How to integrate folk games into children's daily life

With the rapid development of social economy, modernization has become a development trend, and kindergartens are gradually developing towards modernization. As far as games are concerned, all kinds of high-end toys have entered children's life and study. Although these high-end toys can give children a wide range of information and develop their curiosity and creativity, they also bring negative effects to children. Such as: poor physical fitness, poor initiative, lack of multi-dimensional interpersonal growth environment. Folk games are a form of games handed down from the people. It represents a part of national culture and brings a lot of joy to our childhood. In today's kindergarten, folk games seem to have disappeared.

Some people think that playing folk games is too rustic and backward. In fact, this is a misinterpretation of folk games. Folk games are still valuable educational resources in kindergartens, which are determined by their characteristics.

(A) the process of folk games is interesting.

Many folk games can be handed down from generation to generation because of their strong interest. Fun is the life of the game, and it also conforms to the curious and active characteristics of children. Let them play China music, learn from it, draw lessons from it, and exert their creativity in it, which can better promote their all-round development. Some games are also equipped with children's songs and passwords, which are interesting and rhythmic. For example, in the game of "Fried Soybean", two young children express themselves in language at the same time: "Fried, fried, fried soybean, somersault." In the process of playing, the children also created children's songs, such as changing the children's song of "fried soybeans" to "fried, fried, fried green (red, flat, non-success) beans and twisted somersaults". In the process of adapting nursery rhymes of folk games, children have narrowed the distance between folk games and children's lives and truly experienced the fun of folk games.

(2) Folk games are flexible.

Folk games are rich in variety, easy to obtain materials, generally not limited by time, venue, number of people and other conditions, and have great flexibility. Whenever and wherever, children can use a little time to play freely. In the game, you can use local materials, find some ready-made materials from nature such as stones, pebbles, leaves and mud, and start all kinds of game activities. If you draw a well board on the ground and use a few small sticks or stones as chess pieces, you can play three-step chess or three-step chess; In addition, find a few small sticks and play the game of picking sticks with each other; Grab a rope and you can play the game of skipping rope. Because this kind of game is characterized by strong flexibility and is not limited by time, venue, number of people and other conditions, it is very popular with children.

(3) The material of folk games is simple.

The materials of folk games come from life and nature, and they are natural materials and semi-finished products. All kinds of flowers, leaves, seeds, shells, straws, stones, sediment, corn husks, straw, etc. It has become a valuable activity material that we can see everywhere. It is readily available and inexhaustible, leaving great creative space for children. In the process of children's operation, corn stalks and melon seeds can be labeled with various small animals; Cotton and cotton seeds are dyed into beautiful colors, which can be combined into beautiful scenery and snowman; The waste paper box became a crawler; Wahaha pipes were made into stretchers; The jar turned into stilts, and so on. Some games don't need toys, such as "pushing legs", "jumping on one leg", "throwing big", "carrying people", "puppet man", "mine explosion", "pasting cookies" and "cart". All children play with their bare hands and limbs. Toy materials that can be seen everywhere in folk games can not only save money, but also make children feel endless fun, which is irreplaceable by using modern molded toys to play games. As long as we always pay attention, take pains and dig the educational value contained in natural materials, we can become a successful educator.

So, how to integrate folk games into children's daily life? I think we can start from the following aspects:

