Knowing that there is a special mother, the daughter read fairy tales to her before the age of 5, followed by a group of mothers, know the picture books of this kind of book, but also buy picture books for children to see, the mother's intentions can see.
But when the child is in the first grade, a friend who is also a group of mothers told her that the picture book is for preschool children, and should not be read again when she is already in elementary school.
Mom was anxious. On the one hand, children really like to read picture books, on the other hand, they are afraid that children will always read such simple books and delay their children.
Regarding the question of "is it not appropriate for children to read picture books after the age of 7", I am also the mother of two girls, one is 10 years old and the other is 2 years old, and my answer is: It is too suitable.
Specifically, I would like to talk about it from the following aspects.
1. What is a picture book?
The subject's mother group friends said that picture books are for preschool children, which is roughly equivalent to picture books.
We know that the development of domestic picture books, that is, the last one or two decades, the early education books on the market have also gone through a period of exploration.
Some early education books do have pictures in them, but they are stick figures without details. This kind of book, when parents read to their children, parents read the text, show the children pictures, is a picture of a happy picture.
However, the development of picture books in foreign countries has a history of more than 100 years, especially in Europe and the United States, there are Caldecott Awards, International Hans Christian Andersen Awards, Kate Greenaway Awards and other awards that specifically evaluate the quality of picture books, and there are also institutions that specialize in operating children's books, and the development is very mature.
The picture book selected by the subject for the child is also a real picture book that covers these awards, not a picture book, so there is actually no problem of "picture books for preschool children".
In the early days, picture books, pictures and writers were more common in the same person, and now there are specializations in the art industry, and it is more common for pictures and texts not to be the same author.
In this case, the author of the picture and the text need to explore and cooperate to complete a book together, and even the author of the text should supervise the production, so that the author of the picture can express the correct meaning of the story.
A good picture book polished with heart, children will often read new. Therefore, in the calculation of the number of picture book readings, the number of books "how many books have been read" is actually the concept of "book/time", that is to say, a few times of reading can be counted.
My big treasure still loves to read picture books, and I think there is no problem at all.
2. Is it appropriate for picture books for children who have gone to school?
Nao Matsui, the father of Japanese picture books, proposed the definition of picture books: picture books = pictures× text. Picture books are books that match pictures and texts, good picture books adults will often read Changxin, 7-year-old children read picture books, it is most appropriate.
Just like the book "Four Seasons time" mentioned by the subject, book friends @ demon cloud beast, the interpretation of this book has been made into a series of stories, adults can benefit, not to mention children.
The painting of the daughter displayed by the subject has illustrations of the time of the four seasons. The Four Seasons Time itself is a dense picture book, although there is not a word, but in fact, the capacity of the story is particularly large, and there are many details.
Author Roterut Suzanne Bernard, who won the International Hans Christian Andersen Prize for Illustration in 2016. The International Hans Christian Andersen Prize, which the author can only win once in his lifetime, is the highest award for children's book authors and is known as the "Nobel Prize in Children's Literature".
Although the little girl is only 7 years old, the details of the imitation painting are in place: the wine bottle in the bar, the hair of the customer, the chair at the bar, the wine glass, the clock on the wall, these are all very small details in the original book, but the little girl has imitated it.
7-year-old children can draw to this extent, about the interest, many children can not do it, praise for this baby.
But what I see from it is not only the ability to draw, but also the attention, concentration, observation, spatial layout ability, these are very important learning abilities, you say that picture books 7-year-old children look appropriate?
Really good picture books that can be read by all ages. The key is to protect the child's interest in reading, do not rush to let the child read "useful books" at this stage, because reading for the child's life, the biggest role is to nourish the "useless use" of the soul.
The so-called improvement of language performance through reading is to narrow the function of reading.
3. What can parents do for children who love to read?
Congratulations to the subject, harvest a baby who loves to read. As a parent, if you are still worried that your child only reads picture books and does not read extracurricular books, which is not conducive to the expansion of knowledge, you can buy more different types of books and let your children choose for themselves.
Even if the child does not like to read those "useful books" for the time being, there is no need to worry, as the child's knowledge grows and the cognitive ability improves, this problem will be solved naturally over time.
If you still can't let go of anxiety, or want to do something for your child, I suggest that the subject read some books by himself, do a little knowledge reserve, so that when the child has relevant interests, communicate with her, discuss together, let the child fully feel the joy of reading.
I am the mother of the fish, the second child mother, the reading instructor, who has read thousands of picture books with her children and helped her children establish reading habits. Welcome to follow me and discuss issues related to education and reading.