Recently, when Erbao, a 3-year-old Erbao reads picture books for me (yes, Erbao reads them for me), I was surprised to find that her way of reading picture books has changed. Not only did she "memorize" the text of the picture book with amazing memory, she would also interact with me and ask me questions.
It’s like reading “ Little Goldfish Escaped ” again. She picked up the picture book and not only recited the name of the picture book, she also asked:
- “Mom, look, there is a little goldfish here. What is it?”
- “Why does it want to escape?”
I was very happy when I heard it. can think while reading, proving that she has already mastered some reading methods , and her reading ability has improved to a higher level.
Read too much does not mean reading well
Many people have never mastered the reading method in their entire lives, and they can only measure reading ability by quantity.
Most people bought a bunch of books, but the packaging was not unpacked and piled up dust on the bookshelf; some people only read the beginning; some people just read the plot, and forget after reading it, and at best leave a sentence "read" as a capital for showing off; some people memorize it by rote, memorize it a lot, but don't use it much; very few people can think and read it at the same time. Such people are very good at speaking and must be very good at writing.
Many children have read many books, but can't write articles. That's because they read books quickly and don't even understand the structure of the book. Of course, they don't know how to write articles when they draw up the structure of the articles. Many children are forced to remember the central idea, and lack their own thinking, so they can't write articles that touch them.
The highest level of reading is inspiring thinking, and in fact, the same is true for reading picture books. Guide children to think during reading is a process of inspiring intelligence. Picture books are short, but most of them are works by international masters. Every detail in the painting has profound meaning. If we finish reading them in 3 minutes, it would be a bit regrettable.
So how to guide children to read picture books and realize intensive reading? During the parent-child reading process, just ask 6 more questions.
In the process of intensive reading of picture books, the problem can be divided into two categories, one is mentioned during the reading process, and the other is mentioned after reading.
3 questions that can be asked during reading
, image observation class
The main way to ask questions is: What is drawn in it?
is like the cover, and you can actually see a lot of details. For example, "Rainbow Flowers", what are those yellow lines?
This question is very interesting, like holding a riddle in your hand, even we adults want to know the result. Of course, when you connect the back cover and the cover together, you can know what those lines are.
During the guessing process with the child, we will definitely be able to understand that "the master's picture book is set so interestingly", and if we don't find it, how regretful it would be!
. Reasoning problem
What conclusion can be drawn by observing the picture? For example, in "Rainbow Flower", the sun comes out and the child can reason that it is early morning.
Of course, there are more fun things. Look at this flower, she leaned forward a little, why did she lean forward a little? Some children will say, "She has never seen ant , and want to come over and watch it carefully." Some will say, "She is nodding and saying hello!"
What an interesting reasoning, right?
More importantly, this is the child's "re-creation". Children use their own reasoning and imagination to make the story more lively, more detailed and more complete.
We can also look at ring-lined page , this page also has many secrets.For example, the ring-lined page of "Rainbow Flower" is a rainbow-colored pattern. Looking at the end page, there are rainbow-colored patterns. Some children will find that, oh, the order of colors has changed!
color order changes, indicating the cycle of new life. Maybe the children can’t say it, but it doesn’t matter, they will find out: this is a new flower!
, prediction-type questions
, etc. are very suitable for the cover, and the story is about to end, or even ask questions after the end.
Just like Xixi watching "The Little Goldfish Escaped". When she read the cover, she would say "Why did she run away?" This is a good question, and she also said "She wants to find a friend." Xixi knew that this was a story about the little goldfish looking for friends.
The current picture book stories are repetitive, and there are usually more than 3 paragraphs. Just like the story of "The Tadpole Looking for Mother", we encountered carp and turtle one after another, and finally found the real frog mother.
In "Rainbow Flower", the rainbow flowers meet ants, hedgehog , and birds one after another. We can guide the child to guess what animals will encounter later.
The animals borrowed petals and did different things. What do the mouse borrows petals on hot days? Many children can guess that they use petals as fans, but they did not expect that they would hang on their tails. This "unexpected" increases the children's reading interest.
After reading, the three types of questions that can be mentioned can be asked
and generalized questions
The most direct way is to guide children to retell the story. For example, what animals did the rainbow-colored flowers encounter and what problems did they solve?
. Thinking questions
Remember when I asked: Should rainbow-colored flowers help these small animals?
Xixi said: Don’t help, it’s so pitiful.
Xixi stared at the weak look of the rainbow-colored flowers, and frowned and couldn't let go. I think it is also good to gain "mercy" and "love" for children of this age.
When we ask speculative questions, we must remember not to deny the child's answer. Every child of the age has different answers because of different experiences, so we do not force standard answers. Because our goal is "live thoughts", and forcing standard answers will only make children a memory machine.
Children's answers are always unexpected. I remember one time when Xixi and I were reading "Hey, Little Ants", we asked at the end of the article, "Can you still step on the ants to death?" In fact, the meaning of the article is to stimulate children's empathy and protect small creatures.
But Xixi was over 2 years old at the time and said directly: "Tread!" "Why?" "Because it's very fun!"
This is the answer of a 2-year-old child, and there is nothing wrong with it. But when she replied "stepped", her expression was very vivid, she was so bad, smiling, and didn't know what she was thinking. But what does it matter? The imagination in her mind made her very happy, very good. There is nothing more important than keeping children interested in reading and thinking.
. Extensibility issues
older children can guide them to pay attention to more expansion knowledge. For example, among the rainbow-colored flowers, there are extension knowledge points such as four seasons, weather, etc. Just like the page where the mouse visits, there are many details that can be seen that it was summer.
- The mouse was sweating profusely;
- The rainbow-colored flower path has a layer of red on the edge, which is a little burnt;
- The land has turned from black to green at the beginning, but now it has turned golden and golden;
In the process of intensive reading of picture books, the children are guided to think through 6 types of questions, and exercised their observation, reasoning, imagination, summary and thinking ability. It is indeed a good "intellectual" process.
In this process, children will have a very childlike insight, which is their "reading notes". They also slowly learn to retell the story, clarify the key points, understand the structure of the article, and lay the foundation for subsequent creations. They also began to think about what is right and what is wrong, and what kind of person I want to become?
Some people say that it is better to read 1 book intensively than to read 20 picture books in general. According to me, it is better to read 1 book in general in general than to read 100 book in general.
