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Do you still have impressions of music classes in primary and middle schools? What did you learn in music class? Since the State Council proposed to attach importance to preschool education in 2010, music education has gradually received attention. What effect does music education have on children's growth and development? From what aspects should education be carried out? Let’s see what the scholars say.

Music education is an indispensable part of quality education. It is a kind of aesthetic education and a unique form of music art. Music education is not only the training of music knowledge and skills, but also teaching according to the special laws of music art. I remember that my music class was "music appreciation, musical instrument practice, and whole class chorus." In recent years, music education has gradually received attention in our country. "Several Opinions of the State Council on the Current Development of Preschool Education" points out: Preschool education is the beginning of lifelong learning, an important part of the national education system, and an important social welfare undertaking. Running preschool education well is related to the health of hundreds of millions of children. Growth is related to the vital interests of thousands of households and the future of the country and nation.

In an article published in the English journal "Open Journal of Social Sciences" (Social Sciences) of Scientific Research Press, Chongqing University scholar Jue Zhou mentioned that early childhood education refers to The care and education of children aged 3 to 6 years old is not only the starting point of lifelong education, but also the starting point of quality education. Early childhood education includes three aspects: family education, social education and kindergarten education. Kindergarten education is carried out by professional educators in kindergartens, based on social needs and for the children in the kindergarten, to formulate and organize activities to promote the comprehensive physical and psychological development of children. Group activities in kindergarten are beneficial for children to communicate with each other.

In kindergarten, music education is a very special field of education, which is different from ordinary school music education and different from other courses. Music enlightenment in early childhood education requires cultivating children's interest in music and using lively teaching content and forms to help children understand music, which is one of the contents of aesthetic education. Through this kind of emotional education for children, the power of education is better than simply imparting knowledge and information. Sue Home Linksys, a famous educator from the former Soviet Union, said: "Music education is not about cultivating musicians, it is about cultivating people first."

Children's music education is divided into: singing, rhythmic activities, and music appreciation

Singing: Children's singing ability is based on children's language pronunciation. Babies slowly start to imitate adults' speech around 8 months old, and can make different sounds at 1 year old. It is not easy for an adult to hear the specific content of what the baby is saying, but we can guess the meaning through the intonation and the intensity of the tone. At about 3 years old, children can sing some short songs, but they may not necessarily understand the lyrics.

After entering kindergarten, children can basically distinguish the difference in tone and volume. 5-year-old children's cognitive ability of rhythm and tone has improved, and their grasp of rhythm is relatively accurate. The breath of a singing master can be adjusted according to the words, and the creative expression is not expressed in a scripted manner. He will also hum when he is happy. People often say that this kind of singing method is particularly touching. In any case, as children grow older, their singing ability will get better and better, the range will change from narrow to wide, the tune will change from single to rich, the rhythm will change from floating to precise, and the songs will change from broken to complete. All of this is accompanied by physical and psychological developmental processes.

Children’s singing needs to cultivate two aspects. One is rhythm. When children learn to sing, they often use body movements to express themselves.

When singing this song "Throwing the Handkerchief", the sense of rhythm is even more obvious; the second is the melody. In children's singing skills, the tone is the most difficult to master and out-of-tune is a very common phenomenon. The cultivation of melody feeling can make The child has a correct understanding of the pitch of sounds.

Rhythmic activities: Orff, a famous German music educator, said: Music education should start with movements. In children’s music education, body movements and music are closely related, and neither is allowed. Lack of, because movement is the most direct way for children to express their thoughts and emotions. The movement is the earliest heart activity of the baby. The movement starts long before birth, that is, the fetal movement felt by the pregnant woman. When many babies are lying in the cradle, many mothers will hang things like wind chimes next to the crib. The babies will unconsciously sway their little hands or turn their eyes in response to the hanging bells. These actions are all instinctive reactions.

As early as 1981, a study in the United States found that children’s most basic movements appear before the age of five, indicating that cultivating children’s artistic gymnastics abilities is a childhood musical practice. important part of the activity. In addition, it can also better help children accumulate sports vocabulary.

Music appreciation: Music appreciation is an important part of music activities and an important way for children to listen to music and use their imagination. Many studies at home and abroad have shown that children respond to sounds the moment they are born. Existing scientific evidence can prove that children in the womb can indeed hear sounds from the outside world. Orff encourages children to find the object that makes the sound based on the sound.

At the age of 3, children can sway to the music. If it is a quiet melody, they will gently sway their bodies. When they hear a strong melody, their movements will become larger. . When I was 4 years old, I had a concept of music types, and my creativity continued to grow. I began to understand simple lyrics and generate some imagination. Teachers should choose a large number of songs of different styles to guide children's appreciation ability.

Music education is so special, and the so-called exams cannot verify the results. Therefore, it is better to avoid taking exams and frequently participating in large-scale competitions in order to gain academic points. It's counterproductive and makes children hate music.

"Music education is not about cultivating musicians, it is about cultivating people first"

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