这是整个熊系列的第一本,熊在冬眠,他的朋友们一个一个登场了,但熊没什么反应,继续呼呼大睡。
当小动物们在他的洞里又唱又跳,熊醒了,先发了一通脾气,但突然意识到自己在睡觉没能have fun,
一下又很低落。熊和小动物们成为朋友,大家一起玩。最后熊精神啦,小动物们都睡着了。
小毛看这书的时候,就和熊一样,情绪好像过山车,开始纳闷熊怎么不停睡啊,看到熊醒了咆哮,自己也
跟着起哄撒呓挣,然后熊哭起来,小毛又说 I feel bad for the bear;最后看到大家一起玩,又开心不得了。
小孩子的可爱之处就在此吧
鸽子系列总是很火爆,想借很多次都街完了,最近终于撞到两本最经典的
don't let the pigeon drive the bus
小毛最近学会了狡辩,经常“但是”、“可是”的给自己找理由,每天daycare放学,都赖着不走,要求five more minutes,
要么就是I'm sad.I want to play with XXX之类的。所以说读鸽子系列的书,很合适啊,绝对是换位思考。
以前见有家长说,这不是教给小朋友找理由么,我们到没这个感觉了。
第一页的promise非常重要,小毛很认真地点头说I will not let him drive the bus. I will keep my promise.
书进行到一半的时候,小毛有点支撑不住了,觉得鸽子很有道理,好几次就要说yes了,但很快又晓得自己的使命是什么。
妈妈强调说,有些事儿,不可以就是不可以,找什么理由都不可以。小毛竟然平静地说“我明白”,
但马上说,鸽子现在喜欢那卡车了,可能不想开公交车了呢。{:soso_e114:}
这本是the little mouse, the red ripe strawberry and the big hungry bear的续篇,重点强调分享和关怀。
开始还是小老鼠忙活圣诞节,堆了很多的礼物,接着画外音提醒它大饿熊可能会惦记它的礼物。就像第一本书
一样,小老鼠用了很多办法把自己的礼物藏起来。但后来小老鼠得知,大饿熊自己在寒冷黑暗的山洞里冬眠,
非常孤独可怜,连santa都不给它送礼物。善良的小老鼠扮成santa去给大饿熊送礼物,还意外收到了熊送给它的礼物。
漂亮的圣诞树下堆着很多礼物,一上来小毛的注意力就被吸引了,后来看到对大饿熊的描述,尤其是知道熊没有得到
santa的礼物时,非常难过,特别同情它。
第二天早上,小毛就现学现卖了,对妈妈说,“我很孤独,就想昨晚书里那只熊,在寒冷的山洞里自己冬眠,好孤独啊。”
妈妈当时吃惊地不得了,寻思这孩子怎么一大早就抑郁啊,没想到人家接着说:can I have a cookie? thank you. and one more cupcake, please. {:soso_e127:} 原来大妈我,中计了。
A strong wind is blowing. It blows flowerseeds high in the air and carries them far across the land. One of the seeds istiny, smaller than any of the others. Will it be able to keep up with theothers? And where are they all going?
One of the seeds flies higher than theothers. Up, up it goes! It flies too high and the sun’s hot rays burn it up.But the tiny seed sails on with the others.
Another seed lands on a tall and icymountain. The ice never melts and the seed cannot grow. The rest of the seedsfly on. But the tiny seed does not go as fast as the others.
Now they fly over the ocean. One seed fallsinto the water and drowns. The others sail on with the wind. But the tiny seeddoes not go as high as the others.
One seed drifts down onto the desert. It ishot and dry, and the seed cannot grow. Now the tiny seed is flying very low,but the wind pushed it on with the others.
Finally, the wind stops and the seeds fallgently down on the ground. A bird comes by and eats one seed. The tiny seed isnot eaten. It is so small that the bird does not see it.
Now it is winter. After their long trip,the seeds settle down. They look just as if they are going to sleep in theearth. Snow falls and covers them like a soft white blanket. A hungry mousethat also lives in the ground eats a seed for his lunch. But the tiny seed liesvery still and the mouse does not see it.
