In addition to buying, everyone must be like me, but also hope to cultivate children's interest in reading and build reading ability.
From the beginning of the D4 months, we have integrated the habit of reading into our lives.
This road is definitely not smooth and smooth, Little D is an ordinary child, everyone will encounter various problems, we will also encounter: do not like to read, wandering, reading the front and forgetting the back, and so on.
However, this difficult and meaningful process also led me to write the book "The Secret of Falling in Love with Reading", a set of reference books containing 28 reading strategies.
Take advantage of the Book Festival, let's share some picture book reading skills with you.
01
What should I do if I forget to read before and after reading?
Reading and wandering, while reading and forgetting, this is too normal, we adults are still like this, let alone children. The smaller the baby, the more distracted and forgotten it may be, and here is a method that is equally easy for adults and children.
Problem solving ideas
1. If the class is distracted, what should the teacher do? Observe at any time, find that the baby is distracted to remind it, so-and-so, what is the question I just asked, you repeat it - suddenly scared awake or not;
In fact, parent-child reading is the same, can not just read, to observe the feedback of the baby in time, if the mind is lost, to pull the child back.
2, whether children or adults, can remember, always those "most characteristic details" and "the most interesting plot"; so do not want to forget, you can continue to strengthen the "details" and "plot" in reading.
Here are two tips for drawing attention back and strengthening memories while reading:
1. Plot speculation method: interactive questioning to improve reading participation
2. Plot series method: grasp the story clues and help children remember better
How is speculation used?
Speculation method: In the process of reading, let the child actively participate in the storyline, reduce the chance of wandering, and be able to have a higher degree of concentration to read the picture book.
Therefore, after about 3 years of age, when parent-child reading, we should not always read it to the child ourselves, but can encourage the child to speculate on the key information of each page, and guide the child to guess according to the title, picture, and known plot. Speculate on some reasonable conclusions.
You can also pay attention to communicating with your child while reading, and insert interactive reading.
And little D reading scene reproduction:
Find the protagonist of the story, stop and ask, "What's wrong with her?" “
When you first guide your child's thinking, she may not be able to answer it.
At this point, I will help her break down the problem:
"You see, she's sitting alone, with her head down, on her knees, what's wrong with her?"
At this time, stop to see the child's reaction, if Little D can't answer, I don't use this open-ended question;
Instead, he asked, "Is she happy or sad?" ”
Little D would say, "She's sad, she wants to cry." ”
At this time, turn the page again and say, "Let's see if this is the case with the little girl." ”
The Incredible Journey
The key here is to give timely feedback on the child's reading performance and help the child test whether he really understands the content at any time.
For example, I will use some small movements to check whether Little D understands: in the process of reading, I can understand it with one finger, and I can't understand it with two fingers.
How to use the plot concatenation method?
Plot tandem method: It can be used to strengthen reading memory and make it easier for children to follow the plot.
Stories with smooth logic and coherent plots are easier to remember. The same is true for children, we need to deliberately train their narrative skills for plot relevance and continuity.
How to practice? Clarify the relationship between the plot of the front and back pages, find the main clues of the development of the story, and constantly deepen the effective memory of children's reading.
For example, read "Good Dirty Harry" with Little D:
I'll take her to observe the details of how Harry, the puppy, on each page, went from little white dog to little black dog.
"It's dark, the puppy is hungry, he wants to run home, what might happen?"
"Ah! Harry, who had turned into a black dog, was completely unrecognizable to his owner. ”
So what to do?
Ah, Harry needed to find his own bath brush and change himself back to the way he was.
In reading, children's ability to grasp information is getting higher and higher, they are more confident in reading, and they can read more and more intently.
02
What if I read a lot of books and can't tell them?
Whether we read books, watch videos, or listen to audio, these are all "inputs", learning other people's things, and in the end, the purpose of learning is to apply what we have learned, and we must be able to "output" ourselves.
We all hope that children will read more, in fact, they hope that they can learn knowledge, and they can use knowledge to express, write, and so on.
But "reading" does not directly become "speaking", and I want a child who has listened to a story or finished reading a book to be able to repeat what is said in the book.
In the middle, parents need to help set up scaffolding and guide step by step.
1. The first step in practicing output is to repeat the story we tell the child, through questions or other ways, so that the child can tell the main plot by himself.
Repeating it frequently can not only train children's super memory, but also cultivate and improve children's thinking ability.
This is also the key to testing whether the child really understands. Higher-order reading skills are used: a combination of memory, thinking, and expression is required.
2, no child will be born to repeat, just like no child born to walk, how to stand well, how to step, is the need for parental guidance.
Repeat the guidance technique
1. Rich reserve of vocabulary "ammunition depot"
After the age of 2, picture books should no longer be limited to picture books with large pictures and few words, and should begin to consciously introduce some picture books with storylines.
