When I was a child, I had a set of "100,000 Whys" at home. At that time, there were not many books, and I read almost every book in the family many times, but I never read this set of books because it was too boring. This also makes me a little afraid of popular science books all the time, and I don't know how to read popular science picture books. But as Xiaoyi gradually becomes "100,000 Whys", popular science picture books must be put on the agenda.
I think that good enlightenment popular science picture books generally have one or more of the following characteristics:
Figuration: Can use the child's familiar things as analogies to make abstract concepts concrete;
Anthropomorphism: give things some personality characteristics, so that children have a sense of closeness;
Storytelling: combine stories and popular science to arouse children's interest;
Humorization: Combining the characteristics of things with the humorous language or plot.
In our family, the repetition rate of popular science picture books that meet these characteristics is good. Several sets are now recommended in order of age.
Cute Science, Vols. 1 and 2
Suitable age 0-3 years old
The Science of Cuteness
This set of books uses things familiar to children to introduce themes, such as introducing aerospace engineering with birds, introducing quantum mechanics with kittens, and introducing gravity with children's favorite thrown things to narrow the distance between children and science.
Children throwing food may be experimenting
Secondly, this set of books often uses analogies to visualize abstract concepts, and when children have a certain understanding of concepts, they will go into or expand them appropriately.
For example, in the book "Small Blankets and Green Energy", the author uses blankets as an analogy to the earth's atmosphere to let children understand the heat preservation function of the atmosphere. Then the introduction of greenhouse gases points out that too many greenhouse gases will overheat the planet, so we should use more green energy. And for small babies, we can also do what we can to protect the earth.
For example, in "Building Blocks and Quarks", the author uses building blocks as an analogy of quarks, and then from small to large, the concepts of protons, neutrons, atoms, and molecules are introduced in turn, so that children know that all kinds of things in the world are composed of atoms and molecules, and the logic is very clear. Don't underestimate the organization of popular science picture books, which is actually as important as popular science knowledge.
Silly Indistinguishable series
Suitable age 0-5 years old
"Silly can't tell the difference"
There are many similar words in the Chinese, and children often confuse similar words when learning words. At this time, the best way is not to avoid but to put similar words together and compare them carefully, to find out the same and different to remember.
This set of books also uses the same method, each book introduces two similar small animals, and by comparing the same and different, there is a better understanding of both animals.
In the process of reading, we can first let the children observe the pictures by themselves, find the differences, and then read the text, which can not only arouse the child's interest, but also exercise their observation and expression.
Use funny pictures to help children understand With funny pictures to help children understand
In addition to comparative learning, recall is also an important learning method. The researchers found that in the same amount of time, by practicing and recalling the material alone, students learned much more and learned deeper than other methods. Therefore, it is very beneficial for children to practice and familiarize themselves with the method of recalling frequently.
Another great thing about this set of books is that each book has a page review at the end that can be opened. When it is covered, it is the two small animals introduced in the book. Carefully observe these two small animals with the child, recall the knowledge points mentioned in the book, and then open and read the text again to deepen the memory. In fact, this is not how much knowledge the child learns, but more importantly, it is to test the child's concentration in reading and familiar with the learning method of "recall".
By the way, as Mr. Li Xiaoguang, director of the Beijing Zoo, suggested, you can also take this set of books to the zoo and observe the actual objects while reading, which is also a very interesting way to learn.
"Have the ability to eat me"
Age of study is 3-10 years old
This book Xiaoichi likes very much, it is the kind of book that he can hold for a long time and laugh while reading it. It uses comic form to do popular science, introducing all kinds of interesting small animals. In this book, we learn about the various strange uses of animal rice, which is not too attractive to children who like and.
Camouflage costumes
Cannon as a weapon
As a stand-in?
In addition to the various wonderful uses of the soup, there are many magical small animals in the book, such as the deer and dolphin whose fangs will pierce their foreheads, the broken line of the broken line that needs to be pleasing the husband constantly, the stomach yuxi toad that gives birth to the child from the mouth, the imitation small sperm whale that pulls pink poop, etc., and the knowledge that really feels strange has increased after reading it
Deer Dolphin: "I've been having a headache lately, and I don't know what's going on."
But I don't have a fever,
There are also no migraines. ”
Doctor: "I suggest you see a dentist." ”
And because the book has a humorous treatment of knowledge, the child is deeply impressed. One day Xiaoyi was taking a bath in the bathtub and suddenly said to me, "Mom, fortunately, I am not the lizard that absorbs water automatically, otherwise so many water stomachs would have burst." "He's talking about the Australian devil lizard below.
Australian magic lizard that absorbs water automatically because of capillary action
After introducing each small animal, the author will also attach a "little animal secret", put the real picture of the small animal at the same time, and further expand the habits of the animal.
I believe that these cute and cute little animals can accompany children and parents to spend happy reading time.