Vietnamese Children's Songs and A Distinctive Mode of Thinking

The article "Vietnamese Children's Songs and a Distinctive Mode of Thinking" presents the concept of thinking in children's songs and analyzes the prominent characteristics of this form of thinking. According to the author, children's songs are not only linguistic games for children but also products of a unique way of thinking – the folk thinking of children. The distinctive feature of children's song thinking is its improvisational nature, illogical form, but rich in imagery, following a flow of free associations and vivid imagination. Children approach the world through a lens of personification, mysticism, and transformation, turning nature into friends and objects into characters, creating a vibrant and familiar world. The thinking in children's songs is also expressed through verbal games, rhythmic sound structures, and the combination of unusual, paradoxical, or surprising images. Through this, the article affirms the aesthetic and cognitive value of children's songs in shaping the artistic worldview in children.