Analysis of kindergarten use of folk games practice and inquiry

Analysis of the characteristics of folk games

1. Folk games for young children have obvious ethnicity and locality

Folk games are found in different ethnic groups and different regions. As the content of folk games is daily life, and the children's songs accompanying the games are usually in the local language, these make folk games have obvious national and local characteristics.

2. Folk games for young children are easy to learn, easy to understand, and easy to pass on

Folk games for young children are games created by children themselves, and children are always in a positive and active position in the process of folk games. From the principle of the game, the distribution of roles, the preparation of toys and materials, to the development of the plot of the game, all are done by the children themselves, which makes the game in line with the characteristics of children. Therefore, these games for children, it is easier to learn, but also easy to spread.

3. Folk games for young children are characterized by strong fun and entertainment

One of the most important reasons why folk games for young children have been passed down is that they are fun and entertaining, which makes children enjoy playing them in a spontaneous state. This fun nature of children's folk games is often reflected in the content, form and process of the games. The content of young children's folk games is generally more vivid and specific, the form is also very lively, easy, many games are accompanied by fast-paced, catchy children's songs and instructions, children in the game while playing and chanting, the mood is more bright, always in the joy.

4. The development of young children's folk games has a strong randomness

It is generally not subject to time, space, number, age and other conditions, there is no time constraints, not demanding the size of the site. No matter when and where, as long as the children want to play, willing to play, can be in the corridor, a corner of the room, the garden, the playground or home, the use of a little time to play freely.

5. The toys and materials for children's folk games are characterized by simplicity

This feature makes folk games possible in many kindergartens. The toys used in children's folk games are very simple and inexpensive, generally from daily life and natural materials and semi-finished products, and even without toys can be used as substitutes. For example, a few dry walnuts and a few small sandbags can be used to play "Jumping Grid" and so on. These stones, sand, scrap and other materials are inexpensive and many do not cost a penny. Moreover, because these materials do not have a fixed form and do not represent a specific object, children can process and transform the materials according to their own interests and imagination during the game. Some games can even be played with only the hands, feet and certain parts of the body, a certain movement.

The value of early childhood folk games

Because of the many features of early childhood games, it has two values and functions in kindergarten education, teaching and management, and helps promote the development of children and kindergarten education management.

1. The value of children's folk games for children's development

(1) Children's folk games help children's physical development. Early childhood folk games can better develop children's basic movements, laying a good foundation for improving children's athletic ability. The development of children walking, running, jumping, drilling and other basic movements, need to go through a lot of repeated practice in order to receive the effect, if only mechanical repeated to let the children to do these movements, not only can not arouse the children's interest, but also can not mobilize its enthusiasm, so that the effect of practice will be affected. Most of the folk games collected help children to develop their basic movements. Because of their interesting nature, children's folk games can stimulate their desire to participate in them and attract them to do so actively. In folk games, there are simple roles, plots and simple toys and materials, which make the children's emotions run high and they enjoy the games. Often carry out these games, so that children in the game to complete the requirements of physical exercise, to enhance the physical fitness of young children, the development of young children's basic movements.

(2) Early childhood folk games contribute to the cognitive development of young children. Early childhood folk games can enrich children's knowledge of nature and society and expand their knowledge. Most children's folk games are accompanied by nursery rhymes and children's songs, which contain a lot of knowledge about nature and society. Of course, there are a lot of superstitious or incorrect knowledge in children's songs of folk games, which need to be screened and changed. Through the excavation and collection of game rhymes and children's songs to be adapted, give it a new content of the times, so that the children in the play to receive new knowledge, to absorb new information. For example, the game "riding an iron horse", the city's great changes in the children's songs.

(3) Children's folk games help children's social development. The introduction of folk games into kindergarten education has a great effect on the social development of young children, mainly in the following ways: young children's natural play partnerships contribute to the development of their social nature.

(4) Children's folk games help children's good personality and will quality development. A very important feature of folk games is entertainment, children enjoy full freedom in the game, without any intervention, self-indulgence; children's emotions are relaxed, no psychological pressure. Folk games are also competitive, and when children win in the game, they can experience the joy of success, which gives them a great sense of satisfaction, thus increasing their self-confidence and sense of achievement. At the same time in the game children will also face failure, which will make them feel frustrated, but the interesting folk games and attract children, so that they can overcome the difficulties and their own. However, the interesting folk games attract the children to overcome their difficulties and weaknesses and continue to participate in the games. In this process, the children's ability to withstand setbacks and their lively and cheerful character can be cultivated. In the game, in order to make the game go on smoothly, all the children participating in the game must abide by the rules of the game, which requires the children to learn self-control. Children also learn to control their own preferences and behaviors when they are assigned roles in games. Therefore, children's folk games help to cultivate children's good will quality.

2. The value of folk games in kindergarten management

The use of folk games in kindergartens to carry out educational and teaching activities, not only to help the development of children, but also conducive to the management of the kindergarten, which is mainly manifested in the following aspects:

(1) conducive to the "frugal running of the school". At present, for many kindergartens, "thrifty school" is still very much in need. Carry out young children's folk games, help to ease the kindergarten building, space and education funds shortage of contradiction. Young children's folk games are flexible, freedom, generally not subject to the conditions of the limitations of the toy materials needed is also simple, you can make your own toys.

(2) helps to rationalize the day-to-day activities of children. Kindergarten one-day activities include many links, in one-day activities, the content of the activities should pay attention to the alternation of static and dynamic, in addition, the transition of the link to be natural, so that the management is not dead, put but not chaotic, so as to reduce the children to queue up and wait for the time, so that the children can be full of freedom and development.

(3) is conducive to the link between kindergarten and family education. Folk games can become a bridge between kindergarten education and family education. Folk games come from life, many parents will play, kindergarten in the process of carrying out game education, can be solicited from the parents of folk games; parents and their children through the folk games together, but also can understand the development of young children in kindergarten. In this way, the kindergarten and the family have a *** with the same concern, so that the relationship between the family and the kindergarten has become closer.

Three kindergartens should pay attention to the use of folk games

Collection, adaptation of folk games should pay attention to the scientific, ideological and educational; the use of young children's folk games, should pay attention to the target, flexibility, adaptability, and safety.