The Importance of Folklore in Developing Speech Skills in Young Children (Based on The Example of Fairy Tales)

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This article provides a methodological approach to the importance of fairy tales in developing speech skills in young children. It also highlights the significance of using modern pedagogical technologies to enrich children's vocabulary, enhance their speech, develop their thinking, and nurture their spirituality through fairy tales. Keywords: Fairy tale, speech skills, logical thinking, creative ability, communicative aspects, traditional folklore, proper language use, cultural heritage, national values. unmotivated. Through fairy tales, children learn to Introduction: Our wise people did not say in vain, "Fairy extract lessons from stories. Additionally, skillfully tales lead to goodness." Fairy tales play a crucial role in narrating fairy tales allows educators to establish instilling noble qualities in children's minds and hearts, emotional connections with children, subtly impart enriching their spiritual world. Through fairy tales, moral lessons, and expand their knowledge about the children's memory, attention, and thinking develop. world. Listening to fairy tales is one of the key factors in the development of language and speech. Certain speech Working with proverbs from fairy tales helps convey deficiencies in children can be corrected by listening to the underlying ideas to children, improve their stories and fairy tales, memorizing poems, practicing expressive speech, and enhance communication skills. correct pronunciation, and performing various For example, in the fairy tale "The Honest Boy" (1st exercises. Fairy tales should be used to cultivate grade), the boy’s honesty earns the king’s approval. The virtuous traits in children, promote humanistic values, moral of the story is expressed through the proverb: foster friendly relationships, and teach independent "Speak the truth, even if it brings you harm." If thinking. For example, in the fairy tale "The Fox’s students understand the meaning of this proverb, they Share," the cunning and sly nature of the fox is can create and narrate similar fairy tales themselves depicted. The fairy tale "The Three Brave Brothers" [6]. begins with a father’s advice, where moral and ethical After reading and discussing a fairy tale, children can be values such as humanity, wisdom, and courage are asked about the meanings of words like sharbat exemplified. (kindness), xayrli ish (good deed), xivchin (greed), and After reading a fairy tale, the educator should muhayyo (prepared). Their answers can be expanded encourage children to draw general conclusions. and summarized. Analyzing the artistic devices used in Questions like "What would you have done in their fairy tales—such as personification, metaphor, and place?" stimulate discussion and increase children's hyperbole—is also important [7]. Considering all the engagement. Each fairy tale carries its own message. above, fairy tale lessons can be structured as follows: "The Magic Turnip" encourages children to think 1. Introducing the fairy tale: Preparing children to logically and understand the idea of "Unity is strength," perceive it. while in "Zumrad and Qimmat," Zumrad’s diligence is 2. The teacher’s expressive reading or recitation. praised, and Qimmat is portrayed as lazy and American Journal Of Philological Sciences 214 https://theusajournals.com/index.php/ajps American Journal Of Philological Sciences (ISSN – 2771-2273) 3. A brief discussion to assess comprehension. helps enrich children’s vocabulary, improve their speech, and develop their thinking and spirituality. 4. Dividing the fairy tale into parts for analysis, Teaching children not only to read but also to retell identifying figurative language and synonyms, and fairy tales is crucial. Storytelling enhances oral speech explaining difficult words. and enriches children’s language with new words and 5. Preparing for retelling (silent reading). expressions. Preschool children enjoy entertainment and play, as