Lec\u00adture: How to Play with Pic\u00adture Books? (Part 3)
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Time: Octo\u00adber 12, 2008, 9:30 AM \u2014 12:00 PM<\/p>\n
Loca\u00adtion: Shen\u00adzhen Yiny\u00ading No. 2 Kinder\u00adgartenCon\u00adtin\u00adued<\/a>)<\/p>\n We have to talk about some pic\u00adture books, such as word\u00adless books. But there are many oth\u00ader pic\u00adture books that deserve dis\u00adcus\u00adsion, not just read\u00ading. For exam\u00adple, books like \u201cSu Wu Shep\u00adherd\u00ading Sheep\u201d and \u201cJingju Cats\u201d are dif\u00adfi\u00adcult for the audi\u00adence to under\u00adstand with\u00adout some dis\u00adcus\u00adsion.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMiffy\u2019s Dream\u201d is suit\u00adable for younger chil\u00addren. It\u2019s a sim\u00adple, line-based sto\u00adry with no words. Draw\u00ading this pic\u00adture takes a long time, requir\u00ading repeat\u00aded sub\u00adtrac\u00adtion. This allows chil\u00addren to quick\u00adly grasp who Miffy is and what she\u2019s try\u00ading to do. Expe\u00adri\u00adenced read\u00aders can share and dis\u00adcuss the sto\u00adry with chil\u00addren. I think it\u2019s help\u00adful. Of course, it\u2019s not about telling chil\u00addren, \u201cLook, how many bun\u00adnies are there?\u201d \u201cTwo,\u201d which is mean\u00ading\u00adless. Instead, it\u2019s about play and sto\u00adry\u00adtelling, not just gen\u00ader\u00adal cog\u00adni\u00adtive learn\u00ading. Who is Miffy? Why are she dif\u00adfer\u00adent col\u00adors? If we ask a child, \u201cWhat is this?\u201d they\u2019ll respond accu\u00adrate\u00adly, say\u00ading, \u201cIt\u2019s a star.\u201d If they can\u2019t quite grasp the star, they might say, \u201cThey\u2019re play\u00ading games on the clouds.\u201d This is a shoot\u00ading star, which can be rid\u00adden like a horse. This is the moon. This is a slide. Miffy and her best friend fall asleep togeth\u00ader. This kind of fun, beau\u00adti\u00adful, and heart\u00adwarm\u00ading sto\u00adry is per\u00adfect for younger chil\u00addren.<\/p>\n There are also books more suit\u00adable for old\u00ader chil\u00addren, such as \u201cMonique\u2019s Mouse Word\u00adless Book,\u201d which some mid\u00addle school stu\u00addents are play\u00ading with. It\u2019s a long-stand\u00ading exam\u00adple of illus\u00adtrat\u00aded pub\u00adlish\u00ading in main\u00adland Chi\u00adna, hav\u00ading been pub\u00adlished in 2003. A lit\u00adtle mouse sneaks into the book, sees the paint, and tastes it to see if it smells bad. It smells ter\u00adri\u00adble, but it has oth\u00ader uses, so it adds anoth\u00ader col\u00ador. It gets more and more excit\u00aded, and final\u00adly, its butt is so full it needs a bath. You have to talk about books like this, but it\u2019s best to invite the chil\u00addren to talk too.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a book I\u2019d like to share with you. Are you famil\u00adiar with this sto\u00adry? If so, I won\u2019t elab\u00ado\u00adrate, because I often tell this sto\u00adry to chil\u00addren, from 100 BC to 81 BC, specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly the sto\u00adry of Su Wu\u2019s exile to the Xiongnu. Some\u00adone com\u00adposed a song based on this sto\u00adry; this per\u00adson was Jiang Yin\u00adtang, who com\u00adposed the song around 1916. Now, an artist named Xiong Liang has turned it into a pic\u00adture book. This work con\u00adtains many sym\u00adbols, and chil\u00addren won\u2019t under\u00adstand it just by read\u00ading it aloud. Let alone four- or five-year-olds, even fourth- or fifth-graders might not under\u00adstand it: These texts actu\u00adal\u00adly have allu\u00adsions. If you are talk\u00ading to mid\u00addle school stu\u00addents, you can talk about more allu\u00adsions. If you are talk\u00ading to chil\u00addren, you can sim\u00adply talk about the sto\u00adry of Su Wu herd\u00ading sheep. There is a very detailed pas\u00adsage in Lin Han\u00adda\u2019s \u201cCol\u00adlec\u00adtion of Chi\u00adnese His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal Sto\u00adries\u201d. It is well writ\u00adten. Of course, I have also writ\u00adten about it online.Very detailed expla\u00adna\u00adtion of the sto\u00adry of \u201cSu Wu Shep\u00adherd\u00ading Sheep\u201d<\/u><\/a>, I won\u2019t go into details here.<\/p>\n The final pas\u00adsages are some\u00adwhat chal\u00adleng\u00ading, such as \u201cI entered a dream at mid\u00adnight\u2026 The rams had not yet suck\u00adled, yet I nev\u00ader expect\u00aded that I would even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly return alive with the Han envoy.\u201d At the time, the Xiongnu asked him to herd sheep in the North Sea, giv\u00ading him a ram and say\u00ading that when the ram gave birth or nursed the lambs, he could return home. In real\u00adi\u00adty, they were pre\u00advent\u00ading him from return\u00ading. Lat\u00ader, Emper\u00ador Wu of Han died, and his son ascend\u00aded the throne. His son, remem\u00adber\u00ading Su Wu, sent mes\u00adsen\u00adgers to the Xiongnu Chanyu to request his return, but the Chanyu replied, \u201cHe\u2019s already dead.\u201d Dur\u00ading a sec\u00adond vis\u00adit, one of Su Wu\u2019s for\u00admer sub\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnates, Chang Hui, bribed the Xiongnu and nego\u00adti\u00adat\u00aded with the Han envoy, devis\u00ading a plan. The Han envoy again sought the Chanyu\u2019s return, but he replied, \u201cDid\u00adn\u2019t I tell you? Su Wu is already dead. There\u2019s noth\u00ading we can do.\u201d The Han envoy explained that our emper\u00ador had recent\u00adly shot a wild goose while hunt\u00ading in the Shanglin Gar\u00addens. A silk scroll was tied to the goose\u2019s leg, with the inscrip\u00adtion, \u201cI am herd\u00ading sheep in the North Sea \u2014 Su Wu.