Last week's "Looking Back" series talked about so many things I did before going to school, and the most helpful thing was intensive reading (click for reference). China people are surprised by the language and thinking advantages brought by intensive reading, without worrying about mathematics. The greatest value is that it has brought us enough "redundancy" and can really achieve "double reduction".

By the way, the "roar" sound:

Our "but we called and urged for a thousand times before she came to us" reading and thinking class finally set sail!

There are still many friends who privately think that Ma Qian wants to improve her status. The point is that I don't have this "power".

If you miss it, click on the article to see if there are any vacancies. If not, you can only wait for 22 years of summer vacation ~

In order to comfort Ma Bao (-_-||) who didn't come in the summer vacation on February1and didn't come this time, I specially prepared today's article:

Share two sets of books that Chihiro and I have read and think are super suitable for intensive reading, one set is suitable for before 7 years old and the other is suitable for 7+ years old.

In this way, even if you can't "walk with us" for the time being, you can use the ample time of the holiday to read first, so that your child's thinking ability can go to a higher level ~

These two sets of books are very special, and they are all "varieties" that naturally stimulate thinking.

Because they have their own connotations, the story is not complicated but has a aftertaste after reading it, which is particularly easy to induce the baby's desire to think and discuss.

When you read it, you will be surprised to find that before using any method, the baby begins to think positively and express it eagerly, without the mother paying any price.

0 1

first episode

Leo Leoni's Classic Works

Publishing House: Nanhai Publishing Company

Suitable reading age: 4~7 years old

(Source Dangdang)

In recent years, Chihiro has read at least five or six thousand picture books, most of which are single books. There is only one author who I dare recommend to this album, and he is the famous Leo Lionni.

Source: Network

You may not be familiar with the name Ma Bao, but when it comes to his picture books, most of you will understand:

An inch long bug

Little black fish

Microtus Buddha

Alexander and the clockwork mouse

All have won Cadillac awards and are the most popular.

In fact, in addition to these four award-winning works, Leoni's other picture books are of high standard, and almost none of them are treading on pits.

Critics praised his picture books, mainly pictures.

Because Leonie was a master designer before he started making picture books, and he was the design director of Fortune magazine for 65,438+00 years. The New York Times also praised him for playing the visual arts fluently.

His picture book is really novel;

"Little Blue and Yellow" is made by tearing colored paper by hand;

"vole Buddha" not only tore, but also began to cut;

By Alexander and the clockwork mouse, it has become a traditional Japanese printing paper ~

However, pictures are not the essence of Leoni's works. The best thing about Leoni's picture books is that they are both loved by children and thought-provoking.

It's not easy to do this ~

Think about it, the picture book is too abstruse to chew.

Leonie's wisdom lies in his ability to reconcile "profundity" and "reading enjoyment" to a perfect state.

Children reading Leonie's books will not be as lively as reading ordinary picture books, but they will concentrate on enjoying the story time and are willing to speculate and discuss, which is what I think is the most awesome.

For example, accompany Chihiro to read the biggest house in the world. After reading it, I asked her:

"The little snail in the story longed for the biggest house in the world at first, why didn't he want it later?"

Inside the picture book, the biggest house in the world.

She wanted to think, and said:

"Because the little snail found that having too much is not necessarily a good thing, you can easily find more fresh things on the road!"

A 4-year-old child can express this profound view, which is still very powerful ~

Later, I found that almost every time I read Leonie's book, Eva can express many wonderful thoughts and passions in generate.

For example, after reading Alexander and Clockwork Mouse, we naturally began to think and discuss the issue of "self-identity".

Speaking of passion, we also use mind maps to "help"

~

Comparative thinking on double bubble diagram

I summed up the problem of orientation.

Finally, Eva came to a conclusion:

"Everyone has their own advantages and disadvantages. There are no two identical leaves in the world. It is better to be yourself than to envy others! "

This is the power of Leonid's works ~

The little black fish hides the individual's way of survival, Voldemort has the order of material and spiritual values, and my favorite "A Life Journey from Self-doubt to Self-identity" ...... each book is taking children to think and explore more deeply ~

We often say that "cognition determines fate", and cognition is determined by thinking ability to some extent. Whether thinking is superficial or insightful, a baby who has exercised since childhood is definitely different from a baby who has never exercised.

I think this may be the reason why Vivian, an expert in preschool education, spent a whole year leading kindergarten children to read Leonie's works intensively!

Their intensive reading process was also written into a book called "A Year of Reading Picture Books". Interested Bao Ma can buy it and have a look. I found it quite rewarding after reading it myself.

02

Second set

Read Xiao's famous works series

Publishing House: Reading Small Library

Suitable reading age: 7 years old+

After reading Xiao Ku's book, I laughed all my life!

