Wen | Mi Xiaomu
Two days ago, when I watched "Walking Healing", I began to feel the power of nature with my heart. Regarding the power of nature, children naturally take the initiative to link. They always chased after me and asked me about the green mountains and rivers I had seen when I was a child. Those scenes of running uninhibited in the field have envied children for a long time.
The two children are also very interesting, and when they are young, they will often plant the fruit cores they eat in the only bit of soil in the yard. As a result, of course, I have not seen germination. Because of the rare mud, I moved later, and although the house was older, it was still a good place for the children to live.
During the summer vacation, I took my children back to my mother's house. The children's grandmother's family had a field with a variety of fruits and vegetables. Before they got home, the two children rushed to the orchard to plant the seeds they had eaten in the field, waiting for them to really take root and sprout. That kind of seed, or the child finished eating in Shanghai, wrapped in a tissue, carefully carried in the pocket to bring back.
Having a small piece of land, being able to plant flowers and plants, and favorite vegetables and fruits is a wish in the hearts of children. If they could have their own farm, it would be more than satisfactory to them.
Want to own a farm? Let's start by taking a look at what a real farm looks like. "A Year on Adam's Farm", which I read with my children these two days, truly presented the appearance of the farm.
Adam Hansen, the author of "A Year on Adam's Farm," has a somewhat special identity. In real life, he really is a farmer, and the "Adam Hansen Farm" he runs in the UK is also a local tourist attraction. Adam Hansen moved his farm to the book A Year on Adam's Farm. Kids want to know the real state of the farm, look at "A Year on Adam's Farm."
Learn about the year-round nature of real farms
Watching "A Year on Adam's Farm" is like following Adam Hansen to his farm. See how he manages a farm so big and what needs to be done. Different seasons, Adam Hansen has to do different things. For example, in the spring, because so many cubs are born, Adam Hansen has to watch them day and night. In the summer, Adam Hansen had to mow the grass, cut the wool, and be busy harvesting. Autumn is both the harvest and the season for planting new crops. In winter, do planning and repair work.
Reading "A Year on Adam's Farm" can let children understand that there are many things that need to be done to really run a farm. In addition to thinking about making his farm better, Adam Hansen also considers the living environment of other animals. Not only self-interest, but also altruism. Adam Hansen was able to do that, and it was very moving.
Read "A Year on Adam's Farm" to learn about one way of living on the farm and to let children learn about different professions, there are similarities. In addition to learning what you need to do as a farmer, you can also learn common sense knowledge from "A Year on Adam's Farm". Different seasons, there are different fruits and vegetables. It is now impossible to tell which season produces which fruits and vegetables. Reading "A Year on Adam's Farm" can also clarify your thinking a little. On Adam Hansen's farm, peas, apples, potatoes are harvested in the summer, pumpkins are harvested in the fall... In "A Year on Adam's Farm", you can also learn about the different types of sheep and cattle on the farm. From a small children's book, you will find that if you want to be a good farmer, you need to master a lot of knowledge.
Real farms, with the progress of the times, farm equipment is also updated, combine harvesters, weather monitoring stations, drones... Facing the future, Adam Hansen also has a vision.
From dream to reality, there is a long way to go. If children are still interested in owning a farm, "A Year at Adam's Farm" may provide the first direction of understanding.
A book that is unsolicited
If you want children to be interested in popular science books, the design of books and the wonderful content can not be less. This "A Year on Adam's Farm", my second eldest gave a high evaluation. By the way, my second eldest is in kindergarten. A children's book can get a very high evaluation from children, which is enough to show its attractiveness to children. This truth is a harvest I have gained from reading different children's books in the past two years.
My second eldest loves story books. A set of 6 volumes of Dinosaur Stories, he stunned me to read one chapter a day, from beginning to end, and now to the second time. And "A Year at Adam's Farm", the first night told him about the spring and summer parts, he said" this book is too good, better than "Dinosaur Warrior".
Books that children evaluate highly, I will think about it again, and wonder what the content of the "Year of Adam's Farm" in front of me is attracting children.
Asked my second eldest, like "Adam's Farm Year" what, the child's answer is very concise "all like". In other words, children like it, which is the biggest reason. So, from an adult perspective, try to find what attracts children to Adam's Farm Year.
Children like it at a glance, and there is nothing more than pictures. The pictures of "A Year at Adam's Farm" are vivid and vividly showing the four seasons of the farm, including the cover. And in the process of reading, those little pages turning are the driving force that attracts children to read. Adults explain, children open the content, this process, equivalent to let the child's eyes, hands, ears and three read together.
Behind the small page turning, behind the small action, there is still a "secret". Some pages will coincide with the picture above, and some will not. Discovering this, the child was very surprised, stunned to turn all the pages, from the beginning to the end again. Looking at exactly which ones are the same and which are not the same is another kind of "reading" pleasure.
In addition to the participation of the hand and the initiative of children to read this children's book, "A Year on Adam's Farm" is also told from the perspective of "I", that is, Adam Hansen. Watching "A Year on Adam's Farm" is like listening to Adam Hansen recount the story of his family's farm. This kind of narrative gives people a sense of closeness and closes the distance between the reader and the book.
Watching "The Mysterious Journal Darwin's Globetroke" and "Mammoth Grandpa" will have a similar feeling, listening to familiar people and telling their stories can make it easier for people to read it. Before the child becomes an "active" reader, the "I" of "A Year on Adam's Farm" and the active invitation to turn over the book will lead the child into the world of books and become an active reader.
Write in the last words
Professor Wang Quangen of Beijing Normal University mentioned in the "Tutorial of Children's Literature" that when parents choose children's books for their children, they need to consider those children's books that attract children's interest in reading, rich in play, rich in artistry, and so on. "A Year on Adam's Farm" is consistent with these points. Because of the unfamiliarity of the farm in real life, the child is largely interested in learning about the scene of the real farm. The way the book interacts, in the process of reading, the child will unconsciously turn down.
If your child wants to learn about the farm, read The Year on Adam's Farm. If your child doesn't want to know it yet, they can also read "A Year on Adam's Farm." As the joy of children's literature says:
Children's reading can and should be diverse—even if many books have little to do with their own direct experience, and even because of this, children's reading needs to be more diverse.
By reading "A Year on Adam's Farm," children will understand what a real farm looks like and what they need to know to own a farm. Having an authentic farm in mind is more than just a farm.
Happy reading.
I am Mi Xiaomu, with two babies at home, and I love to read.