Udmurt state university

Genres of children's folklore

Children's folklore is created both in the genres of adult folklore (refrains, sentences, jokes, etc.), and in genres developed by the children themselves (drawing lots, counting rhymes, teasers, etc.). The genre system of children's folklore is a rather mobile phenomenon . In the process of historical development, some genres leave children's folklore, while others, on the contrary, come into it. [9]
Poetry of nurturing.
Lullabies are songs that mother performed for the child to put him to sleep. Ancient lullabies in their origin and sustainable existence have not lost their functions and popularity in our time.
Pestushki - these are short rhymes and songs with which the mother accompanies physical movements, exercises that contribute to the development of the baby. Pestushki , from the word "nurture" - to educate.
nursery rhymes is a genre of oral folk art that teaches children to understand human speech and correlate words and actions.
A joke is a funny short story or a funny expression that gives a humorous tone to speech.
Boring fairy tale (to bother - to bother) - a fairy tale in which the same fragment of text is repeated many times. Boring fairy tales live in our days, the most popular among them are “About a white bull”, “The priest had a dog ...”, “Once upon a time there were two geese ...”, etc.
household folklore.
In the broad sense of the word, all genres of children's folklore are everyday, because they are very closely connected with the life of children.
Children's folk songs. Children's songs are diverse in content, in composition, in musical structure and in the nature of performance. Songs are sung solo, in chorus, just like that and in a dance.
invocations - that song appeal to the forces of nature.
The choruses serve as a reflection of the pictures of children's life, closely connected with the surrounding nature.
Teasers are a small rhyme created by children to make fun of the shortcomings of a person they encounter, or to protect themselves from a bully.
Children's Tales . Fairy tales contain moral laws that teach children to be hardworking, courageous, honest and kind (“Turnip”, “Teremok”, “Fox, Hare and Rooster”, etc.) These fairy tales, specially created for children, constitute the main foundation of the children's fairy tale genre.
Horror stories are a genre of modern children's folklore: a short story, the purpose of which is to scare the listener.