The so-called music appreciation refers to an aesthetic activity that takes specific musical works as the object, comprehends the true meaning of music through listening and other auxiliary means, and thereby obtains spiritual pleasure. Moreover, music activities have an irreplaceable effect in promoting the healthy development of children's mental health. Music comes from life, but it is higher than life. Music is a reflection of human life. People use music to express their emotions and use music to enjoy life. Music can Give people a sense of beauty and noble emotions. Music is an indispensable element in activities, and it is an indispensable part that accompanies everyone throughout their lives. Music appreciation is a kind of beautiful education, which can not only improve children's understanding of music, but also enhance their aesthetic emotions. So how to cultivate children's music appreciation ability?

1. Enrich children’s life experience and improve their sensitivity to music

1. Music appreciation ability, because we first start by cultivating children to listen to sounds, understand the expressiveness of sounds, and cultivate their understanding of music. Sound sensitivity begins. Not only should we first cultivate children's "listening" ability, we can use daily life and the surrounding environment to cultivate children's listening ability. We can work with children to identify, listen, and change various sounds in nature: such as the sound of wind, rain, etc.; There are various sounds in daily life: such as fans, keys, etc.; various sounds made by people; such as clapping, stamping, etc. From an early age, children will be interested in listening and distinguishing the various sounds in life around them, have a positive attitude towards listening to music, and initially develop the habit of paying attention to listening, so that in further music appreciation activities, they can better perceive and understand through listening. Understand music. I think that with the growth of age and the accumulation of life experience, young children have developed a strong interest in learning and other activities. They start from passive learning and actively learn, so their listening ability is cultivated organically in various activities.

2. Arouse cries, feel freely, and cultivate children’s self-confidence

The famous music educator Kabalevsky said: “The super task of music teaching is to cultivate children’s self-confidence. Interest in music. "Because music education is not purely music education, it not only allows each child to develop in music, it is responsible for cultivating the potential of discovering other aspects. Music is an auditory art. During appreciation activities, children are allowed to listen to music and use their own voices and movements to express their feelings and inner experiences. Children are allowed to freely express their feelings and inner experiences through language and engage in music. Feel free to imagine. We constantly encourage children to speak out their thoughts and affirm their opinions, thereby stimulating children's desire to speak and achieving the purpose of cultivating self-confidence. For example, in the appreciation of "Lullaby", the melody of the lullaby has little fluctuation, is good at lyricism, has a balanced rhythm, has a slight sense of swing, is slow in speed, weak in intensity, and has a friendly and gentle musical image. So, I first let the children listen to the music and feel "What do you think?" "What did you see in the dream?" Then I asked the children to close their eyes and appreciate it. After listening to the music, I asked the children to express their feelings, "I saw my sister and my mother." Hold me and fly in the sky. "I had a wonderful dream, with sweet ice cream and beautiful candies..." "Children express their wonderful thoughts freely. With my encouragement and affirmation, children who usually don't like to talk or lack self-confidence gradually participate in such appreciation activities, arousing cries and feeling freely. .

2. Create music in the form of expression, so that children can enjoy it and actively participate in the performance

1. Create a good music environment and stimulate children to experience music from different angles

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Karl Orff believes: "Children who have no sense of music at all are rare. Almost every child can understand and enjoy music, so we should pay attention to allowing young children to experience music and understand music in various environments at any time. , activate their musical thinking and cultivate imagination and creativity. Incorporate music appreciation into one-day activities to arouse children's interest in listening to music. For example, when children come to the kindergarten one after another in the morning, you can play some relaxing music for them to enjoy. You can play some pleasant children's songs when leaving the kindergarten. Over time, children's interest in listening will gradually increase.

2. Use lively and interesting teaching methods and flexible teaching methods

Music listening education should respect the laws of art itself and fully pay attention to the important role of aesthetic experience in the teaching process. In music appreciation teaching, teachers focus on guiding children to use various senses to participate and experience music, thereby expressing their originality and promoting the development of imagination and creativity. Methods for teaching children to appreciate music works (1) Use vivid imaginative language to guide children to listen to music purposefully. Before children appreciate music, teachers can conduct introductory conversations to introduce the name and content of the work to children, attracting children's attention to the artistic conception of the work, and letting children know what to listen to. At the same time, make requests for appreciation to young children. For example, when enjoying the song "The Lion King", ask the children along with the music: "Listen carefully, who is roaring?" to attract the children's attention and appreciation. (2) Inspire young children to think while listening: For example, through introductory conversations and repeated appreciation of "The Lion King", children will inevitably feel something in the music with unusual excitement and curiosity. . Children should be inspired and allowed to express their feelings through various means such as movements, gestures, expressions, etc.

The process of expression is the process of thinking, recalling and feeling about the work.

3. Make the best use of the situation to stimulate children’s creative imagination

Music appreciation cannot stop at the good or bad sound of the sound. Teachers should make the best use of the situation to let children’s aesthetic emotions in the process of music appreciation. Use questions to let children discuss, or use colors to express music, or use pictures to express music, or use stories to tell music, or use dance to express music, etc., so that they can have creative imagination. There are also creative activities outside of music.

Every appreciation work is a work of art woven with sound, allowing children to listen carefully, experience beauty with emotion, and create beauty. We need to provide children with more opportunities to come into contact with music, participate in music, and experience music. Let music become the greatest joy in children's lives, and let children truly delve into the art palace of music.