In the previous issues, we have introduced you to picture books suitable for children of different ages and abilities, and how to tell children about picture books. Recently, we have also received feedback from some parents that when reading picture books, especially in the stage of children talking about picture books by themselves, there will always be some problems, for example:
1, the child's interest is not high, talking about picture books is completely to complete the task;
2. Children talk about picture books that are memorizing or reading texts, and they have not really understood;
3. When children talk about picture books, they only talk about themselves, and they do not pay attention to whether the people who listen to the story hear it.
In view of these problems, let's take a look at how to solve it
The first point is that the lack of interest is just to complete the task
For many children, reading a picture book is to read words or look at pictures, and it is easy to feel very boring and not fresh after reading it a few times. So what do we have to do to stimulate children's motivation and make them like picture books, you can refer to the following practices.
1. Choose what your child is interested in.
We can start from the child's point of interest and choose the picture book that the child likes.
For example, if a child especially likes Peppa Pig, then we can choose a picture book with Peppa Pig elements for children to read to enhance his interest in picture books.
2. Integration with life experience.
When telling picture books, parents can also combine some life experiences to integrate picture book stories and life. Or use their toys to recreate the scenes in the story, and use the form of simple sitcoms to represent the content in the picture book, so that children will also like the picture book more and more.
The second point is not to really understand but to memorize or read words
When some parents tell children about picture books, they read them word for word according to the content of the text, which also leads to children's picture books, according to the script, rote memorization. If we ask the child some questions related to the content of the picture book at this time, we will find that they are very confused about the answer and cannot answer it at all. So what to do in this situation?
Before answering this question, we must first clarify a point of view: the focus of "talking about picture books" is to talk, not to "read". Our goal is to let children understand the content of picture books, so reading words is far from enough, we must learn to look at pictures and speak.
What do you need to pay attention to?
1. Choose the right picture book.
To let children understand picture books, they also need to choose the right picture books for children first. If the child is young and has limited cognitive comprehension skills, it is necessary to choose some picture books for him that are easy to understand and the story content is not complicated.
2. Adjust our language according to the child's situation.
Each child's comprehension ability and expression ability are different, and when we tell children about picture books, we must also adjust our language according to the actual situation of the child.
For example, the child's current language expression is mainly based on nouns, then when we explain, we can also mainly explain the nouns, and then appropriately extend to the verb nouns;
If the children are slightly older and have relatively better abilities and can express simple sentences, then we can also use simple sentences to explain when we explain, such as "lambs grazing on the grass", or "birds flying in the sky" and so on.
The third point is that the person who tells himself does not pay attention to whether the person who listens to the story hears it
Talking about picture books is a two-way interactive process, so when we tell children about picture books, we must pay attention to whether the children are listening.
To give you a small suggestion, parents can set some plots when explaining picture books, and appropriate pauses and questions in the process, through the child's answer we can clearly judge whether the child is listening carefully, and whether it really understands.
Similarly, when children tell us picture books, we must also be serious and studious, do a good job of interaction, and actively ask questions to children