In addition, childhood is the golden age of memory. At this time, what you read and recite will be truly engraved in your mind and internalized into your own wisdom wealth. Therefore, we should cherish childhood recitation and don't let children waste their time on some mediocre works. Classical poetry, mainly Tang and Song poetry, I think it is worth reciting since childhood.
Another misunderstanding caused by "difficult to understand" ancient poetry is that when teaching children to learn ancient poetry, they should explain it as much as possible and "translate" every sentence into "vernacular". In fact, it is precisely "over-interpretation" that should be prevented when studying ancient poems. The reasons are: first, based on the trust in children's understanding; Second, the beauty of artistic conception and writing of poetry lies in experience. They didn't need to explain. One explanation is the bondage of imagination and the destruction of language beauty.
Before the child is two or three years old, reading poetry needs no explanation, just treat reading poetry as singing and feel the rhythm. When the child is four or five years old, he knows something, plus "explanation". But this explanation must be simple, simply say the meaning of this poem, and explain some words that affect understanding.
A lot of reading and reciting is the most classic method to learn ancient poetry, and it is also the traditional Chinese teaching method in China. This method is the simplest and most effective. "Reading a book a hundred times, its meaning is self-evident", which was summed up brilliantly by predecessors.
Mr. Qian Liqun, a famous scholar and professor of Chinese Department in Peking University, said: "In our traditional enlightenment education, the teacher asked the students to read the scriptures aloud without any explanation. In the cadence, they naturally understand some unspeakable charms in the classics, and then recite them over and over again, wedging some basic concepts in traditional culture into the almost blank minds of schoolchildren like nails, which has actually become subtle. Even if I don't understand it at the moment, I always keep it in mind. As I grow older and have some experience, I will not know myself. "
In protecting children's interest in learning ancient poetry, I think we should also pay attention to the fact that the motivation to guide children to learn classical poetry must be simple, at least to make them feel simple.
Some parents always ask their children to recite poems for their guests after their children recite some poems; Other parents are constantly concerned about how many songs their children can recite, as if for a number; Some parents tell their children directly that reciting more poems is good for writing. ...
Poetry is a beautiful cake. We put it in our mouth just to taste its sweetness, not to show off that I ate the cake one day, nor to store more calories in case I am hungry one day. There is no other utilitarian heart except enjoyment-recitation is to better internalize those poems into your own things and better understand the beauty of language, artistic conception and imagination of poems, not to "recite poems" and have no other purpose than poetry-this is the proper purpose.
So don't let children recite poems to others, and don't tell others how many poems he recited in front of children, so that children can have a simple mind and a really good impression on poems.
Only love can be accepted. If a person has never been moved by the emotion in poetry, never shocked by the beauty of language, never thought deeply about wisdom when reading poetry, even if he can recite 10 thousand poems, he is still a person who can't read poetry.