诗歌是一种有韵的文学作品,它篇幅短小,便于吟诵,易于记忆。儿童爱读诗歌,在熟读成诵中丰富了语言,陶冶了性情,受到思想品德的教育。我国古代教育家、思想家孔子说过:“不学诗,无以言。”我们今天在小学讲授一些诗歌,当然和古人的“诗教”不一样,但古代重视“诗教”的传统还是值得我们继承的。从诗歌的发展史来看,远古时代,诗和歌本来是一个东西。“诗”都是可以歌唱的。“诗”同时也就是“歌”。后来,有的诗不能唱了,人们就把不能唱的叫做诗,可以配乐歌唱的叫做歌。“诗”和“歌”发展到近代又有逐渐融合的趋势。现代的民歌、山歌都是可以歌唱的,诗人写的诗也有配乐歌唱的。因而,现在不论能不能歌唱,统称之为“诗歌”,这个概念已经相对稳定而且比较明确,为大家所接受了。 Poetry is a rhyme literary works, it is short, easy to recite, easy to remember. Children love reading poetry, enriching the language in familiar reading chant, cultivate temperament, moral education. Confucius, an ancient educator and thinker in our country, said: “We do not study poetry without words.” Today, we teach some poetry in primary schools. Of course, there is no difference from the ancient poetic teaching. However, the ancient tradition of valuing “poetic teaching” is worthy We inherit. From the history of the development of poetry, ancient times, poetry and songs were originally a thing. “Poems” can be sung. “Poetry” is also “song” at the same time. Later, some poems can not sing, people put can not sing is called poetry, you can sing with music is called song. The development of “poems” and “songs” has also been gradually converged in modern times. Modern folk songs, folk songs are all songs, poems written by poets also have music singing. Therefore, regardless of whether or not singing can be called “poetry” now, the concept has been relatively stable and relatively clear and accepted by all.