\u201d The Chanyu thought, \u201cIf even a bird is moved by Su Wu, what else can we say?\u201d Send Su Wu and oth\u00aders back quick\u00adly.<\/p>\n Few peo\u00adple sing this song these days, but it was a very pop\u00adu\u00adlar song from the 1920s to the 1950s and 1960s. Even after the Kuom\u00adintang arrived in Tai\u00adwan, they report\u00aded\u00adly sang it, cit\u00ading the mot\u00adto, \u201cWith the Han Dynasty in our hearts, and our old home\u00adland in our dreams.\u201d But is it still appro\u00adpri\u00adate to sing it today? Will chil\u00addren still appre\u00adci\u00adate it? I think it should be passed down. You\u2019ll notice that I\u2019ve delib\u00ader\u00adate\u00adly cho\u00adsen books on tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal cul\u00adture in my selec\u00adtions today, hop\u00ading to offer some inspi\u00adra\u00adtion. We actu\u00adal\u00adly have many sto\u00adries that can be passed down. Of course, they may not be as hilar\u00adi\u00adous, but they\u2019re still worth shar\u00ading. Let me sing it for you. If you know how to sing, join me: The geese are fly\u00ading south, to whom should I send this let\u00adter? We hope to pass on these lessons to chil\u00addren through this kind of approach. We began pro\u00admot\u00ading read\u00ading in 2002, includ\u00ading pic\u00adture books. At the time, pic\u00adture books were extreme\u00adly scarce. Even clas\u00adsic West\u00adern pic\u00adture books, such as those found in Hong Kong and abroad, were unavail\u00adable in Chi\u00adna. But now, if you go to Hongni.com, Dan\u00adg\u00addang, or Joyo.com, you\u2019ll be spoiled for choice, and every book claims to be a mas\u00adter\u00adpiece. At this time, I believe we must recon\u00adsid\u00ader what we are pass\u00ading on to our chil\u00addren. So today, I\u2019d like to share with you some books that focus on this top\u00adic.<\/p>\n I\u2019d like to inter\u00adrupt an online dis\u00adcus\u00adsion where a moth\u00ader asked: When I read the sto\u00adries in \u201cBaby Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded\u201d, I can\u2019t tell whether my child under\u00adstands them. How should I read to him?<\/p>\n Mom: My child likes to read, but it seems like he has read every\u00adthing but can\u2019t remem\u00adber what he has read. I don\u2019t know how to make him remem\u00adber. What should I do?<\/p>\n Regard\u00ading the first moth\u00ader\u2019s ques\u00adtion, I think we need more pic\u00adture books of vary\u00ading styles and types. There are many dif\u00adfer\u00adent types of pic\u00adture books. \u201cBaby Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded\u201d is too monot\u00ado\u00adnous, and it\u2019s nor\u00admal for chil\u00addren not to feel drawn to it. I haven\u2019t felt the same way either. Domes\u00adtic and inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal books, as well as tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal cul\u00adtur\u00adal books, are all fine. The key is whether chil\u00addren are tru\u00adly hap\u00adpy while read\u00ading. Whether we are called experts or claim to be experts, we actu\u00adal\u00adly know far less about chil\u00addren than we don\u2019t. For exam\u00adple, some peo\u00adple talk about the secrets of three-year-olds. I don\u2019t think Montes\u00adsori holds more secrets than we do today, because every child is dif\u00adfer\u00adent, and chil\u00addren in the past and future will be dif\u00adfer\u00adent. We don\u2019t need to engage in tech\u00adni\u00adcal analy\u00adsis to deter\u00admine how chil\u00addren are doing or whether we\u2019re ben\u00ade\u00adfit\u00ading from it, because we don\u2019t need it in our dai\u00adly lives. Experts need to con\u00adtin\u00adue their efforts, and tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy needs to devel\u00adop, but we don\u2019t need to focus too much on these things. The key is whether the child is enjoy\u00ading it and hav\u00ading fun. Can chil\u00addren under\u00adstand the poem \u201cSu Wu Shep\u00adherd\u00ading Sheep\u201d? One day she said, \u201cDad, I\u2019m going to bed. Please sing me a piece of \u201cSu Wu Shep\u00adherd\u00ading Sheep\u201d.\u201d She thought it sound\u00aded very nice and it was also good to use it as a bed\u00adtime song. My daugh\u00adter is like this. I don\u2019t care whether she under\u00adstands it or not. It does\u00adn\u2019t mat\u00adter. She real\u00adly likes it. As she lis\u00adtens to it, it brings back mem\u00ado\u00adries. Peo\u00adple\u2019s learn\u00ading is sup\u00adport\u00aded by things that are con\u00adstant\u00adly retained in their mem\u00ado\u00adries, which will help them in the future.<\/p>\n The moth\u00ader said: If a child mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstands the con\u00adtent of the book or vio\u00adlates com\u00admon sense, should it be cor\u00adrect\u00aded?<\/p>\n If it is a mis\u00adtake like the sun ris\u00ades from the west, of course it needs to be dis\u00adcussed and cor\u00adrect\u00aded, but in most cas\u00ades the child is not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly wrong. We should lis\u00adten more to the child\u2019s ideas, espe\u00adcial\u00adly his opin\u00adions. I don\u2019t think it is nec\u00ades\u00adsary to cor\u00adrect them too strong\u00adly. For exam\u00adple, in \u201cThe Secret of the Mag\u00adic Gourd\u201d, she thinks it would be great if I had a mag\u00adic gourd. You say this is a bour\u00adgeois idea of get\u00adting some\u00adthing for noth\u00ading. If this is the case, the child will not talk to you and you will lose the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty.