CHILD LORE IN DEVELOPING LANGUAGE SKILLS IN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION

Evgeniya V. Gutman; Madina M. Makhmutova; Lyubov G. Chumarova; Evgeniya A. Belyaeva

CHILD LORE IN DEVELOPING LANGUAGE SKILLS IN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION

Evgeniya V. Gutman¹*, Madina M. Makhmutova², Lyubov G. Chumarova³, Evgeniya A. Belyaeva⁴
¹Evgeniya V. Gutman, Candidate of Pedagogical sciences, Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, Russia, Egutman@rambler.ru
²Madina M. Makhmutova, Candidate of Pedagogical sciences, Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, Russia, Madina.Mahmutova@kpfu.ru
³Lyubov G. Chumarova, Candidate of Pedagogical sciences, Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, Russia, chumarova@yandex.ru
⁴Evgeniya A. Belyaeva, Ph.D., Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, Russia, zhenchum@gmail.com
*Corresponding author

Abstract

The article deals with child lore which can be successfully used to develop and improve language skills in preschool education. In the article there is a description of educational value of child lore. The authors describe pedagogical value of child lore. The authors analyze what kind of child lore can be used to develop speaking skills of children. The authors of the article research and use prosaic genre of folklore (fairy tale, legend, narration, folk tale, heroic epic ballade) to develop speaking and listening skills of children. In the article it is described the educational value of tongue twisters, nursery rhymes, folk holiday songs, folk cradle songs, folk plays with rhymes and round dance to improve the pronunciation skills of difficult sounds and develop children physical activity. The carried out study showed that folk riddles are very good to develop children’s concentration skills, logical thinking, phantasy and productive memory. In this paper the authors also consider educational value of proverbs and sayings for preschool children. The authors give some exercises with child lore which nursery teachers can use in their practice in preschool education.

Keywords: education, language learning, child lore, preschool teaching, fairy tales, tongue twisters, children folk songs, riddles, nursery rhymes, language skills, native language, ability, educational value.