Now it is spring. After a few months, thesnow has melted. It is really spring! Birds fly by. The sun shines. Rain falls.The seeds grow so round and full they start to burst open a little.
Now they are not seeds any more. They areplants. First they send roots down into the earth. Then their little stems andleaves begin to grow up toward the sun and air. There is another plant thatgrows much faster than the new little plants. It is a big fat weed. And ittalks all the sunlight and the rain away from one of the small new plants. And thatlittle plant dies.
The tiny seed hasn’t begun to grow yet. It willbe too late! Hurry! But finally it too starts to grow in to a plant.
The warm weather also brings the childrenout to play. They too have been waiting for the sun and spring time. One childdoesn’t see the plants as he runs along and Oh! He breaks one! Now it cannotgrow any more.
The tiny plant that grew from the tiny seedis growing fast, but its neighbor grows even faster. Before the tiny plant hasthree leaves, the other plant has seven! And look! A bud! And now even aflower!
But what is happening? First there arefootsteps. Then a shadow looms over them. Then a hand reaches down and breaksff the flower.
A boy has picked the flower to give to afriend.
It is summer. Now the tiny plant from thetiny seed is all alone. It grows on and on. It doesn’t stop. The sun shines onit and the rain waters it. It has many leaves. It grows taller and taller. It istaller than the people. It is taller than the trees. It is taller than thehouses. And now a flower grows on it. People come from far and near to look atthis flower. It is the tallest flower they have ever seen. It is a giantflower.
All summer long the birds and bees andbutterflies come visiting. They have never seen such a big and beautifulflower.
Now it is autumn again. The days grow shorter.The nights grow cooler. And the wind carries yellow and red leaves past theflower. Some petals drop from the giant flower and they sail along with thebright leaves over the land and down to the ground.
The wind blows harder. The flower has lostalmost all of its petals. It sways ad bends away from the wind. But the windgrows stronger and shakes the flower. Once more the wind shakes the flower, andthis time the flower’s seed pod opens. Out come many tiny seeds that quicklysail far away on the wind.
elephant & piggie系列
这个系列的书很多,都是给一年级或K的同学读的。妈妈觉得这种干净的粉蓝色很舒服,就借了回家。
本以为小毛可能不会太喜欢这种情节图画简单的书,不过Gerald和piggie总是很夸张的样子,
常逗得小毛咯咯笑。加上不断重复的句子,似乎最后小朋友自己都会念了。
小毛最喜欢Can I play too?和Pigs make me sneeze! 原因很简单,小蛇被砸的晕头转向,以及piggie被喷嚏
震得飞出去的样子很好笑。从学习上的收获讲,学会了说I don't think.....
后来直接用到自己心仪的女生身上:I don't think Jasmine is nice to me. She broke my heart. {:soso_e101:}
很惭愧妈妈以前没看过这个小故事,很久以前看一个电视剧,男配角讽刺脚踩两只船的女配角是goldilocks,
当时没明白是什么意思。
后来看了what your kindergartner needs to know? 这是一套大纲式的书,非常适合母语不是英文的孩子,
提供了很多必要的文化背景知识,减少culture illiteracy。书里面就有这个故事,和小红帽什么的一样。
小毛两岁听这个故事的时候,主要是了解了大中小的概念,妈妈以为都没什么印象了。
结果三岁重读一个绘本,小朋友还记得呢,让妈妈很欣慰。
绘本的优点是结局比较温馨,三只熊没有冲Goldilocks大嚷大叫,而是继续煮粥吃。
重读这个故事,小毛更有了家庭的概念,最近喜欢说自己是baby bear,说我们是快乐的bear family
Love you forever
妈妈本来不是很喜欢这类书,觉得都是给大人自娱自乐的,包括 guess how much i love you那种。
某日电视上重播friends,joey在emma一岁的生日读了这本书,于是把这书拿出来给读了,
结果就是妈妈措不及防地哭了,让小毛很迷茫。
自己带了两年多孩子,没有任何人的帮忙,工作、添饱三张嘴、terrible two、horrible three,
经常说如果孩子有receipt、就要退回去,但到了晚上看见他熟睡的脸,总是恨不得亲个几百下,
和书里的描述立即产生共鸣。
小毛爸爸觉得书里的老妈妈爬到成年儿子的房间里抱着他那页非常creepy,妈妈觉得是wonderfully creepy啊
小毛还是妈妈的跟屁虫,不明白书里的人长大了为什么不喜欢和妈妈讲话,很认真地亲了妈妈还有泪水的脸,
然后说:don't worry,I 'll love you forever.