<\/p>\n How to help chil\u00addren get into the sto\u00adry?<\/p>\n We will intro\u00adduce good ideas, good sto\u00adry\u00adtelling and oth\u00ader good ways to play lat\u00ader.<\/p>\n The moth\u00ader said, \u201cMy son is five years old. I often read to him, but now he basi\u00adcal\u00adly does\u00adn\u2019t read by him\u00adself.\u201d<\/p>\n Anoth\u00ader moth\u00ader said, \u201cMy lit\u00adtle girl is in first grade now. She likes lis\u00adten\u00ading to adults read sto\u00adries to her and knows a lot of words. I want her to read on her own slow\u00adly, but she is reluc\u00adtant to do so.<\/p>\n Actu\u00adal\u00adly, from lis\u00adten\u00ading to sto\u00adries to read\u00ading them, some peo\u00adple are fast, some are slow. Some run like Liu Xiang, some run like me. It does\u00adn\u2019t mat\u00adter; every\u00adone will reach the fin\u00adish line. Life isn\u2019t the Olympics; you\u2019ll even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly reach the fin\u00adish line. And if Liu Xiang ran that fast, he might get injured. Maybe I\u2019ll run more slow\u00adly, which is bet\u00adter. As long as we don\u2019t see gold medals as the only cri\u00adte\u00adri\u00adon, life can be lived any way we want. So, it does\u00adn\u2019t mat\u00adter if it\u2019s ear\u00adly or late. We should let chil\u00addren read on their own ear\u00adly: \u201cYou already know the char\u00adac\u00adters 70%, and you\u2019re not read\u00ading on your own?\u201d That child might refuse to read, but you say this book is so fun, \u201cI\u2019ll read it to you.\u201d On the plane here, I read \u201cRiv\u00ader Swim\u00adming with Uncle Gum\u201d to my daugh\u00adter. She was delight\u00aded. We read it twice, and she can actu\u00adal\u00adly read nov\u00adels on her own. She\u2019s cur\u00adrent\u00adly read\u00ading \u201cThe King\u00addoms of Nar\u00adnia.\u201d But it does\u00adn\u2019t mat\u00adter. The more you read, the more like\u00adly she is to pick up a book and read on her own. This is based on repeat\u00aded research. First, the abil\u00adi\u00adty to lis\u00adten. Read\u00ading should be sus\u00adtained, but ulti\u00admate\u00adly, chil\u00addren must nav\u00adi\u00adgate their own jour\u00adney. This requires some skill. I\u2019ve seen online dis\u00adcus\u00adsions about read\u00ading to chil\u00addren, and some extremes. One group thinks the child is almost there, so let them read on their own, or read when\u00adev\u00ader they have time, and for\u00adget about it if they don\u2019t. Anoth\u00ader group reads to their child when\u00adev\u00ader they have time, eager to fin\u00adish an entire nov\u00adel in one sit\u00adting. They say, \u201cMy child does\u00adn\u2019t like to read on his own; he\u2019s read every book he can.\u201d I say, \u201cHe\u2019s too full; you\u2019ve replaced his func\u00adtion.\u201d So, you can\u2019t replace a child. Ulti\u00admate\u00adly, it\u2019s up to the child to nav\u00adi\u00adgate their own jour\u00adney. Five to 10 min\u00adutes a day, 20 min\u00adutes, even half an hour is enough. Don\u2019t bur\u00adden your\u00adself with so much. While I encour\u00adage every\u00adone to read, I also advise against read\u00ading too long. As chil\u00addren grow old\u00ader, you\u2019ll find that they may \u201cdrink\u201d a lit\u00adtle each day, but they\u2019re nev\u00ader sat\u00adis\u00adfied. They always want to hear sto\u00adries, but you only read so much each day, so they have no choice but to read on their own. Bal\u00adance your mind\u00adset, adjust your pace, and main\u00adtain a mod\u00ader\u00adate pace, and your child will learn to read on their own.<\/p>\n The first part out\u00adlines three impor\u00adtant, core meth\u00adods. The fol\u00adlow\u00ading part is more fun and focus\u00ades on stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading chil\u00addren\u2019s read\u00ading respons\u00ades through\u00adout the read\u00ading process. For exam\u00adple, we incor\u00adpo\u00adrate \u201cdoing\u201d into many activ\u00adi\u00adties because I found it dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adrize them all. For instance, in \u201cThe Flower Lady,\u201d chil\u00addren buy seeds to plant flow\u00aders; after read\u00ading \u201cPulling the Radish,\u201d they play tug-of-war. What if they don\u2019t expe\u00adri\u00adence the process of pulling the radish? They take turns, and even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly some\u00adone can pull it over, feel\u00ading the pow\u00ader of many hands. Of course, the goal isn\u2019t just to teach them a les\u00adson. Exam\u00adples include \u201cThe Lit\u00adtle Black Fish\u201d and \u201cA Gar\u00adden of Veg\u00adeta\u00adbles Comes to Life,\u201d etc.<\/p>\n A moth\u00ader just gave me a book\u00adlet titled \u201cLove, Chil\u00addren, Read\u00ading, Life,\u201d which, when unfold\u00aded, reads \u201cWel\u00adcome A\u2011Jia to Shen\u00adzhen.\u201d It\u2019s a kind of mag\u00adic book tech\u00adnique. I don\u2019t know how to use it, but I know some peo\u00adple use it very well. Teacher Fang Suzhen uses it very well, and every\u00adone can use their own strengths.