(A) to carry out regional activities of folk games

For example, in the puzzle area, there are various chessboards, such as rotating rope, puzzle, gobang, triple chess, fruit chess, flip chess, etc. Make children actively use their brains in a relaxed and spontaneous state. When children play the flop game, on the basis of mastering the two-person game, teachers can appropriately change the number and rules of the game to increase the difficulty of the game, such as turning it into a game played by four people. In this way, on the one hand, it can enrich the content of the game, on the other hand, it also helps to cultivate children's creative thinking. Game materials such as buzzer, bubbler, wireframe winding, diabolo and kaleidoscope made of buttons and cardboard can be put in the science area, so that children can find problems in the process of playing, and then find the answers through their own operations or asking parents and teachers. For example, what material is used to make the buzzer louder? What shape of bubbler is easier to blow bubbles with? Why are the bubbles blown out colorful? Teachers can also make kaleidoscopes with children, and explain the principle of kaleidoscope to children in the process of making, so that children can learn to observe and explore in relaxed and happy games. Materials such as colored faces, mud, paper-cutting, weaving (using waste calendars and paper bags), screen cross stitch, eggshell facial makeup (painting facial makeup on eggshell skin) and sorghum stalk skin are placed in the art area. Art folk games can cultivate children's innovative ability, patience and carefulness, and also promote the development of their hand muscles. For example, when making colorful dough figurines, children use the dough figurines in their hands to create various animals and aquatic plants on the seabed and stick them on bottles filled with mineral water, which is called "underwater world". In this way, in the process of production, not only their aesthetic ability is enhanced, but also their sociality is enhanced. Various folk musical instruments, headdresses, clothes, fans, silk, local products, masks, pictures, wall charts and other materials are placed in the performance area. Seeing these materials, children can choose their favorite games according to their own preferences. Through many pictures and wall charts, children can learn more about folk games and broaden their horizons. Put on beautiful clothes, dance and feel the beautiful melody; Dance silk fans and twist cheerful yangko. All these make children feel the beauty of China folk art, cultivate their sentiment and enhance their national pride. Stilts, sandbags, rubber bands, skipping ropes, ball baskets, newspaper balls, paper sticks, hula hoops, badminton and other materials are placed in the sports area. In the process of putting in materials, we also pay attention to making full use of waste materials. For example, we use cans to tie them up to make stilts, and waste newspapers to make paper balls and sticks, so that children can receive environmental education in production and strengthen their physique in happiness.

(two) to carry out the one-day activities of folk games transition.

Children have a lot of scattered time in the transition of one-day activities in the park, such as after coming to the park and before leaving the park. Because the time of these transitional links is scattered, it is not easy to organize collective activities, so we can choose some folk games that are not limited by time, venue, number of people and other conditions, interspersed between links, optimize the quality of daily activities, ensure the natural transition of each link and reduce the waiting time of children. Coming to the garden is the key for children to start their day happily. While creating a warm environment, we should prepare some folk games for them to develop their small muscles or hand-eye coordination ability, such as puzzles, picking sticks, grasping seeds, gobang, picking up children, skipping rope, playing broad beans, rushing into wells, etc. These folk games have simple materials, flexible numbers and free venues, so children can play freely in groups without too much preparation. These games can not only exercise the small muscles of children's hands, but also make children get happy mood and experience in the game, and prepare for their beautiful day. Every morning after the collective education activities, there is plenty of game time. In addition to letting children choose their own regional activities, we also let them play some folk games, such as "Hare drilling holes", "squeezing oil residue", "almond beating", "table tennis", "jumping" and "blowing chicken feathers". These games have convenient materials and no fixed pattern, so children can play together freely. Before and after meals, before and after a nap, these transitional links are scattered, and it is not easy to organize collective activities. At this time, children can be arranged to play some quiet finger games and rhythmic games, which can reduce their waiting time. Children leaving the garden is also a key link in the day's activities. At this time, the child's mood is unstable, and the teacher is easy to "take care of one thing and lose another." In order to ensure safety and let children learn to leave the activity room quietly and orderly, the teacher can provide them with "playing broad beans", "three games of chess", "guessing friends", "clapping games", "looking for the southeast and northwest" and "rock, paper, scissors" and so on. This not only makes all aspects of children's daily activities naturally transition, but also reduces the waiting time of children, which embodies the principle of alternating motion and static. In short, teachers should guide children to play games purposefully and in a planned way, so that folk games can get the best effect in children's activities, so that children can reduce the time of queuing in their daily lives, so that the links can transition naturally, management will not die, and life will not be chaotic.

(C) to carry out folk games in outdoor activities

In outdoor activities, you can choose some folk games that have a large amount of exercise and develop children's big muscle movements, and generally adopt a combination of collective and decentralized activities. In group activities, we usually play sports equipment, small sports toys and games. Such as "jumping bamboo pole", "skipping rope", "rolling iron hoop", "taking time out of bamboo" and "jumping into the sea". Decentralized activities allow children to freely find game partners, choose their own toys, choose their own ways of playing, or make rules of the game and change the way of playing. Such as "sedan chair", "rolling tires", "occupying four corners", "throwing away" and "knocking". These games not only promote the healthy and harmonious development of children's bodies, enhance their physique, but also cultivate their ability to cooperate with their peers.

Folk games are the source of children's happiness. The Regulations on Kindergarten Work clearly puts forward that "games are an important form of all-round development education for children", and the reason why folk games have their charm passed down from generation to generation is because of their fun, randomness and playability. In order to make good use of it in kindergartens and better promote the development of children's movements and cognition, it is necessary to carry out in-depth practice, exploration and research to make it play a better role.