Іnstrumental and vocal musication as a means of forming the rhythm feeling in children of medium preschool age with general underdevelopment of speech

Contact: Demidenko Svetlana, PhD of pedagogy, associate professor of speech therapy Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after M. Tank, Minsk, Belarus. Academic interests: art-therapy correction of children's defection of speech; correction of children's dyscalculia. Shepeleva Anna, master student, Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after M. Tank, Minsk, Belarus. Academic interests: art-therapy correction of children's defection of speech.  Marchenia Uyiana, master student, Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after M. Tank, Minsk, Belarus. Academic interests: art-therapy correction of children's defection of speech.

The work is devoted to the study and the formation of a sense of rhythm in children of middle preschool age with a general underdevelopment of speech. The article deals with such concepts as general underdevelopment of speech, rhythm, instrumental and vocal music-playing, gives the rationale for the relationship of speech and music, speech rhythm and musical rhythm. The work is based on the research of the following famous scientists: E. Jacques-Dalcroze, K. Orff, R. L. Babushkina. A study of the state of feeling rhythm in children of middle preschool age with a general underdevelopment of speech is also described. An adapted method for diagnosing musical abilities of preschool children developed by O.P. Radynova, selected to conduct a study on the stated topic with a description of the research procedure and types of assistance. The results of the study of the sense of rhythm are presented in the form of a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the data obtained. This article provides examples of exercises from the complex for the formation of a sense of rhythm in children of middle preschool age with a general underdevelopment of speech using the techniques of instrumental and vocal playing. Exercises include a didactic task, a goal, a recommended material, a methodology for conducting it, and instructions for conducting it. For each block of exercises proposed guidelines. This set of exercises to create a sense of rhythm in middle preschool children with general speech underdevelopment using instrumental and vocal music was tested and implemented in the practice of the specialists of the public educational institution "Special Nursery Garden No. 304 of Minsk for children with severe speech disorders".

Key words: sense of rhythm, instrumental and vocal playing, children with a general underdevelopment of speech, rhythm.