Star light, star bright
First star, I see tonight
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish
I wish tonight
第一天, 很有诗意的一首小诗,希望小宝仰望天空的时候能够有感而发,所以本周挑选了这首rhyme。告诉小宝:Long ago, people used to believe if they saw fist star appear in the night sky, you could make a wish on that star and it would come true. 小宝似懂非懂,以后实践一下。
我照例读上五六遍,这首小诗对小宝挺难的,因为他发不出S的音。
Hiccup, hiccup
Go away
Come again another day
Hiccup, hiccup
When I bake
I’ll give you a butter cake
小宝早就知道hiccup的意思,以后打嗝的时候就可以用上这首童谣了。我先解释bake, butter cake。告诉小宝:What is the woman doing? She’s baking. What’s she baking? She’s baking a cake. What kind of cake is she baking? A butter cake, she’s baking a butter cake. People say this rhyme to help the hiccups go away. Ok, let’s read it. 读上五六遍。
2,One two three four
One two three four
Mary’s at the cottage door
Five six seven eight
Eating cherries off a plate
这首rhyme中cottage door是个难点,我先告诉小宝:The woman is named Mary. Where is she standing? She’s standing by the door. Have you ever seen a door like this? It’s an interesting door, where the top opens and the bottom stays closed. We call it cottage door. You’ll see it in the countryside.
再看下面樱桃的图片,因为是黑白打印,完全看不出樱桃的样子,我自己在旁边画了几颗。告诉小宝:Do you see the cherries at the bottom of the page? Have you eaten some of those cherries? Yes, you have. Do you know the item in which the cherries are sitting? It’s a plate. Cherries are sitting in a plate. Ok, let’s read it.
Jan Brett根据自己小时候的经历创作的作品,我引导小宝观察每一页clothesline上不断减少的衣服,再解读后面发生的故事,小宝很努力的理解并吸收,他也是很喜欢这本书呢。再看封底一箩筐的衣服,我试着问宝宝:What happened at last? What happened to Lisa’s clothes? 经过我几次细细的讲解,小宝给出了答案:wash again。没错,封底的插画告诉我们 Lisa got back all her clothes, but she has to wash them again and hang them up again on the clothesline. And this time I think animals will not take away Lisa’s clothes, because they understand animals should never ever wear clothes.
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
Had a wife
And couldn’t keep her
Put her in a pumpkin shell
And there
He kept her very well
这些童谣的边上都有一两幅插画,用于理解,我的做法就是先把图片上的内容结合童谣给宝宝讲解几遍,童谣中出现的生词着重要解释。然后才开始指读童谣。
这首童谣的插画是一个叫Peter的男人倚靠在墙上,对着她的妻子微笑,而她的妻子呢,被放在南瓜壳里,脸上无比惊讶的表情。这首童谣的内容或许不是很适合宝宝,但是我们都喜欢这个节奏。
我告诉宝宝,This man peeking over the wall is Peter, he is a Pumpkin Eater. Pumpkin Eater我查了解释说是养不起老婆的人,那就没必要跟宝宝解释了,直接一句话带过 So we call this man Peter Pumpkin Eater. And the woman is his wife. You know wife? Mom is dad’s wife. Grandma is grandpa’s wife. We live together. Where is Peter’s wife sitting? She’s sitting in a pumpkin shell. Look carefully at the faces of both Peter Pumpkin Eater and his wife. Who looks happy? Who looks surprised? Why did Peter put his wife in a pumpkin shell? Because the pumpkin shell is there Peter could keep her wife very well. 我基本上都是自问自答,等下次再读的时候我会让宝宝回答。
明年可以将中西方的节日慢慢介绍给小宝,现在只是很简单的告诉小宝,Easter is a religious holiday in Western Countries. Easter Eggs and Easter Bunny are the popular images of the holiday. You can always see them, when we read some others books that about Easter Holiday.
Bear at home
Bear on a bike的作者,又是一套启蒙类的好书。Bear at home 看似简单,但是要让小宝来充分认识小熊的家还是需要下一点功夫的,小熊家是house,有上下两层,每一层都设有不同的房间,作者最后给我们画出了平面图。
本周新书:
Helen Oxenbury的启蒙读物,I CAN, I TOUCH, I HEAR,一幅画一个单词的形式,婴儿级别的小书,是借来给小宝自己阅读的,目的还是在于鼓励他开口。
Helen Oxenbury的经典之作 We are going on a bear hunt
虽然是纸板书,但我一直以为书本太厚文字太多,现在拿出来一读,真是鄙视自己的想当然。这本书语言如此简单,句型重复,用恰到好处的拟声词表现猎熊过程中的场景,对小宝来说是再合适不过的书了。事实也证明,这本书是继Little blue and little yellow之后的第二本要求被读了十来遍的书。经典的绘本是不容错过的。
The very quiet cricket
卡爷爷的书哪有不爱的道理,绘画传神,色彩感强,知识丰富,装帧精良,不知不觉就让孩子们产生了对科普的兴趣。小一点的宝宝或许只能当认知书来讲,大一点的宝宝则可以挖掘更多的内容。比如这本,除了认识各种昆虫外,还知道了cricket是怎么发生的?rub his wings together。太小的蟋蟀还发不出声音,随着故事的推进,小蟋蟀一点点长大,到最后长成了成年蟋蟀,并且成功地发出了声音。
了解各种工程车的一套好书,知识点很多:Wrecker 清障车 Swing Rosie’s wrecking ball to knock down a building.
Dump gravel (碎石)from dump truck Dan. Moving tow truck Ted’s hook up and down to save his good friend.
一直没搞明白Monster truck是干什么的。
本周Star light , star bright
Star light, star bright
First star, I see tonight
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish
I wish tonight
第一天, 很有诗意的一首小诗,希望小宝仰望天空的时候能够有感而发,所以本周挑选了这首rhyme。告诉小宝:Long ago, people used to believe if they saw fist star appear in the night sky, you could make a wish on that star and it would come true. 小宝似懂非懂,以后实践一下。
我照例读上五六遍,这首小诗对小宝挺难的,因为他发不出S的音。
第二天, 还是读上五六遍,小宝试着跟读,一字一句,非常认真,非常好学,读不下来的就要妈妈读,真是让人感动。
第三天, 试着在网上找了这首rhyme,是两个外国小女孩朗读的,发音地道,很有感情,我们看了五六遍,最后一遍我鼓励小宝和姐姐们一起朗读,小宝轻轻地跟下来了。
第四天, 今天累的够呛,打发小宝和爷爷玩去了。
第五天, Flash挨个看了遍,小宝是真喜欢呀。可我又犯愁了,本想借flash让小宝学的轻松些,可是又增加了视频的内容,小宝每天都念叨着要看,这双小眼睛让人担心啊。
第六天, 小宝顺利的读下来了,当然发音还是不清晰。
第七天, 回外婆外公家过中秋罗,赏月的同时来一首小诗吧。