It is difficult to imagine human life without music and singing. And if adults are sometimes embarrassed to sing or say it is serious enough activity, the children's songs always popular among kids. The children do not just enjoy the singing of songs: singing trains the respiratory system, forms the taste and outlook helps in the development of speech and even educational material.

The very first song

Toddlers begin to hear the songs from Born in ancient times, putting crumbs sleep mother sang him lullabies. Long ago it was noticed that monotonous song is the best soothe babies are euthanized them. At first, the mother quietly complained about her hard life, but gradually their complaints gained rhythm, as accompanied by the rhythmic rocking cradle. Rhymed lines appeared much later.

Sad songs helped mothers to talk and calm down - modern women achieve a similar effect, talking about his troubles psychotherapists or even friends. As a result, the mother calmed down, and the baby fell asleep peacefully.

Later, they began to compose lullabies for children. Modern man may seem strange that the mother and the nanny deliberately frightened kids, singing to them about the wild animals that are planning to steal the baby, something about some other monsters. Often heard in the old lullabies and the theme of death, some of her mother's wish their babies, while others, on the contrary, warn child.

Why lullabies were so bleak? The infant mortality rate in those days was so high that it seemed quite ordinary. Many women really want the death of their babies - feed "extra mouth" poor family was not easy. Others are afraid that they will die prematurely pipsqueak, and tried to enter into an agreement with the kind of higher power.

Later lullabies (especially copyrights) is far less cruel. In most cases, the baby just call on sleep rather calling for help sleep, Sandman and cats that are believed to have had a kind of mediator between sleep and children.

Common features of all lullabies: a slow rhythm, a certain monotony, muted. These tunes are designed to induce sleep. Many modern mothers used as a cradle for the little ones and adults melodious songs, which are also perfectly cope with the task to lull the baby. For older children are more suited these lullabies, it is desirable to copyrights, no scary stories.

Separate singing

Waking the baby, too, accompanied by singing. Children are very musical - they do not yet know how to be ashamed of their vocal, so enthusiastically singing songs. Musical education is very important for the cultivation of a harmoniously developed personality. Not surprisingly, there are a lot of songs for children.

The children's songs are different from adults? In the first place, of course, text. They should be comprehensible to any child, without complex Phrases and unfamiliar words. Songs for the smallest generally include elements of the popular nursery rhyme, nonsense, it would seem, syllables and combinations - "reflux-boiled", "Tralee wali", "doo-doo-doo" and the like. Kids who are just starting to learn it, so plain text is really like. With the approval refer to like a song and speech therapists: fun singing, the child is trained to pronounce the syllables of which it is difficult to give.

Older children prefer songs that have already signed some sense. For kids from three years old and older are good songs with some simple plot, it is desirable - optimistic. With songs children learn some moral and ethical norms, rules of conduct in society. For example, kids unobtrusively offer "Share your smile" or taught that everyone should have a mother. Therefore, parents and teachers is desirable to carefully listen to texts of songs: the works of contemporary authors do not always translate precisely those ideas that are necessary for the child's upbringing. This also applies to some songs that a few decades ago were used for patriotic education of children: Now the songs about Stalin, Lenin and the leading role of the Communist Party a little dated.

Children's songs are different from adults in addition to semantic meaning more and melody. Uncomplicated fun motifs near and dear children, they can be easily repeated. Hearing these songs in cartoons, children are happy to sing them.

Training with the song

It has long been proved that the information is much easier to remember, if you clothe it in a poetic form. Even those who can not boast of a good memory, remember, for example, that "the bisector - a rat, which runs on the corners and divides the angle in half." Many preschoolers learn the alphabet, colors, new words and math with special verses. And if you put the lyrics to the music, the training will be more effective. For example, the alphabet (both Russian and English) is very easy to remember, if you do not just read it, and sing.

Songs allow to learn new letters and words, learn to account and to learn new concepts. Very effective such songs for learning foreign languages ​​in a playful way, they form the correct pronunciation and improve phonetic hearing. But unfortunately, not all songs are equally good training: requires special skills to stop boring rules funny poems and put them on a hilarious, memorable tune. However, it is the strength not only to professional composers and creative parents who can turn a class with the kids in the holiday fun and rewarding singing songs of his own. And for those who do not know how to write songs himself has invented a lot of songs for all occasions in the native and foreign languages.

Maria Bykov