All parents want their children to be smart and learn well. “But this,” they think, “will be later, when the baby is older. In the meantime, he’s very small. ”
But right now your baby’s memory is being formed and it’s at the moment it’s incredible
capacious and mobile. Just because of his young age and the complete lack of life experience, the baby does not really know how to use it. Although…
You have probably already encountered how your three-year-old kid, having taken a book with his favorite fairy tale, “reads” it? Yes, yes, he holds it in his hands, practically accurately reproduces the text and turns the pages in the right places? What is it? Of course, the memory. Backed by bright detailed pictures on the pages of your favorite book.
Your direct responsibility is to help your child develop this wonderful memory and teach him
use it. Poems for preschoolers. They develop speech, imaginative thinking and, of course, memory.
How to learn poetry with kids
A very small peanut just needs to pronounce nursery rhymes and hum songs. This is enough that over time, barely learning how to speak, he began to repeat them after you:
“We rode, we rode
With mushrooms and nuts.
Over bumps over bumps
High lumps
In the hole - bang! "
As a rule, all verses for the smallest are quatrains, which are very easily illustrated by movements that greatly facilitate memorization.
And before how to learn poems with your baby, use this feature of them - tell a poem, accompanying it with suitable movements.
Ant
(author: Roman Sef)
An ant crawled along a watermelon (slowly roll from one foot to another)
And he thought: “Oh, her! (put your palms to your cheeks)
How vast and great (spread your arms to the sides)
A huge globe of the earth! "
Invite the child to repeat the gestures behind you while you read the poem, and then let him try to tell the poem himself, accompanying him with these same movements. Thus, you include mediated memory, which relies not only on auditory, but also on visual perception. To do this, you can also draw with your child a picture-illustration for the verse you are learning.
Before learning poetry, do not forget to explain to the baby the meaning of all incomprehensible words. Only the understandable becomes truly interesting. And in order for poems to be remembered better, and for a long-term memory to work , repeat what you have learned after some time.
And remember: learning poetry should be perceived by the child as something pleasant! No need to try to teach them through strength, especially if the baby is tired, annoyed, naughty.
Children are very suggestible, so remind the child that he has a great memory and it’s easy for him to learn any poem.
And a few more tips on how to learn poetry:
- Do not delay the learning process. The attention of a small child can be kept only for 5 minutes.
- At the beginning, choose only verses with a clear rhythm and rhyme for learning. They are easier to remember.
- When reading poetry, do not forget about intonation. Ask the child to repeat the poem "with expression." Emotional fullness also makes it easier to remember.
Learning poetry for developing memory is an excellent, affordable method that is used in all preschool institutions and, as a rule, gives remarkable results.