Music education is an important part of early childhood education and the basis for cultivating children's good aesthetic taste. Music is a basic component of the spiritual life of human society, and rhythm is the life of music, the source of music vitality, and the first element of music composition. Cultivating children's sense of rhythm enables them to experience the emotions of rhythm in music and art, feel the beauty of rhythm, and have the ability to accurately reproduce rhythm. However, due to their age characteristics, young children's brain and body movement rhythms cannot coordinate with each other to feel the rhythm of music, so they have a poor sense of rhythm.

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Cultivate children's sense of music rhythm

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1. The significance of cultivating music rhythm

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Some people say that there is no real learning content in kindergarten, and cultivating children’s interests is the first priority. Interest is the best teacher. If a child has no interest in a certain activity, it will be difficult for the child to master this ability. You can also look for rhythms in daily life to stimulate young children's interest in rhythm. The concept of rhythm is relatively abstract and difficult for young children to understand, but young children are sensitive to rhythm. Rhythm exists in our surrounding life. Therefore, in order for young children to understand rhythm and be interested in rhythm, they must start from real life and explore rhythm. Find the rhythm. Such as the sound of rain, the barking of cats and dogs, the sound of drums, the sound of horse hooves, the sound of walking, the thump of batting, etc. During the activity, I told the children that these regular sounds are called rhythm and asked the children to find the rhythm by themselves. The children were very interested in this and soon cited various rhythms: the rumble of the train, the bang The sound of gunshots, the ticking of the alarm clock, etc. Whenever children discover a new rhythmic sound, they feel particularly excited and often proudly say: I heard this. As a result, my interest in actively searching for various rhythms in the surrounding life has become stronger. I composed these sounds into various rhythmic patterns and expressed them in the form of clapping and tapping objects, allowing children to listen, feel and understand repeatedly, so that they can develop rhythm awareness. Although young children themselves do not understand "rhythm", they can already feel and understand rhythm through imitation, and have developed a strong interest in rhythm. This lays a good foundation for further cultivating the sense of rhythm

2. The basis for cultivating the sense of rhythm in music - hearing

Music is an auditory art, and various musical activities are inseparable from hearing. , Therefore, music listening ability is the prerequisite and foundation for the formation of various musical abilities. Many musical abilities come from hearing, such as music perception ability, music memory ability, music comprehension ability, music aesthetic ability, singing ability, appreciation ability, music expression ability and sense of rhythm, etc., which are all inevitably related to hearing, so we must learn With the ability to explore rhythm through listening, children can learn proactively with this ability. We live in a world of sound that is full of wonderful sounds: the crisp chirping of birds; the honking of car horns; the melodious ringing of bells, etc. Letting children listen carefully to these sounds can not only give them a beautiful enjoyment and experience, but more importantly, children learn to listen, and then replace these sounds with music, allowing children to freely do various actions while listening to music, and personally experience various Various rhythms, slowly children will find that these sounds are constantly changing and have a certain regularity, and they will experience happiness from them, and thus have a more detailed, comprehensive and profound understanding of rhythm.

3. Methods for cultivating a sense of musical rhythm - body movements

Use body movements to express rhythm, that is, children can use their own understanding of the rhythm with or without music accompaniment. The feelings and understanding are expressed through beautiful movements. The movements are performed by the children themselves according to their own experience of music, which is relatively free and flexible, rather than being taught one by one by the teacher. However, teachers must guide, inspire, and gradually help children express rhythm with their own movements.

For example, when training | x x x x | Notes are clapping with hands, eighth notes are replaced with feet, and this rhythm pattern is transformed into various forms for children to practice, such as: | x x x x | xx x x x || ; | x x x x | x xx x x || ; x x x x | xx x x x ||etc. The children's interest is very high. Many children can look at the rhythm score and use their hands and feet to play the melody. In addition, when designing the activities, I pay attention to the diversity of activity methods to make the children's mouths, bodies and minds move. , to ensure that children’s enthusiasm for learning is stimulated and maintained. To get children's bodies moving, you can ask them to create movements for songs, sing in games, or use body movements to accompany songs. Songs with specific, action-oriented or narrative lyrics can subtly stimulate young children's imagination. thereby creating movement for the song. For example, the songs "Little Duck", "Clatter of Shoes", etc.

Some songs are highly game-oriented and allow children to sing while playing. For example, with the songs "Where's the Little Chicken?" and "Blowing Bubbles," the teacher and children play hide-and-seek together, blow bubbles in a circle, and play while playing. Sing, what a joy! Use the body to accompany the song, that is, guide the child to use body movements such as clapping hands and legs to create the rhythm, or to fill in the prelude and interlude, or to highlight the emphasis of the phrase. For example, in the song "Tricycle", clapping and stamping are added at the interlude or in bars 2, 4, and 8. Or sound accompaniment: jingle bell, jingle bell, haha, haha, or repeat the words at the end of the sentence "run fast", "old lady", "so weird", to make the singing more humorous and interesting, and let the children sing with laughter. During the improvisational performance process, children experience the joy of creation and success, and gain a sense of accomplishment and self-confidence.

