Registration Notice for the Fourth Red Mud Children’s Book Study Session

 
To date, Red Mud has suc­cess­ful­ly held three ses­sions (four groups) of clas­sic chil­dren’s book study ses­sions for adult read­ers, includ­ing par­ents, teach­ers, and chil­dren’s book enthu­si­asts. These ses­sions are held month­ly, typ­i­cal­ly on a Sat­ur­day (or Sun­day) after­noon in the mid­dle or late part of each month. The third ses­sion has con­clud­ed, and pre-reg­is­tra­tion for the fourth ses­sion is now open. Please feel free to sign up. Details are as fol­lows:


1. Each study ses­sion will have fixed mem­bers and a one-time reg­is­tra­tion fee of 300 yuan will be charged.


2. The study group can start once there are 10 or more par­tic­i­pants, with a max­i­mum of 15 par­tic­i­pants per group. The first activ­i­ty is a prepara­to­ry meet­ing for the study group. Con­firmed par­tic­i­pants can reg­is­ter in advance. Those who receive an accep­tance let­ter can attend the prepara­to­ry meet­ing (and pay the reg­is­tra­tion fee at the same time).


3. The fourth read­ing group will have two groups, A and B. Group A focus­es on chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture read­ing and ele­men­tary school stu­dents’ read­ing devel­op­ment, requir­ing more in-depth research and more suit­able for par­tic­i­pants who have par­tic­i­pat­ed in pre­vi­ous read­ing groups. Group B is more suit­able for first-time par­tic­i­pants or those who are inter­est­ed in indi­vid­ual read­ing. Space is lim­it­ed and will be filled up once it is filled (Red Mud VIP reg­is­tra­tion is giv­en pri­or­i­ty).


4. Study ses­sion loca­tion: Hong­ni­ba Vil­lage Book­store (Room 202, Build­ing B, No. 16, Sec­tion 1, Anyuan­dongli, Chaoyang Dis­trict) Reg­is­tra­tion phone num­ber: 64934774
/ 64934784 


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Attach­ment: Red Mud Chil­dren’s Book Clas­sics Study Group Plan


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 Peri­od: Novem­ber 2011 — May 2012 (once a month, six ses­sions per peri­od)
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 Point: Bei­jing Red Mud
Hosts: Ajia, Car­rot Inspec­tor
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 Tar­get: Adult read­ers (par­ents or chil­dren’s book enthu­si­asts, Red Mud VIP mem­bers are pre­ferred), a group size of no more than 15 peo­ple.
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 Fee: 300 yuan/person (includ­ing the cost of six activ­i­ties)


Activ­i­ty Details: The Red Mud Chil­dren’s Clas­sic Book Club is a col­lab­o­ra­tive, self-help group read­ing expe­ri­ence where par­tic­i­pants can share and dis­cuss clas­sic chil­dren’s books. Themes and sub­jects will be dis­cussed in small groups, with inde­pen­dent read­ing as the pri­ma­ry focus, fol­lowed by a series of dis­cus­sions and dis­cus­sions.


Activ­i­ty launch (prepara­to­ry meet­ing):
☆Con­firm the mem­bers of this group’s study group for this peri­od;
☆Dis­cuss the char­ter and con­ven­ing pro­ce­dures of the study group;
☆ Pre­lim­i­nar­i­ly deter­mine the theme and read­ing list for this study ses­sion;
☆Deter­mine the timetable;
☆Pre­view of the study session’s read­ing, com­mu­ni­ca­tion, and dis­cus­sion process.


Sam­ple study top­ics are as fol­lows:
1. Clas­sic ani­mal images in famous chil­dren’s books;
2. Sub­ver­sive images of chil­dren in famous chil­dren’s books;
3. Love or var­i­ous kinds of love in clas­sic chil­dren’s books;
4. Gen­der dif­fer­ences in clas­sic chil­dren’s books;
5. The mag­i­cal world in famous chil­dren’s books;
6. The best humor in chil­dren’s book clas­sics;
7. The grow­ing con­fu­sion in famous chil­dren’s books;
8. Death in clas­sic chil­dren’s books;
9. Phi­los­o­phy in famous chil­dren’s books;
…


Theme for the third study ses­sion (for ref­er­ence)


1. Anne of Green Gables
2. Char­lot­te’s Web
3. Antho­ny Brown
4. The Lit­tle Prince
5. Pop­u­lar sci­ence books
6. Book tour in Bei­jing


Study top­ics for Groups A and B of the sec­ond study ses­sion (for ref­er­ence)


01) Pic­ture Books and Artis­tic Cul­ti­va­tion
02) Chil­dren’s poems and nurs­ery rhymes
03) Sing nurs­ery rhymes from pic­ture books
04) Win­nie the Pooh
05) Pip­pi Long­stock­ing
06) Emil the Naughty Boy
07) Mar­riage, Fam­i­ly, and Love in Chil­dren’s Books
08) Read­ing com­ic books
09) About Uncle Shel
10) Read­ing clas­sics: Romance of the Three King­doms and Jour­ney to the West
11) Read sto­ries from pic­tures in pic­ture books
12) Chil­dren’s books about self-iden­ti­ty


Theme of the First Sem­i­nar (for ref­er­ence)


First top­ic: Com­par­i­son and study of “The Three Lit­tle Pigs” (focus­ing on David Wis­ner)
Sec­ond Top­ic: Study of Burn­ing­ham’s Works (Main­ly “Riv­er Swim­ming with Uncle Gam­ble” and “Stay Away from the Water, Sal­ly”)
The third theme: Study­ing chil­dren’s books on life
The fourth theme: Study of Xiong Liang’s works and writer’s dis­cus­sion
The fifth top­ic: Talk about chil­dren’s books relat­ed to Christ­mas and New Year
The Sixth Theme: Calde­cott Medal Book Sem­i­nar and Mini Book Fair