Alexander and the terrile, horrible, not good, very bad day
这本书让小毛第一次听说Australia这个地方。书里的小男孩每当心情不好时,就说自己要搬到澳大利亚去。
整个故事讲述了小朋友“倒霉”的一天,小毛看了第一反映时,他怎么总是气哄哄的,直接想起了eric Carle
的the very grouchy ladybug,表示Alexander is very grouchy。接着小毛说,自己不喜欢这本书,让他心情很不好。
结果过了两天,小毛主动要求看这本书 理由是“because I'm quite upset today”。看完之后,经过妈妈旁敲侧击,
小朋友讲述了自己为什么心情不好,什么cross,sad,mad,angry,upset全用上了,最后还强调 I had a very bad day.
Alexander, who's not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) going to move
以为小毛不太喜欢Alexander这几本书,大概是最近小朋友的毛不太顺,每天都吭吭唧唧的,结果就是
每天都要看一遍alexander,尤其是那本terrible,horrible, not good, very bad day.
这本书讲了Alexander一家人要relocate,小朋友不愿搬家的故事。
由于小毛明年可能就要回到北京了,妈妈最近开始给小朋友灌输要move的概念。
读了这本书,小毛一下很敏感,马上问自己如果回到北京,是不是就见不到几个好朋友了,妈妈说是的。
结果小毛的反应比alexander还要强烈,虽然没有到离家出走,但也哭哭啼啼了半天。
坚决不能再看这本书了!
小毛最近几个月表达自己和哪个大人好时,爱说“I'm your teddy bear." 对各种熊的故事都满有兴致。
麻麻觉得这本书语言的流动感很好,节奏有张有驰,让小朋友在寂寞、悬疑、冒险和爱的感觉中前行,过程却很
放松舒适、不会害怕。
小朋友长大了,感情愈发细腻、层次也很丰富,在读书的时候有很明显的体现。看eric carle的书,的确是一种
寓教于乐、求知的状态,小眼睛咕噜噜的表明在往脑袋里装;看Corduroy的时候,会很安静,为小熊的各种美好
期许表示赞同,对它最初的失落似乎感同身受。
看到Lisa的妈妈说 已经买了很多玩具、这只小熊有点旧了、还少了一颗扣子 的时候,小毛真是好失落啊;最后lisa说
I just like the way you are的时候,小毛表现的很释然,还突然唱起了bruno mars的the way you are
后来有次出门,小毛突然问电梯是escalator 还是elevator,问corduroy为什么不坐elevator,一副若有所思的样子
小毛几个月大的时候,有段时间很喜欢坐在一本max takes the train的地板书上,现在又看max的故事,
一点都不记得了,很陌生的样子。这本书分三个部分,分别是carry me, talk to me 和sing to me
就小毛来说,他到现在还是喜欢别人抱 {:soso_e101:},所以超级享受第一个故事,就是无论爸妈做什么都要瞎掺和了
小毛会说话以后有点话痨,第二个故事有点像他平时和妈妈的对话;第三个故事有点浪漫情怀,小男生不太感兴趣
Bear wants more
这回熊饿了,怎么吃都吃不饱得说,每页都是but bear wants more! 小毛很乐意重复这句话啊,
最后熊饱了、动不了了,朋友们开始饿了。
话说,母语非英语的孩子在daycare学会的第一句英文是什么,这个在包括我家小同学在内的多个
小朋友身上都验证了,那就是more, please! 对小朋友来说,饥饿绝对是促使迈出第一步的本能啊{:soso_e113:}