Once I sent my children to class, I sat on the bus and heard the conversation between two mothers next to me. The discussion was about parenting, which caught my attention. Two mothers talked about children reciting poems. A mother proudly said that her children can recite many ancient poems now;

Another mother frowned and said worriedly, "Children don't need to recite poems before going to school, they will become stupid!" ! Children don't know words and don't understand the meaning of poetry ... "

Mother retorted, "Did you read all this online? Don't believe these unscientific statements. When I was young, I also recited many ancient poems, my brother and my father! My father is an undergraduate, I am a master and my brother is a doctor! ……"

The other mother was embarrassed and stopped talking.

Then their conversation also aroused my curiosity;

? Will preschool children become stupid by reciting ancient poems?

Think of this question, I think of those celebrities who recite poems since childhood:

Qian Xuesen, at the age of 3, can recite countless ancient poems and often recite Guo Moruo's poems. At the age of 6, she was able to read The Analects of Confucius ... Dong Qing, who recently became popular with readers, was able to recite many poems when she was very young, and was known as "blue temperament; There is also the little girl who likes poetry since childhood. Because poetry and Wu Yishu are both popular, the biggest feeling I get from them is to get wisdom from reciting ancient poems from childhood, not "stupidity".

From this, I think the saying that reciting poems before school will make you stupid can probably be overturned.

Even if children can't read or understand poetry, reciting poetry can promote brain development;

Just as music stimulates the brain, rhythm can also promote brain development. As we all know, children's brains are plastic when they are young, and children often learn some knowledge or engage in some skills, thus promoting the connection of brain-related neurons. Because poetry has a good rhythm and catchy language, it can attract children's attention and favor. It is not difficult to imagine that children will pay more attention to the more rhythmic sentences when they hear "long summer cool breeze", "cool blue lotus" and "dynamic summer green river, lotus fragrance swaying in the breeze".

? In addition, reciting poems by preschool children also brings two other benefits.

1, reciting poems can train memory.

Compared with other languages, poetry is easy to spread and easy to remember. Why? The memory of the brain, the memory of poetry, can be remembered better than meaningless scattered language. On the one hand, poetry is easy to be remembered by the brain because of its rhythm when it is recited; On the other hand, when children recall, rhythm can help them remember well. It helps to cultivate children's memory. This is why when a child recites a poem, for example, when he reads "day", it is easy to recall "mountain", which is the memory effect of rhythm.

Poetry, like music, can soothe children's emotions.

When the baby is crying in the crib, if the mother gently sings a cheerful nursery rhyme or song, the child is likely to be quiet because the rhythm of the song is very happy. Similarly, the harmonious language characteristics of poetry similar to music also have a sense of rhythm. Encountering poems with happy emotions also helps to alleviate the baby's irritability. Of course, a poem with other emotional characteristics will also bring other emotions to children. Therefore, the beauty of music can be harvested behind poetry.

Tips: Don't take reciting poems as "learning Chinese"

When parents ask their children to recite poems, if they are associated with "learning languages", it will inevitably be utilitarian, especially for preschool children. If forced, it will stifle the beautiful feelings that poetry brings to children. Don't be too utilitarian, and don't force children to write poems. Even children's favorite fried rice with eggs, once forced to be unhappy, even toy robots played by children, once forced to play, will be avoided by children.

If children love to recite, they should recite more poems. When children don't want to recite any more, parents shouldn't be forced. As long as they keep their children's good impression of poetry, it is no problem to continue to be a poet. If children have a sense of beauty and interest in poetry after learning, it will be a wonderful harvest. Children can recite it by themselves without parents reminding them.

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