As old readers know, I rarely recommend you to buy a big set of books, because I am a book lover myself and know the feeling of uneasiness after chopping my hands.

But after reading a small masterpiece, I really think it is worth making a cabinet for it.

It is so classic that it is suitable for repeated intensive reading that it is always "online" in the small bookcase I take home. I put everything else away, so I change a few books every once in a while. )

I just began to admire this set of books, not because it is suitable for intensive reading, but because it easily brought the baby to the "masterpiece field".

A few days ago, Chihiro also loved to watch Ma Xiaotiao's Raiders of the Treasure Hunt, and all the students liked it very much. I don't mean to deny the meaning of popular literature, but reading too many books like reading cool articles wastes her precious time.

I picked many famous books at that time, trying to change her reading taste, and the effect was so-so, until I met this small reading library, and the surprise came! Eva started punching in like crazy, and I didn't have to "induce" her. She actively reads the rhythm of three books every day.

At that time, every weekend, the protagonist of outdoor reading was it!

Why is this set of books suitable for intensive reading? Because it includes all the classics of world literature masters such as O Henry, Mark Twain and Turgenev.

The reason why these works can become timeless classics is that their story design, profound connotation and even words and sentences are unique and worthy of scrutiny!

For example, Chihiro's favorite Christmas gift is a "resident guest" in Chinese class.

Its original name is "The Gift of the Magi", and the author O Henry, Mo Bosang and Chekhov are also called "the three great short story masters in the world". This short story often appears in reading comprehension and composition materials, and the teacher will definitely ask for intensive reading.

After reading "Christmas is coming, Della and Jim have thought for a long time and decided to give up their precious things for money so as to buy each other a precious gift", will the children guess what happened next?

Read the ending turned out to be:

"Jim sold his gold watch and bought a jade tortoise shell hair comb for Della, but he didn't know that Della cut off her beloved long hair in order to buy him a platinum watch chain."

You see, through the strong contrast before and after, did the child suddenly understand what is the "O'Henry ending"? Unexpectedly, it is reasonable and has a long aftertaste, expressing his own thoughts!

Let's take a look at Mo Bosang's Happy Death Penalty. Chihiro likes it very much and has read it for more than ten times.

In Monaco, there is neither the death penalty nor the prison.

After someone commits a crime, he will not only borrow the guillotine, but also build a prison, which will bring a great burden to the national economy. Finally, he had to let the criminal escape, but the criminal stayed very comfortable in prison and refused to leave. .....

After watching Eva, I felt interesting and curious, so we went to Mile Mile to watch many videos about Monaco's history.

This country with an area of only 1.98 square kilometers is not as big as the Summer Palace, and it is the second smallest sovereign country in the world after the Vatican.

Then, it also discussed the following simple "sociology":

"If you are a king, what can you do to punish criminals without causing economic burden to the country?" :)

Other books in the series can also be discussed for a long time, and many good words and writing methods have been learned.

Let me sigh:

"In a limited time, you should read more books to your children!"

By the way, the illustrations of this set of books are also quite awesome, with top illustrators from more than 20 countries. From the perspective of content and theme, from Dutch painting to ukiyo-e painting, from watercolor to paper sculpture, it can be said that a hundred flowers blossom.

It's totally collectible, which is one of the reasons why I'm so cruel.

For example, the happy death penalty just mentioned was painted by German illustrator Edda Skibbe. Her works have been selected for many times in "Polonia International Children's Book Illustration Exhibition", which is humorous and deeply loved by children.

Turgenev's Little Quail was painted by Alina, a painter who is good at using transparent watercolors. Her painting style is soft and elegant.

Zheng Qingwen's Spring Rain was painted by Jimmy, whom we are familiar with ~

Tagore's "Kingdom of Cards" uses paper carving art ~

John Galsworthy's virtue, typical French romance ~

It's so beautiful, I don't think I can let the baby "enjoy it alone". This is obviously a book that I can also like.

East west

The two sets of "intensive reading materials" at the bottom of my wardrobe will be shared with you without reservation ~

If you want your baby to naturally fall in love with thinking while reading, instead of paying attention to her mother's intensive reading, I sincerely suggest you not to miss it. Choose Lionel's picture books before the age of 7, and choose the famous series after the age of 7.

As for why we should pay so much attention to intensive reading?

I have read a book by Schopenhauer before, which is very touching. Let me give you an excerpt:

Any library with a rich collection of books, if it is not in disorder, will not bring us a lot like those small-scale libraries with few books, but will be organized and clearly classified.

By the same token, a knowledgeable person, if he can't think, is far less valuable than those who know little but can think deeply!

After all, reading is only the carrier of thinking.

Reading and thinking, thinking and reading are two steps of happy growth.