Applying Folk Games for Teaching Children in Order to Preserve the National Cultural Identity of Vietnam

Abstract

: The organization of playing folk games is a means to help students develop affection, morality, solidarity, awareness, love of nature, and love of the homeland. Thereby, we contribute to educating the children about cultural traditions of the community of ethnic groups in Vietnam in particular and in other areas in the world in general. These activities surely bring a new atmosphere, make the school more bustling, happier and more vibrant in the sessions of the main course and extra-curricular and thereby also direct students to the beauty of truth-beauty-beauty. Bringing folk games into schools not only brings joy to students, helps them access the beauty of the national culture, but also trains them in life skills, solidarity, and mutual support skills. Students may not play games well, but they could be happy and excited since these folk games help them develop physically and mentally. By carrying out the survey and oral interviews, these folk games have been mentioned in the paper with the aim to help young students feel much more enjoyable when being at school. Besides, by reading recent journals, folk games in Vietnamese community and school environment show the great effectiveness when teaching and as a result, we will understand that preserving and using folk games in an increasingly developed society is a thing needs to be encouraged.