Albert Einstein said: I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. (I don't have any special talents, I'm just passionately curious about everything).) He believes that the most valuable motivation for students to learn is curiosity, curiosity, fun in learning, and recognition of the social value of learning outcomes.
The stronger the children's curiosity, the more they will know about the things around them and the sharper their memory. To cultivate children's intelligence, they need to learn to protect and tap into their curiosity.
So, is there any way to cultivate your child's curiosity? Today Xiaobian would like to recommend a set of English world-famous picture books, Curious George's "Curious George".
The biggest feature of this set of books is that everyone in the world loves to read, which is especially in line with children's hearts and is very interesting.
Who is George?
George is a curious little monkey who is a household name in the United States and around the world for more than 70 years. From the 40s to the present, it has always been a love of children. In China, many children also know him, called George the Curious Monkey.
The story mainly tells that George will leave the jungle and be taken to the human world by chance, and pure curiosity brings him a series of novel adventures. He is always in trouble, but because of his good nature and wit, every time there is a laughable ending. His cute image has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and children all over the world love him.
Little Monkey George and Uncle Yellow Hat,
It appears inseparably in every story
In the United States, Curious George accompanies almost every aspect of children's lives, and this little monkey will be seen everywhere in life, books, clothes, stationery...
Many children will expect George to appear on their cake on their birthdays.
In the movie "Forrest Gump", the protagonist Forrest Gump's favorite children's book is "Curious George". When he suffered repeated setbacks, he would think of the book, thus motivating himself, and when he became an adult, he often took the book with him.
You can imagine how many American children George grew up with!
Image from the movie Forrest Gump
Seeing the Japanese version in Japanese bookstores, it turns out that this curious "little monkey" has long gone all over the world.
Little Monkey George's big movies, cartoons, children's programs, and peripheral products are the favorites of children around the world. Below we interpret this set of famous original English picture books "Curious George"!
First, about the author
Curious George's creators are a couple of Hans Rey and Margret Rey. George's image was inspired by the monkeys they observed in the Amazon jungle. After the two married in 1935, they loved animals and kept two marmosets as pets. Later, based on their observations and sketches of monkeys while living in South America, they created this cute little monkey that traveled from place to place.
Together, the husband and wife are responsible for painting and the wife is mainly responsible for writing stories, depicting dramatic and interesting stories with simple language and lines.
In 1941, Curious George came out of the American publishing world and quickly achieved great success. Every child can see themselves in George's story and can't help but laugh.
Therefore, this set of books has also been recognized by many authoritative institutions:
American School Library Journal Children's Choice Award for Best Picture Book
Recommended by the American Library Association
Louis Carlo Bookshelf Award Winning Picture Book
To date, Curious George has been translated into more than 20 languages, sold more than 60 million copies, has been on television, and has been on the big screen twice in the last 10 years – a film of the same name, and a sequel.
Why do kids love Curious George so much?
1. George is like the embodiment of a child, able to resonate with children
Curious George's protagonist is George and a man who wears a yellow hat without a name. The man in the yellow hat who was traveling to Africa accidentally saw George and said, "This monkey is good, I'm going to take him back." So he put his hat on the ground and took George away while he tried it on (sure enough, he was curious). Later, the two experienced many interesting adventure stories together.
The innocent and cute George is the embodiment of children, and his action expressions are very childlike. His eyes are full of curiosity and expectation for the world, optimistic, like to try new things, no need to speak, an expression, an action, it is easy to capture the hearts of children, reading naturally and kindly like.
Children love this little monkey because for a child, George is sometimes the real self, more often than not, the dream self. George can do what the average child can't do: he can hang on a kite in the air, he can release the animals in the farm out of the cage, he can use the walls of the house as graffiti boards, he can do many, many naughty things that children want to do...
Every adventure and even disaster of George is his real experience of the world, but Uncle Yellow Hat gives him tolerance and fraternity, so that he can boldly try according to his curious nature.
A lesson for parents: The "wrong things" children do are just a step in growth. At this time, we must calmly tell the child how to do this and give the right guidance and encouragement. Treat children with more tolerance and understanding, allow them to "make mistakes", and give children the opportunity to grow up and try mistakes.
2. George is curious by nature and encourages every child to keep learning
Every Curious George story begins with the same sentence: This is George. He is a good little monkey and always very curious. (This is George, a good little monkey, he was always very curious). This sentence sets the tone for all the stories.
The story line of this series is always like this: Little Monkey George is always curious about new things, to explore, inadvertently making the world a little messy, but his kindness and bravery allow him to always turn bad things into good things, and finally bring help to everyone.