<\/p>\n To give a few exam\u00adples, every\u00adone knows the sto\u00adry of \u201cPulling the Radish\u201d, which was writ\u00adten by Tol\u00adstoy based on a Russ\u00adian folk tale: An old grand\u00adfa\u00adther plant\u00aded a radish, and the radish grew up, so big and strong that he could\u00adn\u2019t pull it up, so he called the old grand\u00admoth\u00ader, but she could\u00adn\u2019t pull it up no mat\u00adter how hard she tried. He called the lit\u00adtle grand\u00addaugh\u00adter, and the lit\u00adtle grand\u00addaugh\u00adter pulled the old grand\u00admoth\u00ader, the old grand\u00admoth\u00ader pulled the old grand\u00adfa\u00adther, and the old grand\u00adfa\u00adther pulled the big radish, but they still could\u00adn\u2019t pull it up no mat\u00adter how hard she tried. He called the pup\u00adpy, and the pup\u00adpy pulled the lit\u00adtle grand\u00addaugh\u00adter, the lit\u00adtle grand\u00addaugh\u00adter pulled the old grand\u00admoth\u00ader, the grand\u00admoth\u00ader pulled the old grand\u00adfa\u00adther, and the old grand\u00adfa\u00adther pulled the big radish, but they still could\u00adn\u2019t pull it up no mat\u00adter how hard she tried\u2026 Final\u00adly he called the lit\u00adtle mouse, and hey yo hey yo hey yo hey yo hey yo hey yo hey yo, he final\u00adly pulled it out.<\/p>\n There\u2019s also a song for \u201cPulling the Car\u00adrot\u201d that you can sing along. We played this recent\u00adly. We put a bunch of kids togeth\u00ader, about the same num\u00adber, and they all grabbed the rope, one at a time, grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly adding more. Then, with music play\u00ading, they pulled the car\u00adrots out and sang along as they pulled them out.<\/p>\n The sto\u00adry of \u201cLit\u00adtle Black Fish\u201d is a bit long. Lit\u00adtle Black Fish\u2019s fam\u00adi\u00adly, Lit\u00adtle Red Fish, was eat\u00aden by a big fish. Then, Lit\u00adtle Black Fish fled every\u00adwhere, only to find anoth\u00ader group of lit\u00adtle red fish. He dis\u00adcov\u00adered a beau\u00adti\u00adful under\u00adwa\u00adter world, but his fel\u00adlow fish were afraid to come out. What should he do? Here\u2019s a trick: Line them up like a big fish. Then, using the lit\u00adtle black fish as eyes, he trans\u00adforms into a giant fish. He wan\u00adders around like this, scar\u00ading away all the big fish.<\/p>\n How can you use this sto\u00adry as a game? Place the stools accord\u00ading to the num\u00adber of peo\u00adple in the group, remov\u00ading one stool each round. When the music starts, spin around. When the music stops, grab a stool. The win\u00adner is the black fish! This is a game invent\u00aded by Inspec\u00adtor Car\u00adrot.<\/p>\n There is anoth\u00ader way to play that requires props, a red hat and one or two black hats. The black hats rep\u00adre\u00adsent lit\u00adtle black fish, and the red hats rep\u00adre\u00adsent lit\u00adtle red fish. Danc\u00ading and play\u00ading in the music game are all games with rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly low exer\u00adcise require\u00adments.<\/p>\n Games that require more exer\u00adcise include \u201cCat and Mouse\u201d. There is anoth\u00ader game I rec\u00adom\u00admend for boys, because I think boys nowa\u00addays are not as \u201cfierce\u201d as we were back then. I think I can rec\u00adom\u00admend a game called \u201cCap\u00adture the Com\u00adman\u00adder\u201d (Touch and Crutch Game). Divide into two groups, each with a com\u00adman\u00adder, and each group is divid\u00aded into two groups, one group is the com\u00adman\u00adder\u2019s guard, and the oth\u00ader group is respon\u00adsi\u00adble for launch\u00ading the attack.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s talk about paint\u00ading. Excel\u00adlent pic\u00adture books are like art gal\u00adleries on paper. They not only allow read\u00aders to appre\u00adci\u00adate mas\u00adter\u00adpieces from a vari\u00adety of styles and cul\u00adtur\u00adal back\u00adgrounds, but also nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly stim\u00adu\u00adlate read\u00aders to take up paint\u00ading. How\u00adev\u00ader, it\u2019s impor\u00adtant to under\u00adstand that the images in pic\u00adture books are pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly used to con\u00advey sto\u00adries and emo\u00adtions. There\u00adfore, for young read\u00aders, the most inspir\u00ading cre\u00adative impuls\u00ades are often not those that adults con\u00adsid\u00ader ornate, but rather sim\u00adple, unpre\u00adten\u00adtious, and straight\u00adfor\u00adward works. This is a child\u2019s work, \u201cAnts and Water\u00admel\u00adons,\u201d with sim\u00adple col\u00adors and com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion.<\/p>\n This is \u201cHap\u00adpy Birth\u00adday, Moon\u201d drawn by the child him\u00adself. The child liked it so much that he had to draw the entire book. This is a child from a school for chil\u00addren of migrant work\u00aders.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s make veg\u00adetable paint\u00adings togeth\u00ader, such as \u201cA Gar\u00adden of Green Veg\u00adeta\u00adbles Becomes a Spir\u00adit,\u201d using egg\u00adplant, bit\u00adter mel\u00adon, lentils, cucum\u00adbers, pep\u00adpers, car\u00adrots, etc. You will find that when you real\u00adly inspire chil\u00addren, they are very cre\u00adative.<\/p>\n Stone painting\u2014Stone paint\u00ading is actu\u00adal\u00adly very sim\u00adple. All you need is a piece of ground, some mud, and then you can pick up all sorts of rocks. (Slideshow) This is Peter Rab\u00adbit, \u201cYou Look Deli\u00adcious,\u201d \u201cThe Giv\u00ading Tree,\u201d \u201cThe Ugly Duck,\u201d \u201cI Don\u2019t Know Who I Am.\u201d As long as you\u2019re cre\u00adative enough, you can do a lot of things.<\/p>\n Pic\u00adture books with char\u00adac\u00adters are gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly playable. The sim\u00adplest way to do this is to read them aloud in char\u00adac\u00adter, such as \u201cCroc\u00ado\u00addile is Afraid of the Den\u00adtist\u201d and \u201cThe Giv\u00ading Tree.