you stupid". This can probably be overturned.

Even if a child cannot read or understand poetry, memorizing poetry can promote brain development;

Just as music stimulates the brain, rhythm can also stimulate the brain. Development. We all know that children's brains are plastic when they are young, and children often learn certain knowledge or engage in certain skills, thereby promoting the connection of relevant neurons in the brain because poetry has a good language rhythm and is catchy. It can attract more attention and favor from children. It is not difficult to imagine that when a child hears "the cool breeze of the long summer, the cool blue lotus" and "the dynamic summer green river, the Dutch fragrance sways in the breeze." ", children will pay more attention to the more rhythmic sentences in front.

In addition, reciting poems for preschool children also brings two other benefits

1. Reciting poems can train memory

And other benefits Compared with language, poetry is easier to spread and easier to remember. Why? The memory of the brain, the memory of poetry, can be remembered better than meaningless fragmentary language. On the one hand, when poems are recited, they are easily remembered by the brain because of their rhyme; on the other hand, when children recall them, rhyme can help children remember them well. It helps develop children's memory. This is why when a child recites a poem, such as the child reciting "Ascending the Stork Tower", when he reads "Day", it is easy to recall "End of the Mountain". This is the memory effect of rhythm.

2. Poetry, like music, can soothe a child's emotions

When a baby cries in the crib, if the mother gently sings a cheerful nursery rhyme or song next to him , the child is likely to calm down because the singing has a pleasant rhythm to it. Similarly, poetry similar to music has a harmonious language quality that also has a sense of rhythm. When it comes to poetry with pleasant emotions, it can also help soothe the irritable mood of babies. Of course, a poem with other emotional qualities brings other emotions to the child as well. Therefore, musical beauty can be harvested behind poetry.

Warm reminder: Don’t regard memorizing poetry as “learning Chinese”

When parents ask their children to recite poetry, if they associate it with “learning language”, it is inevitable that Utilitarian, especially for preschoolers, if forced, it will kill the good feelings poetry brings to children. Don’t be too utilitarian and don’t force your children to become poetry children. Even the egg-fried rice that children like to eat is unpleasant once forced, and even the toy robots that children play with will be shunned by children once they are forced to play with them.

When the child likes to recite, recite more poems. When the child does not want to recite, parents should not force them. As long as the child retains the good impression of the poems, there is no problem in continuing at any time.

If a child develops a sense of beauty and interest in poetry after learning poetry, that is a wonderful harvest. The child no longer needs to be reminded by his parents and can recite it himself.

Poetry is the language of art, which can plant beauty in children’s brains and nourish intelligence. Please give this beauty to your own children!