4. Cultivate children's rhythm sensitivity and integrate rhythm into songs

In singing activities, there are various singing forms, which can be generally divided into eight types: Solo singing , unison singing, lead singing and unison singing, pick-up singing, duet singing, rotation singing, chorus, performance singing, etc. How to integrate rhythm and singing? Singing is a way for people to express their emotions, and rhythm is for learning music and singing. Rhythm alone cannot sublimate the beauty of music. Therefore, when cultivating children's sense of music rhythm, combining rhythm with songs can not only improve Children's understanding of song speed can also enhance their understanding and experience of musicality. For example: when learning the song "The Train Is Leaving", read the lyrics according to the beat, rhythm, speed and intensity of the music in order to better grasp the beat, rhythm, speed and intensity of the music. At the same time, let the children line up in a long queue in the classroom, imitate the rumbling sound of the train and experience the regular and rhythmic sound effect of the train. After the children understand it, they start to sing, and they understand the song in the process of singing. artistic conception. For example, the song "Happy Clapping Song" is a lively, cheerful and rhythmic song. Before learning to sing the song, I consciously played this song when the children were free to play. The cheerful and jumping melody, as well as the lyrics such as clapping my hands and stomping my feet, quickly attracted the children's interest. He hummed and made corresponding movements. When conducting singing teaching activities, I try not to use the piano for accompaniment, but let the children freely clap their hands and legs, and sing songs a cappella while clapping. The rhythmic tapping enhances the children's interest in learning to sing. In the process of teaching activities, we must guide children to boldly innovate and think independently. They can give full play to their imagination and creativity with the accompaniment of music, and at the same time feel various rhythms, which is beneficial to the development of children's intelligence and personality. and the development of abilities has played a role that cannot be underestimated.

5. Looking for favorable opportunities for rhythm education

Rhythms are everywhere in our lives, such as the "ding-ding" of bicycles; the "ding-dong" of doorbells; and the rain. In order to cultivate children's sense of rhythm from an early age, I let them discover some of the sounds around us, and then use their little hands, feet and other parts of the body to After a period of practice, it was found that children's interests are very high. They are willing to capture some common sounds in life and use rhythm to express them. Over time, children's sense of rhythm is strengthened and their sense of rhythm is developed. Observation skills. Both music and language use certain rhythm combinations and changes to express the emotions of the work and trigger the listener's screams. In daily language activities, especially children's song teaching activities, I often use different rhythms to express the content of the same children's song, so that children feel fresh and interesting while learning children's songs, which further stimulates their interest in learning. For example, in the teaching of the children's song "Tiaoya", I changed two different rhythms for the children to perform. In order to prevent the children from having a boring feeling, I asked the children to perform from the feet to the thighs, waist, shoulders and finally to the head. performance, and attract children with the plot of sprouts growing taller, so that children can experience different rhythms in cheerful emotions.

In short, every child has more or less musical potential. I think that in rhythm teaching activities, teachers are not dedicated to teaching children anything, but trying to tap the potential of children. Through these forms, children can learn music, understand music and improve their musical quality in these activities.

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Teachers are not committed to teaching children anything, but trying to tap the potential of children. Through these forms, children can learn music, understand music and improve their musical quality in these activities.

This article is to help parents share their experience in early education for their babies. As a nanny, I hope that through my sharing, parents will know about simple and practical early education. Method

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A CD of peaceful and beautiful music must not be one that is too fast or too melancholy, such as "Love and Music"

Small musical instruments for children, such as electronic keyboards for young children

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When the baby wakes up in the morning, open the music CD and play some quieter and peaceful music

< p>When the baby is playing, you can put the electronic keyboard in front of them and let them play by themselves

When eating, play some Beijing music that is conducive to eating, such as: light music, lyrical music English songs

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When you go to bed at night, play some music that is good for sleeping, such as: Song of the Secret Garden, Snow Dream, Annie's Wonderland

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Notes

When playing some Beijing music, be sure not to play some music with too adult emotions

The whole process must proceed naturally. Let the baby slowly integrate into this music atmosphere

Interest is the driving force for children to learn music. Only when children have interest can they have the desire to actively learn and explore. To cultivate interest in children's music activities, teachers should first discover children's interests, and secondly stimulate their interest in the activities so that they can generate positive and happy emotions, give full play to their imagination, and show their different sensibilities and creativity.

1. Be good at discovering children’s interest in music

For example, children Zhang Kexin, Ji Hanyu, and Xu Zihan in my class like to hum tunes while playing, and children Chen Ziyang and Ma Chenju , when hearing the bright and lively music, they dance, shake their heads, and the expressions on their faces become rich, I know that the children like music and are curious about music. And curiosity is precisely the starting point of interest.