\u201d How\u00adev\u00ader, it\u2019s even more fun to add props. The recent\u00adly released \u201cPigsy and the Big Bad Wolf\u201d comes with masks for per\u00adfor\u00admances, which is quite thought\u00adful.<\/p>\n Today I brought some props, like the Peking Opera Cats. This is Zhang Fei\u2019s face, this is Cao Cao\u2019s face, and this is Xia Hou\u00adjie. Recent\u00adly, I\u2019ve made some good props for the book \u201cLit\u00adtle Red Rid\u00ading Hood.\u201d The per\u00adfor\u00admance can be long or short. For a home per\u00adfor\u00admance, you can have few\u00ader char\u00adac\u00adters, but for kinder\u00adgarten or school, you can pre\u00adpare more.<\/p>\n Let me show you some stills. These are first-grade chil\u00addren. This is everyone\u2019s \u201chmm\u201d. \u201cHmm\u201d is their Baba. They can act it out with just a lump of mud.<\/p>\n This is a per\u00adfor\u00admance of \u201cMy Dad\u201d. Every\u00adone should act out what their dad is like.<\/p>\n This is a per\u00adfor\u00admance of \u201cI Have Friend\u00adship for Rent\u201d and this is a per\u00adfor\u00admance of \u201cCroc\u00ado\u00addile Afraid of Den\u00adtists\u201d.<\/p>\n These are sixth graders per\u00adform\u00ading \u201cThe Gruffa\u00adlo\u201d.<\/p>\n This was when we were in the dis\u00adas\u00adter area. There were musi\u00adcians pro\u00advid\u00ading accom\u00adpa\u00adni\u00adment, pic\u00adture books, and per\u00adfor\u00admances. The chil\u00addren loved it. They immersed them\u00adselves in the role, took on a part, and then per\u00adformed. They knew how the sto\u00adry was struc\u00adtured. It was so sim\u00adple.<\/p>\n This is the Chang\u00adban\u00adpo per\u00adfor\u00admance at Bei\u00adhang Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty a few days ago. It is not that com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded. It does not require cos\u00adtumes and props, and you don\u2019t have to reach a cer\u00adtain lev\u00adel to per\u00adform it. In fact, it can be per\u00adformed in a very sim\u00adple way.<\/p>\n Eat\u00ading. This is the most cre\u00adative activ\u00adi\u00adty, as there are so many pic\u00adture books about food, and you\u2019ll find that pic\u00adture books that focus on food are often the ones chil\u00addren love most, but there don\u2019t seem to be any that actu\u00adal\u00adly involve eat\u00ading. You need to come up with your own ideas. For exam\u00adple, after read\u00ading \u201cGreen Eggs and Ham,\u201d per\u00adhaps you\u2019d real\u00adly like to try mak\u00ading a dish? Or \u201cCloud Bread\u201d\u2014bread is easy, but clouds are hard to come by! I also trans\u00adlat\u00aded \u201cStone Soup,\u201d and you can find some stones and boil them. (Pho\u00adtos shown) Like these chil\u00addren\u2019s stone soup, we first washed a bunch of peb\u00adbles and then boiled them togeth\u00ader. It\u2019s a fun game, per\u00adfect for a pic\u00adnic, and it\u2019s very sim\u00adple.<\/p>\n Break\u00ading. This seem\u00ading\u00adly most tech\u00adni\u00adcal method is suit\u00adable for read\u00aders who enjoy play\u00ading with tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy and play\u00ading detec\u00adtive games. \u201cBreak\u00ading\u201d means to crack or solve a mys\u00adtery, and \u201cbreak\u00ading\u201d is a top\u00adic that many peo\u00adple are fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded by. You can exam\u00adine a pic\u00adture book from every angle: the cov\u00ader, the back cov\u00ader, the mate\u00adri\u00adals, the col\u00adors, the tex\u00adtures, the sym\u00adbols, and what each sym\u00adbol rep\u00adre\u00adsents. There\u2019s a cru\u00adcial way to read a pic\u00adture book: to look for details. This is a com\u00admon prac\u00adtice. When you don\u2019t find details in a pic\u00adture book, you\u2019ll find it quite bland, but once you do, it becomes incred\u00adi\u00adbly inter\u00adest\u00ading. For exam\u00adple, near\u00adly every work by Antho\u00adny Brown is rich with detail, like \u201cGoril\u00adla.\u201d When we see the goril\u00adla on the cov\u00ader, we often flip past it. But when you encounter Antho\u00adny Brown\u2019s work, you absolute\u00adly have to break it; oth\u00ader\u00adwise, it\u2019s bor\u00ading.<\/p>\n This image tells us the time of the sto\u00adry. It already tells you what time it takes place. This sto\u00adry might be ref\u00ader\u00adenc\u00ading a film, with many sym\u00adbol\u00adic con\u00adcepts being intro\u00adduced. Which film can you spot? \u2014 \u201cKing Kong.\u201d The time is mid\u00adnight, on a full-moon night, when sor\u00adcer\u00aders haunt. Fur\u00adther\u00admore, this is a very strange book; you can\u2019t inter\u00adpret it with com\u00admon sense. For exam\u00adple, the fig\u00adure is on top, with his legs below; the win\u00addow is a chess game; there are many details, like the fig\u00adure\u2019s head on top of the hat; there\u2019s a bot\u00adtle. Every\u00adthing tells you this is a strange book, and you can\u2019t inter\u00adpret it with com\u00admon sense. The goril\u00adla wear\u00ading a hat and a bow tie sug\u00adgests the sto\u00adry is about a girl and her rela\u00adtion\u00adship, which could be a ref\u00ader\u00adence to a per\u00adson, clear\u00adly a man. This image tells you so much, but you often skip over it when you encounter such books. You might even ask a child what they\u2019re read\u00ading after read\u00ading it dozens of times, and if you\u2019re not ful\u00adly engaged, you cer\u00adtain\u00adly don\u2019t under\u00adstand what they\u2019re read\u00ading. If we enjoy play\u00ading around, we\u2019ll find it full of fun and sur\u00adre\u00adal ele\u00adments. Of course, this is a sur\u00adre\u00adal\u00adist work, \u201cGoing to the Riv\u00ader with Uncle Gan\u201d is an impres\u00adsion\u00adist work, \u201cDawn\u201d is a work in the style of Chi\u00adnese clas\u00adsi\u00adcal cul\u00adture art, and so on. Each work car\u00adries a spe\u00adcial sym\u00adbol, the so-called \u201cbro\u00adken\u201d, and the fun lies here.