On the Value and Application of Folk Games in Kindergarten Education

On the value and application of folk games in kindergarten education. Analysis of the characteristics of folk games? Folk games have a long history, so it is generally difficult to determine the exact age of a game and to verify its author. Because games are children's nature, no matter what age, children always grow up in games. After being passed down and developed from generation to generation, children's folk games have become an integral part of China folk culture. Compared with other forms of games, children's folk games have the following characteristics: First, children's folk games have distinct national and local characteristics. Different nationalities and regions have their own children's folk games. Because the content of folk games is often people's daily life, and the children's songs in the games are generally in the local language, these make folk games have quite obvious nationality and locality. Second, children's folk games are easy to learn, easy to learn and easy to spread. Children's folk games are games created by folk children themselves, and children are always in an active position in the process of folk games. From the selection of games, the distribution of roles, the preparation of toy materials, to the development of the game plot, it is all done by children themselves, making the game conform to the characteristics of children. So these games are easy for children to learn and spread. Thirdly, children's folk games are very interesting and entertaining. One of the important reasons why children's folk games have been handed down is that they are interesting and entertaining, so that children are willing to play games spontaneously. The fun of children's folk games is often reflected in the content, form and process of the games. The content of children's folk games is generally vivid and concrete, and the form is also very lively and relaxed. Many games are also equipped with lively nursery rhymes and passwords. Children play and sing in the game, and they are lively and always in joy. Fourthly, the development of children's folk games is very random. Generally, it is not limited by time, space, number of people, age and other conditions, and does not require a whole block of time or the size of the venue. Whenever and wherever, as long as children want to play and are willing to play, as long as they have a little time, they can play freely in the corridor, a corner of the activity room, the garden, the playground or at home. Fifth, children's folk games have simple toy materials. This feature enables folk games to develop in many kindergartens. Toys used in children's folk games are very simple and cheap, and generally come from daily life and natural materials and semi-finished products. Even if there are no toys, you can use substitutes.

2. What is the value of children's folk games?

Because of the above characteristics, children's folk games have two great values and functions in kindergarten education, teaching and management. That is, it is helpful to promote the development of children and the education management of kindergartens.

2. 1 The value of children's folk games in promoting children's development.

First, children's folk games contribute to children's physical development. Children's folk games can better develop children's basic movements and lay a good foundation for improving children's sports ability. Developing children's basic movements, such as walking, running, jumping and drilling, requires a lot of repeated practice to get results. If children are only mechanically asked to do these actions repeatedly, which can't arouse their interest and arouse their enthusiasm, then the effect of practice will be affected. Second, children's folk games contribute to children's cognitive development. Children's folk games can enrich children's knowledge of knowledge of nature and society and expand their knowledge. Most children's folk games are accompanied by nursery rhymes and nursery rhymes, which contain a lot of knowledge about nature and society. Thirdly, children's folk games contribute to the development of children's sociality. The introduction of folk games into kindergarten education has a great role in promoting children's social development, which is mainly manifested as follows: children's natural game partnership is conducive to their social development. Children's folk games generally need the cooperation of several children. Fourthly, children's folk games contribute to the development of children's good personality and will quality. A very important feature of folk games is entertainment. Children enjoy full freedom in the game and entertain themselves without any interference. The child is relaxed and has no psychological pressure.

2.2 The value of children's folk games in kindergarten management.

The use of folk games for education and teaching activities in kindergartens is not only conducive to the development of young children, but also conducive to the management of kindergartens, mainly in the following aspects. First, it is conducive to "running the park diligently." At present, it is very necessary for suburban and rural kindergartens to "run the park diligently". Developing children's folk games is helpful to alleviate the contradiction between the narrow space of kindergartens and the lack of funds for preschool education. Second, it helps to arrange children's day activities reasonably. One-day activities in kindergarten include many links, from entering the park to leaving the park, mainly including coming to the park to exercise, doing homework, playing games, eating, taking a nap and leaving the park. Third, it is conducive to the connection between kindergarten and family education. Folk games can be a bridge between kindergarten education and family education. Folk games come from life and many parents will play them. In the process of developing folk games education, kindergartens can solicit the opinions of parents and collect folk games. Parents can also learn about their children's development in kindergartens by playing folk games with them. In this way, kindergartens and families have a common concern, which makes the relationship between parents and kindergartens closer.

3. Some problems that should be paid attention to when using folk games in kindergartens.

3. 1 The collection and adaptation of folk games should be scientific, ideological and educational.

Because children's folk games are produced by the people and spread orally, with the continuous development of society, people's lifestyles, values and customs are constantly evolving, which makes folk games have the limitations of the times and regions, and even some unhealthy content will appear. Therefore, when kindergartens use folk games, they need to adapt the collected folk games, which is a process of re-creation. In this process of re-creation, we should attach importance to science, thought and education. When sorting out and reviewing every collected folk game, we can keep the form and structure of the game, reform its content, plot, rules and supporting children's songs, nursery rhymes and other contents that are not in line with the spirit of the times and children's age characteristics, or rewrite them to give new meaning. The name, content, role, plot, rules, nursery rhymes and other aspects of folk games used in kindergartens conform to the laws of children's physical and mental development as much as possible.

3.2 When using children's folk games, we should pay attention to pertinence, flexibility and moderation.

Kindergartens should use folk games purposefully and in a planned way according to children's development goals. Among them, the targeted requirements are: First, when choosing games, we should pay attention to choosing different games according to the different age characteristics of children; Second, we should pay attention to choosing appropriate folk games according to children's different time, conditions and needs during the day's activities; Third, in the same age class, pay attention to the different development levels of different children, choose folk games with different contents, put forward different action requirements and different rules of the game, and provide different roles and different toys or substitutes so that each child can develop at the original level. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the game difficulty anytime and anywhere to meet the individual level and characteristics of young children. Only in this way can folk games play a role in promoting children's development.

3.3 Use children's folk games should also pay attention to safety. In the adaptation and application of children's folk games, it is necessary to strengthen the safety inspection of game action design, venue selection, toy use and production.