Every adventure and disaster of George is actually his hands and feet, personally experiencing the world, here can not be ignored is the Yellow Hat people and the adult world to give him letting go, tolerance, friendship, so that he can follow his curious nature to start a period of adventure after adventure. Children all over the world have been asking for seventy years: What will George do next time?
A lesson for parents: Be careful to take care of your child's curiosity. "Curious George" inspires us to learn to see what children do from their point of view. For some strange behaviors of children, non-marginal questions, whether busy or idle, we must listen patiently and answer carefully. Despite her confused face, we believe that this "curiosity" remained in her heart. Maybe one day, she'll try to figure it out for herself.
Why is this set of books suitable for Chinese children to read?
1. Children's familiar scenes and favorite topics are full of fun to read
In this series, there are many familiar scenes that take place in children's eyes that will never tire: toy stores, train stations, fire stations, chocolate factories or zoos... There are also events they are familiar with: makeup parties, birthday parties:
These classic topics are exactly what children at this age love, and they listen to them with relish every time. There are also stories full of adventure such as skiing, camping, hot air balloon travel, moon rockets, etc., which bring children's imagination to a higher space.
Reading George's life trivia, children will easily substitute themselves into it, parents are also easier to relate the content of the story to the child's life, after reading the story, parent-child sharing is more like a fish.
2. Pure and concise language, excellent practice of entry-level English
In terms of language, "Curious George" is written in pure and concise English, commonly used words, phrases and sentence patterns appear again and again, the sense of rhythm is strong, easy to listen to and remember, the dialogue is also simple and interesting, and the children in the English enlightenment stage want to master entry-level English, this series of books can be said to be a pleasant shortcut.
3. Series of stories, picture books, animations, movies, all-round three-dimensional learning of English
In the 1980s, Disney brought Curious George to television. In 2006, PBS launched a new version of the "Curious George" cartoon, which has been broadcast for seven seasons so far, and the reputation is very good.
In the cartoon, George's adventures and experiences are very broad, but the stories still take place in familiar scenes for children, and they are very connected to the children's real lives.
For domestic children, combined with cartoons, reading this original book will be more relaxed and interesting, and the acceptance will be relatively high.
Fourth, how old is this set of books suitable for children to read, and how to read them?
This set of books we mainly recommend to children aged 3-9 years old, mainly parent-child reading.
Let's share with you the following method:
Stimulate interest in reading: Before reading, let the child look at the cover page cover, and guess what will happen next?
Picture Walk: That is, take the child to browse the pictures first (about 2/3 of it, leave some suspense in the ending)
Listen: If you read it yourself, the mother can read it first, and the child listens. At this time, it is time to read the end, and it is time to satisfy the child's curiosity.
Reading: Read aloud with your child.
Discussion: Discuss with your child, so that your child can try to repeat it and reminisce about the story.
Creation: You can also take your children to create sequels, and you can also turn your own interesting things into stories.
5. How do parents who have read it evaluate this set of books?
@mini0405: Crious George tells the story of a curious little monkey who gets into little trouble everywhere he goes and continues to explore. This set of calligraphy and painting style is simple, unique perspective, concise text, very in line with children's tastes, children like it. When the child was about 5 years old, I read it to him, and once loved it, but today I turned it out again and found that there are several books that can be read independently.
@tongtongaijia: George is really a curious little monkey, like a child, interested in everything. George in the book is lucky, every time he gets into trouble, he can finally solve it satisfactorily, and has a yellow hat uncle who tolerates him. The reason why children like George is that they can generally find their own shadow, and they hope to have a father and mother like Uncle Yellow Hat around! As a parent, it is really important to give your child love and inclusion!
@marymm: This set of books has been bought for a long time, and we have read them together since she was about three years old and 8 months old. Children can see their own shadow from the little monkey. This time it is still a parent-child reading, but from the large number of Night Word (common words) in the book, you should be able to read it yourself. A book, from parent-child reading, to independent reading; from three and a half years old, to four and a half years old, five and a half years old, now six and a half years old, is still so attractive, interesting language, simple and beautiful pictures, it is also an evergreen tree in children's books.
6. How to buy?
In general, the original English picture book can be found on the Amazon official website.
Amazon URL: https://www.amazon.cn/b?node=1994153071&tag=baiduiclickcn-23&ref=Book_1775_wxy_15
Then give you a website to find more original English books: goodreads, you can query the name of the book through the following link, click to view the book content, select the purchase website below the book, and purchase the original English picture book.
goodreads URL: https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Curious+George&search_type=books
You can also pay attention to the public number message to the editor, xiaobian to help you recommend a picture book suitable for children Oh ~ ~
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