But after five years of parent-child reading, I found that picture books can enrich children's vocabulary, give children a more accurate expression of language and stimulate their imagination. For example, when I was two years old, because I read Dear Fish, the chicken said to me, "Mom, you let me go, but I came back." In that case. I almost think that she may inherit my mantle in the future. However, the fact is that the surprise brought by a lot of reading is only in the first three years of children's rapid development. After that, reading may only be regarded as a kind of parent-child companionship.
Forgive me for throwing cold water on this, because if you don't know how to read pictures and what intensive reading and chatting are, a picture book will be shelved if children don't ask to read it once, even if they read it repeatedly, it will be no different from the last time. Then, the utility of a picture book is really too low. For a picture book of 30 yuan, you may only read the value of 50 cents to your child in the end.
What is a real "reading" picture book?
Song Juzhi, a Japanese picture book master, believes that picture books have two languages, Chinese and pictures. Everyone knows that words are a language and can also be used for reading, but the understanding of pictures often stays at the level of seeing with the eyes or appreciating the most. In fact, the pictures in picture books can also be read as a language. Some parents have complained that picture books like PuPuPuPuPuPuPu don't know how to say it at all, and there are only one or two words on a page. In fact, this test is the ability of parents to look at pictures.
There are three tips for reading pictures given by the master:
The first is to look at the picture instead of the text when you get the picture book. Start with the cover, read carefully one by one, and observe the lines, shapes and structures. Together, these three things hide the power of telling stories.
In fact, when the creator painted the first line, he was already conveying his thoughts and feelings. The density of lines can create the texture and lightness of the picture, and the rigidity and softness of lines can present the situation of the picture or the feelings of the characters.
Take "Poppy" as an example, the first few pages almost all tell the story through the ups and downs of a line. At first, a straight line divided the picture into two parts. Blue usually represents peace. At this time, I pointed with my finger, "Shh ……". As the plot progressed, my lines fluctuated, and at the same time, there was a hint of yellow in the blue.
With the turning of the pages, the ups and downs of the lines become larger, conveying a powerful force that echoes the colors. From the beginning, it gradually turns yellow, then orange, and then red, which is a common upgrade of strength and emotion, until EULAN SPA01's yellow-green little guy is swallowed in one gulp. The plot of this picture book is almost always driven by the changes of lines and colors. This is what Naoki Matsuju said, the power of telling stories.
Second, capture every detail in the picture. This is mentioned in the article "These five little secrets are still hidden in small picture books, and 99% of parents may have ignored them".
However, from which levels to explore the details of the author's "ambush"? This may be a big problem for parents who have less experience in looking at pictures.
In fact, knowing the elements of some images can probably get information from the images of picture books and lead children to further explore the secrets of picture books.
For example, composition, position, the arrangement of moving lines of characters, the creator's perspective, the design of mirrors, the contrast of characters, the color and tone of images, the brightness and chromaticity of pictures, etc. ...
Take "riding a duck" as an example. I was only two and a half years old when I first read it to a chicken. At that time, I didn't know how to read pictures. I just read according to the words. However, when the duck rode in front of the horse, he pointed to the photo and said, "The horse is big, but the duck is small." I just carefully looked at the proportion of ducks in different pictures.
The duck rides next to the cat and the horse, giving the camera a distant view or close-up. Because the attitude of cats and horses towards ducks is either disdain or arrogance, which also highlights the personality characteristics of these two animals. They either live in their own values and are unwilling to accept new things, or they are self-righteous and limited by their own limitations. A free horse understands the outside world through a framework. Does this also coincide with the idea that the author wants to express-sometimes powerful people will draw a prison.
Later, when the duck passed by the mouse, the picture was contrasted. The mouse becomes very small, and the duck occupies more than half of the picture. At this time, the ducks are full of confidence, but the mice feel inferior and insignificant.
When the chicken was five years old, we took out this picture book and read it again. The psychological activities and expressions of each animal can be discussed together for a long time. In the photo of the back ring lining, the duck stood in front of a tractor and touched his chin thoughtfully. I asked the chicken, what is the duck thinking? The chicken said, I guess it is thinking about how to start this tractor.
Later, we even made up a "Travels of Ducks Driving Tractors" orally. Want to know how to play with children and how to compile picture books, please pay attention to the official account of Hello Blue Bean WeChat, there will be more practical and interesting dry goods.
Third, after reading every detail of the picture, we should pay attention to the continuity and change between the pictures, whether to ensure the integrity of the story and whether it has dramatic effect.
The graphic information obtained from a single page, after mastering the clues in the picture with children through reasoning, must link and integrate the clues of the whole book and establish a comprehensive understanding context, in order to fully understand the theme that the author wants to convey.
And this is also a criterion to judge a good picture book, whether the picture itself can tell a story. If the picture is not coherent enough or even uses a lot of descriptive words, it can't be regarded as a good picture book, even if the picture is beautiful. Song Juzhi also believes that descriptive words in picture books are taboo.
After watching the pictures with children, it is of great benefit to help children understand the picture book by linking and integrating the contents and clues of the pictures with children, telling stories together and even performing.
After reading the picture, I didn't get to the text. Read aloud and continue to pay attention to the plot and structure of the story while reading. When children integrate their life experiences and feelings into the spiritual garden of the creator, they will feel a real and profound growth, as if they have found a spiritual map connected with each other.
Another additional gain is the ability of "graphic sense" cultivated through picture books.
What is graphic ability? Simply put, it is to be able to keenly perceive the graphic information in the book and emerge rich reading clues, thus developing children's understanding and expression skills. This may be of great benefit to children who need to "look at pictures and talk" in primary schools.
Of course, reading picture books should not be utilitarian. The most basic thing is that picture books open the inner world between us and our children, and let us learn to discover the world of another dimension with children's eyes, so as to establish a deeper connection with children.
In the words of Master Song Juzhi, the more important role of picture books is to impress children's hearts by making them feel happy and joyful, so as to stay in their hearts. Only by touching the joy of the soul can it become a force for survival and promote the growth of children.