For the development of a child's memory, it is imperative to learn a lot of poetry with him at preschool age. At first, the poems may be very small, but by the age of 4-5, when the child's brain begins to actively develop and the amount of memory increases, it is possible to memorize large works. But this must be done gradually and creatively, so as not to discourage the child's craving for knowledge.
Instructions
Step 1
You should not force the child to learn a poem, if he does not want it, there will be no sense from this. Even if you make the kid repeat the lines, he will forever remember how unpleasant poetry and study were to him in general. At school age, this can bear bad fruit.
Step 2
Be sure to read the poem before teaching or acting out. Read slowly and expressively, helping your toddler feel the mood and understand as best as possible what is going on in the poem. While reading, you can help yourself with gestures, depicting the whole story for the child.
Step 3
After reading, ask the kid what the poem was about, which of the characters he liked, why they behaved this way, what happened to them later. Make sure that the child understands the meaning of the poem, you can even read it to him again. If there are incomprehensible words, explain them to the child, otherwise he will not remember them.
Step 4
If your baby already knows how to read, ask him to read the poem to you. Then start creating. Play this story with your child: read aloud line by line and with gestures, or portray what is happening in the form of a sketch. Let the child repeat after you - motor memory will help to remember the poem more accurately. You can use your dad or grandmother in this game. The more people there are, the more fun.
Step 5
You can sculpt the heroes of the poem from plasticine or give the child paints so that he draws the story as he sees it. Then the mother reads two lines at a time, and the baby makes small drawings. Mom can also draw, but it is imperative that the children follow the course of the unfolding story. When memorizing further, the child must first rely on the drawings. Any visualization plus an element of the game will help to interest the child and make the process of memorizing a poem pleasant and fun for him.
Step 6
Divide the poem into parts: quatrains and couplets. You can also divide it according to semantic phrases, the main thing is that you do not have to repeat a lot at once. Learning in small pieces is much more effective. Read the first two lines of the poem to the child, let him repeat them himself, without your help, relying on pictures or depicting actions. Then read two more lines, the child will repeat them, and then the whole quatrain. So gradually move on until you have learned the whole poem.
Step 7
If the work is very long, break it into parts and teach each one separately, do not make the kid get tired and learn poetry all day long. Every day, take a small passage of the whole work, learn a few quatrains, the next day, repeat what you have learned, and if the child does not get confused and remembers everything perfectly, continue memorizing the next passage.
Step 8
And remember that you need to constantly change the form of activity, the attention of a preschooler cannot concentrate on one thing for a long time, he gets tired. Learn a poem with him for no more than 15-20 minutes at a time. It is better to return to this activity several times a day than to require the child to learn it right away. Do not get annoyed and do not jump at the baby, even if something does not work out for him. Be calm, then the child will not become nervous, pronounce the verses clearly, slowly and with expression.
Step 9
When a poem or part of it is learned, praise your preschooler and put off work. You need to repeat the verses with him in half an hour, before bedtime or in the morning - you decide when the child is ready. Just don't ask him how on the exam. It is better to ask to tell the poem to grandmother, dad, favorite toy to put her to bed. Or start telling yourself, and then “forget” the line and ask the kid to help you. Such a veiled form of verification will help the child not be afraid to get confused or confuse something. Go back to the poem until your child recites it fully and very confidently.