<\/p>\n Many peo\u00adple have read the book \u201cGrand\u00adpa Will Find a Way.\u201d Grand\u00adpa makes a blan\u00adket, which becomes a coat. The coat becomes a hand\u00adker\u00adchief, which then becomes a but\u00adton. The but\u00adton even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly dis\u00adap\u00adpears, but it\u2019s there in the book. We usu\u00adal\u00adly only focus on the sto\u00adry above, and if we don\u2019t deci\u00adpher it, our enjoy\u00adment is lim\u00adit\u00aded to the sur\u00adface. This sto\u00adry teach\u00ades a moral or tells a sto\u00adry, but to deci\u00adpher it, you have to look below, at the details, not in the mid\u00addle or the focus. This way, we can see how the lit\u00adtle mouse fam\u00adi\u00adly begins their lives, the rela\u00adtion\u00adship between the top and the bot\u00adtom. Focus on the bot\u00adtom, then look at the top. The mouse has two lit\u00adters of pup\u00adpies. This is the first, and then the sec\u00adond. Final\u00adly, when the but\u00adton is lost\u2014a spe\u00adcial reminder: it actu\u00adal\u00adly reap\u00adpeared below. It was used for a spe\u00adcial pur\u00adpose. If you haven\u2019t seen this part in the book, go back and take a clos\u00ader look. We invest\u00aded so much, bought so many won\u00adder\u00adful works, and then missed so many things. What a shame! We must also take a clos\u00ader look. Final\u00adly, the but\u00adton is made into the top of a chair. While the per\u00adson at the top reads the sto\u00adry, the mouse below also tells the sto\u00adry. The but\u00adton will not be lost. When you fin\u00adish crack\u00ading it, you will find that it is anoth\u00ader sto\u00adry.<\/p>\n I also need to re-watch \u201cHen Rose Goes for a Walk\u201d. Last time I shared it with col\u00adlege stu\u00addents from Bei\u00adhang Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty for half an hour.<\/p>\n This seems to be the eas\u00adi\u00adest way to play. In fact, peo\u00adple use this trick most often in dai\u00adly life, but they often don\u2019t use it well.<\/p>\n How to chat with chil\u00addren? This is a com\u00adplex sub\u00adject. Cham\u00adbers once wrote a book specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly titled \u201cTalk About It,\u201d the Chi\u00adnese ver\u00adsion of which is includ\u00aded in \u201cCre\u00adat\u00ading a Chil\u00addren\u2019s Read\u00ading Envi\u00adron\u00adment.\u201d How\u00adev\u00ader, even read\u00ading this book does\u00adn\u2019t nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly mean you\u2019re ready to start a con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion. After read\u00ading it, you\u2019ll under\u00adstand that chat\u00adting with chil\u00addren is tru\u00adly a skill. More impor\u00adtant\u00adly, we need to be gen\u00aduine\u00adly inter\u00adest\u00aded in the book, just as the child is. If we haven\u2019t done our home\u00adwork and aren\u2019t gen\u00aduine\u00adly inter\u00adest\u00aded, it\u2019s best not to chat. In gen\u00ader\u00adal, I don\u2019t rec\u00adom\u00admend chat\u00adting about every book, as it can be harm\u00adful. There\u2019s a \u201cLit\u00adtle Big Read\u00ading Club\u201d in Tai\u00adwan that rec\u00adom\u00admends read\u00ading the words when there are words, and qui\u00adet\u00adly flip\u00adping through the pages when there aren\u2019t any. They believe that most, if not all, par\u00adents would turn this into a quiz. Of course, if you tem\u00adporar\u00adi\u00adly set aside the idea of \u201cwhat moral this book is sup\u00adposed to teach a child,\u201d it\u2019s fine to just chat about any\u00adthing. For exam\u00adple, if you\u2019re read\u00ading a book about wolves, you could start a con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion about a wolf in your home\u00adtown in the moun\u00adtains\u2026 That might be a bit exag\u00adger\u00adat\u00aded, but the point is to keep the con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion inter\u00adest\u00ading and rel\u00ade\u00advant to your own life.<\/p>\n Think. Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion, imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, and bound\u00adless day\u00addream\u00ading\u2026 this is the most per\u00adson\u00adal way to play. Once, at a sem\u00adi\u00adnar on read\u00ading (obvi\u00adous\u00adly, no chil\u00addren were in atten\u00addance), the top\u00adic some\u00adhow came up: \u201cLit\u00adtle Mouse\u2019s Vest.\u201d A friend who stud\u00adies phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy excit\u00aded\u00adly said, \u201cThis book is about Lao Tzu\u2019s phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy: take things as they come, isn\u2019t it?\u201d Every\u00adone was stunned at the time, but think\u00ading back, it made sense. Some might ask, \u201cCan chil\u00addren under\u00adstand this kind of phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy?\u201d Every\u00adone should be famil\u00adiar with \u201cLit\u00adtle Mouse\u2019s Vest\u201d:<\/p>\n \u201cMom made me a lit\u00adtle vest,\u201d said the lit\u00adtle mouse, \u201cIt looks great, does\u00adn\u2019t it?\u201d Then the duck came and said, \u201cWhat a beau\u00adti\u00adful lit\u00adtle vest, can I wear it?\u201d Then it was giv\u00aden to him and the duck squeezed in. Lat\u00ader, the mon\u00adkey came and said, \u201cWhat a beau\u00adti\u00adful lit\u00adtle vest, can I wear it?