2. Arouse children’s interest in learning music

In the teaching process, I purposefully and plannedly use certain means, measures and methods to carefully select some distinctive and easy-to-use music materials. Music accepted by young children can induce and guide children to become curious about music activities, and use the novelty of objective things to attract children's curiosity, thereby becoming interested in music. Fully mobilize children's enthusiasm for learning and stimulate their desire to learn. Let children have more exposure to music, create a music environment for children, and infiltrate music into children's daily life.

When I come to the kindergarten, I will play soft and melodious famous songs and nursery rhymes to greet the children, arouse the children's happy emotions, and actively participate in the activities.

During meals, I play music with a bright rhythm and let the children eat along with the rhythm while listening. Listening to music while eating creates a pleasant mood and increases appetite. During nap time, I play soft and quiet lullabies to let the children fall asleep naturally and cultivate good nap habits in the children.

When giving children the music activity class "Walking", children's songs are read aloud and the sounds that symbolize the walking of little rabbits, ducks, and little turtles are used, so that children can quickly master the basic rhythm of syncopation. .

Cooperate with various disciplines, use music education as a means, and use art forms to educate. I chose some interpenetrating game activities that are organically combined with various subjects. When learning children's songs or stories, I choose children's songs or stories with sound effects as the background, which not only enhances the expressiveness of children's language, but also promotes the activity of children's brain hemispheres and improves memory effects. For example, the language rhythm is "chirp", "who is going to follow", etc.

3. Use stories to stimulate children’s interest in learning music

Language plays a decisive role in music teaching. It is the creative foundation and core of music art. A lively and beautiful song is often a good children's song or poem; a beautiful and humorous piece of music seems to tell interesting stories. If beautiful and vivid language is lost in music teaching, it will become boring and tasteless, and lose the charm of art. As the saying goes: "Words are the voice of the heart, and sounds are the words of the heart." Teachers' artistic classroom introduction design will arouse children's desire to learn, weave music teaching materials into stories and introduce them into new lessons, making the teaching process storyline-like, and often creating a A good classroom situation.

4. Use rhythmic dance to guide children’s interest in learning music

Music is the art of time, and rhythm is the skeleton of music. Children in kindergarten are very active. If the children are asked to sit still during the whole activity, they will not be able to sit still. Therefore, after the children can sing a song, they must choose appropriate actions to cooperate. Teachers carefully design rhythm training according to the key and difficult points of the curriculum rhythm, which can not only strengthen children's sense of music rhythm, but also slow down the teaching slope and add interest to the teaching of new lessons. For example, in "Woof Woof, Meow Meow", the lyrics are "Woof woof, meow meow, woof woof, meow meow..." I imitate the movements of puppies and kittens while singing to mobilize the enthusiasm of young children. , and sure enough, the children were singing and performing at the same time, very engaged and very happy. At the same time, when doing the movements, the children will naturally express the strength and weakness of the song and the humorous charm. In this way, they can kill two birds with one stone, not only consolidate the singing of the song, but also find the strength and weakness rules of the song.

5. Carry out game performances to enable children to experience the fun of learning music.

Singing and playing games during teaching is one of the effective ways to stimulate children's desire for music. Kindergarten children are naturally playful, curious, and imaginative. They like to express their feelings about music through various actions. Therefore, if teachers want to improve the quality of music activities, they should organically combine children's music learning with games and dance according to children's active characteristics, and transform abstract music knowledge into lively and interesting games, so that children can use their own Activities combine listening, watching, thinking with sports, singing, performing, games, etc., so that they can easily acquire knowledge and skills in the world of music and be influenced by beauty.

At the same time, in music teaching, I pay special attention to the emotional communication between teachers and students, and strive to create an equal, relaxed and harmonious atmosphere to stimulate children's interest in music activities. For example, during activities, you often look into children's eyes when speaking and demonstrating, and use expressions, movements, etc. to adjust children's mental state. I also communicate emotionally with young children in various capacities. In music activities, I am not only a teacher, but also other characters, such as puppies, tigers, little mushrooms, butterflies, etc. By playing roles and performing realistically, children can be brought into the specific artistic conception of musical works.

Musician Xi Xinghai once said: "Music is the greatest happiness in life, music is a clear spring in life, and music is a melting pot that cultivates temperament." In music teaching, teachers must actively and diligently Create a pleasant learning situation, focus on stimulating children's interest, and make every teaching step as interesting, inspiring and creative as possible. Be good at using all beautiful teaching methods to arouse children's sense of beauty, so that they can feel beauty, express beauty and create beauty in a relaxed, lively and happy music atmosphere, so that they can actively acquire music knowledge in a happy and lively atmosphere. This has a promoting effect on cultivating children's temperament, cultivating interests and enriching their spiritual life.