Different themes, such as scientific, natural, etc., can expand children's vocabulary.
2. Disassemble written language into spoken language
Written language is more difficult to remember, and it is easier to let the repetition flow at the level of memorization, which invisibly enhances the pressure of memory for children, and children cannot feel fun and will be afraid of difficulties.
So in guiding repetition, we need to help children break down the written language into spoken expressions that are easier to remember.
3. Assist children to master different repetition strategies
Expression is the embodiment of thinking, whether children can repeat it, need to master some tools to comb the thinking, we can use the following strategies in different types of picture books.
Like what:
1) Repetition of key words;
2) Use the 6 elements of the story to guide children to express: such as picture books with strong plot and strong story
Time
Where: Where does the story take place?
People: Who's in this story?
Cause: What happened in the first place?
Pass: And then what?
Result: What happened in the end?
The very good "five-finger repetition method"
3) Repeat the words that seize the time: such as the four seasons, time, morning and evening, festivals;
4. Introduce well-organized vocabulary
In the repetition, the intentional introduction of methodical words such as indicating the order of precedence can exercise the child to express it more methodically and clearly in the process of repetition.
For example: expressing one's own opinion: I think, this is my idea, I feel;
Express whether you agree with other people's views: I do not agree, I think this is not right;
Choose to persuade others: because, so; if, then; for example;
Expressing order: first, then, then, finally; first, second.
5. Jump back to the previous plot to repeat it
This is an exercise to enhance the ability to repeat. Tell your child about the picture book, and if you encounter a page related to the previous plot or details, you can jump back to the front in time to review the content with the child.
03
What if you only read a book that you love to read is afraid of a complex/word-heavy book?
This is more normal, only read the favorite books, just like eating the favorite dishes, baby like this, adults if they do not deliberately control, in fact, will be like this, so what to do?
1. First understand: The matter of "repetition" is not only normal, but also beneficial to children.
Children only read their favorite books, the same book repeated reading, is in line with children's cognitive laws, in repeated reading, they will be because of the story is very "familiar", more confidence in reading, which also allows children to gradually achieve picture and text matching.
So, don't be afraid to read the same book without gaining, even if you just read the words on the picture book to him page by page, the child can still feel different levels of reading.
At the same time, we can also increase the difficulty by asking questions and interacting.
2. Difficult books to read in tears
How to make supplementary food for the baby is how to take the baby to read difficult books - large pieces of small pieces, small pieces of chopped, not enough broken to add water to beat into a mud paste;
In the dish that you don't like to eat, first add a little love to the taste to seduce it; in short, find the simplest, most acceptable point for the baby to give first.
It is difficult to disassemble it like this
1. Clue combing method.
Picture books with storylines, the clues generally include six categories: the material line, the human line, the event line, the emotional line, the timeline, and the observation line.
Parents can take their children to find clues from the recurring keywords in picture books.
For example: reading a picture book with time clues, parents can try to highlight the places related to time with their children with highlighters;
Reading a bridge book with a complex plot, parents can excerpt the time nodes next to the text, and then use the method of shun or flashback to sort out the messy time nodes.
At the same time, you can ask questions to your children, let them find the corresponding time by themselves, and then infer the main plot of the story development from the time.
Make the content clearer, easier to understand, and improve children's learning and insight skills.
2. Plot map method.
As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, for a book with a complex plot, we can use a common mind map, or a timeline map, to help children build a plot map of a book to facilitate children to sort out the details of the story.
For example: circle chart (defining concepts); bubble chart (can depict multiple characteristics of things); double bubble chart (comparing the differences and similarities of two things), tree diagram (making classification and hierarchical relationships), flow chart (describing the order of development of things and internal logic).
Plot map method inner page illustration
04
The Secret of Falling in Love with Reading is available in North America
Will be, "The Secret of Falling in Love with Reading 1" is a reading tool book published by me 3 years ago, and today I am particularly happy to tell you that the English version of this set of books is listed in the United States!
To tell the truth, this set of books is not easy to write, reading reference books, is to "read this book to learn to read books", it is like tongue twisters, writing this book, but also took a lot of brain cells.
The publisher told me that it is relatively rare that reference books can be translated into English for overseas sales, so this news really makes me very happy, and I want to share it with you at the first time.
By the way, Amazon in North America is already on sale. I have contacted the publisher to ship some books to me, and when I receive them, I will send some to some of your friends.
Reading is one of the happiest things for me, and it is also the happiness that I most hope little D can have, and I believe that every mother who loves reading is like me and wants to make her children fall in love with reading.
This set of books is very suitable for parents of children aged 0-8 years old, the book for everyone to prepare 28 parent-child reading strategies, detailed the skills that can be used when reading, in what situations can be used, and most importantly, combined with picture book examples, hand in hand to tell everyone how to disassemble, practice.