\u201d The mon\u00adkey put it on too, and then the sea lion, the lion, the horse, and then the ele\u00adphant came. Imag\u00adine that the ele\u00adphan\u00adt\u2019s vest burst, and the lit\u00adtle mouse looked and said, \u201cOh, my lit\u00adtle vest!\u201d The lit\u00adtle mouse\u2019s lit\u00adtle vest had become a long string of things\u2026 If the sto\u00adry end\u00aded here, it might be a sad sto\u00adry. The last scene showed the ele\u00adphant hold\u00ading the already long lit\u00adtle vest with his trunk, and the lit\u00adtle mouse was swing\u00ading on it. It could\u00adn\u2019t be worn any\u00admore, but it did\u00adn\u2019t mat\u00adter, it could just be a swing. In fact, the same applies to read\u00ading. The friend was very excit\u00aded, \u201cIsn\u2019t this Lao Tzu\u2019s phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy?\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, besides this kind of imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, there is also the bound\u00adless fan\u00adta\u00adsy of a child. Some\u00adtimes we ask a ques\u00adtion \u2014 can chil\u00addren under\u00adstand? In fact, we may not under\u00adstand what chil\u00addren under\u00adstand. If we take chil\u00addren as the stan\u00addard answer, you will find that chil\u00addren are genius\u00ades. If we take us as the stan\u00addard, you will think that chil\u00addren are stu\u00adpid.<\/p>\n Here I would like to share anoth\u00ader sto\u00adry with you: \u201cGoing to the Riv\u00ader with Uncle Gan\u201d.<\/p>\n Com\u00ading to the kinder\u00adgarten today remind\u00aded me of some\u00adthing that hap\u00adpened when my daugh\u00adter was in kinder\u00adgarten. The kinder\u00adgarten orga\u00adnized us to go out and play togeth\u00ader. I like play\u00ading with chil\u00addren, so I rode a tan\u00addem bicy\u00adcle. I was sup\u00adposed to return it, but I did\u00adn\u2019t. So I took a group of chil\u00addren to play. The chil\u00addren got on one by one. In fact, the legal lim\u00adit was two peo\u00adple, but lat\u00ader there were about ten peo\u00adple on. Among them, there was a very strong boy who ped\u00adaled in front with me, and we ran for\u00adward as a group. On the way, they saw some kids play\u00ading a new game over there, so a group of them ran over. The kid rid\u00ading next to me was the type that react\u00aded a lit\u00adtle slow\u00ader than the oth\u00aders. I told him he was doing well, because every\u00adone else was play\u00ading, and he was rid\u00ading with Uncle Ajia. But he ran away too, and when he jumped off the bike, a car was com\u00ading from the oppo\u00adsite direc\u00adtion. I was stunned at the time. Actu\u00adal\u00adly, it was\u00adn\u2019t a big deal. The car stopped when it saw him com\u00ading, but the kid bumped into the car him\u00adself, but every\u00adone saw it. A kid who got off Aji\u00ada\u2019s bike hit the car. His moth\u00ader was a lit\u00adtle excit\u00aded that day, and lat\u00ader scold\u00aded me. I have always felt guilty. For\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly, the child was fine, but after I went home that day, I thought about it for two days and remem\u00adbered a book. The book had not been pub\u00adlished at the time, and it was an Eng\u00adlish ver\u00adsion. I had a copy, so I said I would talk to the teacher if I could tell the chil\u00addren a sto\u00adry as an apol\u00ado\u00adgy. So I remem\u00adbered this book at the time \u2014 \u201cGoing to the Riv\u00ader with Uncle Gan\u201d. Text\/Photo: John Burn\u00ading\u00adham, Trans\u00adla\u00adtion: Lin Liang.<\/p>\n He is Uncle Gan<\/p>\n Uncle Gan has a boat and his home is by the riv\u00ader.<\/p>\n One day, Uncle Gan was about to go boat\u00ading on the riv\u00ader.<\/p>\n The two chil\u00addren said, \u201cCan we go with you?\u201d<\/p>\n Uncle Gan said, \u201cIt\u2019s fine, as long as you don\u2019t make noise.\u201d<\/p>\n The hare said, \u201cUncle Gan, can I come with you? Is that okay?\u201d<\/p>\n Uncle Gan said, \u201cIt\u2019s okay, but you can\u2019t jump around.\u201d<\/p>\n The cat said, \u201cI real\u00adly want to take a boat ride.\u201d<\/p>\n Uncle Gum said \u201cOkay, but you can\u2019t chase rab\u00adbits.\u201d<\/p>\n The dog said, \u201cCan you take me with you?\u201d<\/p>\n Uncle Gan said, \u201cOkay, but you can\u2019t mess with cats.\u201d<\/p>\n The pig said, \u201cUncle Gum, can I go? Please, please!\u201d<\/p>\n Uncle Gan said, \u201cCome on, but you can\u2019t move back and forth.\u201d<\/p>\n The sheep said, \u201cIs there room for me?\u201d<\/p>\n Uncle Gan said, \u201cThere is a space, but you can\u2019t bleat.\u201d<\/p>\n The chick\u00aden also said, \u201cCan we go too?\u201d<\/p>\n Uncle Gan said, \u201cIt\u2019s okay, but you can\u2019t flap your wings.\u201d<\/p>\n The cow said, \u201cCan you make room for me?\u201d<\/p>\n Uncle Gan said, \u201cSure, as long as you don\u2019t step on any\u00adthing.\u201d<\/p>\n The goat said, \u201cUncle Gum, can I join you?\u201d<\/p>\n Uncle Gan said, \u201cWel\u00adcome, wel\u00adcome, but don\u2019t kick around.\u201d<\/p>\n Every\u00adone was hap\u00adpy at first<\/p>\n But after a while Every\u00adone fell into the water<\/p>\n Uncle Gan and the goats, the cows,<\/p>\n With chick\u00adens, sheep, pigs,<\/p>\n With dogs, cats, rab\u00adbits,<\/p>\n Swim to the shore with the chil\u00addren<\/p>\n Then climb ashore and let the sun dry you out<\/p>\n Uncle Gan said we had no choice but to walk home across the grass.<\/p>\n I invite you to my house for tea<\/p>\n (They had a stan\u00addard after\u00adnoon tea)<\/p>\n Uncle Gan said, \u201cGood\u00adbye, let\u2019s go boat\u00ading next time!\u201d<\/p>\n This sto\u00adry seems sim\u00adple. Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Nord\u00admann wrote a long paper about noth\u00ading but the first page of this book. He ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded this paper to this sin\u00adgle page. If you were to delve into it, there\u2019s a lot to research. What exact\u00adly is this sto\u00adry about? It\u2019s hard for me to judge, but at that moment, I remem\u00adbered this book and told it to the chil\u00addren. Do you under\u00adstand why I told this sto\u00adry? This book is very spe\u00adcial to me, and I believe it holds a spe\u00adcial place in my mem\u00ado\u00adry for those chil\u00addren, espe\u00adcial\u00adly the one I bumped into.<\/p>\n When Uncle Gan got up, he did\u00adn\u2019t say, \u201cWhy are you like this? I told you not to stop, but you kept shout\u00ading. I told you not to make noise, but you kept mak\u00ading noise.\u201d He just said, \u201cGet up. We have to cross the grass and go home. After we have tea, we will play togeth\u00ader next time.\u201d<\/p>\n Why should pic\u00adture books be played this way? To max\u00adi\u00admize their poten\u00adtial, this includes lin\u00adguis\u00adtic, artis\u00adtic, mul\u00adti\u00adple intel\u00adli\u00adgences, diverse lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adcy skills, and the devel\u00adop\u00adment of a healthy per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty. But how do we best use them? I\u2019ve only pro\u00advid\u00aded a demon\u00adstra\u00adtion. At its core, it all comes down to one word: play. Shar\u00ading, enjoy\u00ading, and expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading the process with chil\u00addren is how pic\u00adture books are most effec\u00adtive\u00adly used. Help\u00ading chil\u00addren fall in love with read\u00ading should be based on hap\u00adpi\u00adness. For exam\u00adple, what is the best way to read? What\u00adev\u00ader makes you and your child hap\u00adpi\u00adest is the best. It seems so sim\u00adple, but it is real\u00adly not easy to do.<\/p>\n Pic\u00adture books pro\u00advide infi\u00adnite pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties for read\u00ading; this type of work pro\u00advides infi\u00adnite pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties for read\u00ading. You will find that it can be used in kinder\u00adgartens, at home, in schools and even when teach\u00ading at uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties. It pro\u00advides var\u00adi\u00adous pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties. The key is not what book to use, but how we use it and how we play with it.<\/p>\n The joy of read\u00ading pic\u00adture books is not exclu\u00adsive to chil\u00addren; if you think that my child will like this sto\u00adry, but I will just for\u00adget about it, then this sto\u00adry has not real\u00adly touched you, and it is def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly not the best sto\u00adry. Only if this sto\u00adry is extreme\u00adly valu\u00adable to me, extreme\u00adly use\u00adful, and has a lot to think about, then it is a tru\u00adly good book, at least very valu\u00adable to you.<\/p>\n Of course, pic\u00adture books aren\u2019t the only thing chil\u00addren can read, but they are undoubt\u00aded\u00adly the \u201cseeds of hap\u00adpi\u00adness\u201d! We should choose pic\u00adture books of dif\u00adfer\u00adent styles, and when read\u00ading books of dif\u00adfer\u00adent styles, gen\u00adres, and themes, we should also choose dif\u00adfer\u00adent books. 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\nSu Wu herd\u00aded sheep by the North Sea.
\nSnowy and icy land\u00adscape, detained for nine\u00adteen years.
\nThirsty, they drink snow; hun\u00adgry, they devour felt.
\nSleep\u00adless nights in the wilder\u00adness
\nWith the Han dynasty in mind, and dreams of sav\u00ading their home\u00adland,
\nHav\u00ading endured count\u00adless hard\u00adships, the fes\u00adti\u00adval has end\u00aded but the jour\u00adney has not yet end\u00aded.
\nSit\u00adting alone in the freez\u00ading cold,
\nThe sound of the huqin (a type of reed pipe instru\u00adment) some\u00adtimes brings a pang of sad\u00adness to my ears\u2026<\/p>\n
\nSu Wu herd\u00ading sheep by the North Sea
\nNine\u00adteen years of con\u00adfine\u00adment in snowy and icy con\u00addi\u00adtions
\nThirsty, drink snow; hun\u00adgry, eat felt.
\nNight falls, night sleeps alone
\nThe dream of the Han Dynasty is in my heart, and my old home\u00adland is in my heart
\nAfter going through so much hard\u00adship, I still haven\u2019t returned
\nSit\u00adting alone in the freez\u00ading cold
\nThe sound of the huqin (a type of reed pipe) is often heart\u00adbreak\u00ading.<\/p>\n
\nWhite-haired girl lean\u00ading against the wood\u00aden door
\nA beau\u00adti\u00adful woman guards an emp\u00adty bed\u00adcham\u00adber.
\nAt three o\u2019clock in the morn\u00ading, I entered a dream, uncer\u00adtain about safe\u00adty and dan\u00adger
\nHeartache and despair
\nEven dur\u00ading major hol\u00adi\u00addays, there are still many loss\u00ades.
\nRam not yet lac\u00adtat\u00ading
\nUnbe\u00adknownst to them, life will even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly come.
\nReturn\u00ading with the Han envoy<\/p>\n
\nGoat Kick\u00ading
\nCow step\u00adping on things
\nChick\u00aden wings
\nMianyang bleat\u00ading
\nPigs swing back and forth
\nThe dog pro\u00advoked the cat
\nCat chas\u00ading rab\u00adbit
\nRab\u00adbit jump\u00ading around
\nChil\u00addren mak\u00ading a fuss
\nThe boat cap\u00adsized<\/p>\n
\nsum\u00adma\u00adry:<\/p>\n
\n\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb Lec\u00adture tran\u00adscript part 1<\/a> Lec\u00adture tran\u00adscript part 2<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"