Picture books are the first choice for early reading, and classic picture books for children should be the first place for children to read in their lives. Because excellent pictures can bring children beautiful enjoyment and experience. Judging from the age cognitive characteristics of children in small classes, the cultivation of good reading interest is a favorable way to guide them to actively engage in effective reading. The cultivation of good reading habits can lay a solid foundation for the cultivation of their good reading ability and even study habits in the future.
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Picture books, use of picture books, reading interests, reading environment, reading habits
The "Guide" clearly states: Dou provides a good reading environment and conditions for young children. Stimulate children's interest in reading and cultivate reading habits. Provide children's literature in different genres such as nursery rhymes, stories and poems, allowing children to choose and read independently. Effectively use children's inner enthusiasm for learning to encourage them to carry out reading activities. By cultivating children's good reading interests and habits, children will experience the joy of reading and benefit from it throughout their lives. As a kind of early reading material, picture books are recognized by the international education community as the most suitable book for young children to read. Because excellent pictures can bring children beautiful enjoyment and experience, allowing children to experience the joy of reading. Judging from the age cognitive characteristics of children in small classes, the cultivation of good reading habits can lay a solid foundation for the development of their future good reading abilities and even study habits. After a period of thinking and practice, I realized that only the correct use of picture books can help cultivate early reading interests and habits in small class children.
1. Deeply understand the meaning and characteristics of picture books
Picture books, commonly known as picture books, are a kind of book composed of picture texts and text texts that pay equal attention to pictures and texts. In terms of form, sometimes pictures even account for a greater proportion than text. There are also some quite famous picture books that only have pictures and no text at all (such as "The Little Mouse Series"). The pictures in the picture book tell stories, and they not only have distinct visual images, but also have symbolic and typical forms; they also have flying imagination; the text in the picture book is concise and lively, in line with children's life experience; and it can also expand children's understanding. and imagination etc. This unique expression system makes picture books the first books in children's lives; its specific features mainly include the following aspects:
1. The perfect combination of text and pictures.
Picture books are a form of books with pictures and texts. In terms of literary form, it is the mutual cooperation, mutual enrichment and mutual stimulation of text and art. The relationship between pictures and text is not a simple explanation and explanation, but an organic combination. Although the composition of text and pictures in each book is different, some picture books have less text and some have more text, but the text of excellent picture books takes into account the changes in plots, scenes, and characters, and the pictures also have a sense of dynamics and fluency. , making the whole picture look harmonious and complete. Texts mainly rely on hearing, while pictures are a kind of visual art. Picture books express story content through these two different media, and perfectly combine the two.
2. The content is full of interest.
The reason why picture books have become popular reading materials is that not only children but also adults like to read them. A very important reason for this is the unique interest of picture books. The pictures in the picture books are intuitive, vivid, humorous, and the text is beautiful and smooth. Reverse thinking is often used to weave fairy tales or life stories. Both young children and adults can find their own fun in it.
3. The theme is rich in philosophy.
The pictures in the picture book are intuitive and the text is concise and clear, but the theme is not as simple as we imagined. Picture books are not just pictures that make children happy. Excellent picture books can use simple pictures and words to express profound connotations, and can convey many philosophies of life to readers through interesting paintings and concise words. For example, the classic American picture book "Guess How Much I Love You" vividly expresses the general concept of cuteness with vivid pictures and short dialogues.
The author expresses this theme through the image of a rabbit that is familiar to every child. Through the interesting dialogue between the big chestnut rabbit and the little chestnut rabbit, coupled with exaggerated movements and expressions, the author interprets the eternal theme of human beings cutely. Flawless.
2. Correctly understand the role of picture books and use them scientifically
Picture books use brightly colored, exaggerated pictures intertwined with a small amount of simple text to tell a story and express specific emotions. , themed children’s readers. In recent years, picture books have attracted more and more attention from teachers and parents due to their characteristics according to the age, psychological characteristics and development needs of children at different stages. Using picture books to carry out early reading activities is conducive to cultivating children's reading interests and good reading habits, enriching children's emotions and reading experience, and laying a good foundation for children's lifelong learning. Whether it is teachers or parents, there are many unscientific uses and purchases of picture books. For example, some teachers do not pay enough attention to the physical and mental characteristics and cognitive differences of children of different ages when choosing picture books in reading teaching activities. Some teachers do not pay enough attention to children's interest and cognitive needs in the content of picture books. Some teachers do not have strong awareness of creative processing when using picture books. Some teachers regard picture book reading activities as just looking at pictures and talking, ignoring picture books. the true meaning of.
The "Guide" points out: You should often read with young children to guide them to understand the content of the book based on their own experience. For example: guide children to carefully observe the pictures, discuss the content of the story based on the pictures, and learn to establish the connection between the pictures and the content of the story. Out of curiosity about the unknown world, young children are eager to understand the things they are interested in reading and want to understand the mysteries. Therefore, many times their understanding of reading materials is superficial, incomplete or even illogical. Moreover, they still lack the necessary reading experience, so they must carry out a variety of reading activities so that children can receive the necessary guidance so that they can effectively interact with picture books and fully absorb the rich and interesting nutrients contained in picture books. Obviously, carrying out various forms of early reading activities is an inevitable way to scientifically utilize picture books.
3. Carry out various forms of picture book reading activities to stimulate children’s interest in reading
Use the "Guide" as a guide, follow the physical and mental characteristics and cognitive rules of children of different ages, and Fully respect children's interests and hobbies, select appropriate picture books based on the principle of meeting children's development needs, and carry out early reading activities in a way that children are happy to read, so as to maximize the educational value of picture books. In recent years, our kindergarten has used classic picture books as the background, integrated kindergarten music, art, mathematics, science and other fields of teaching, and established picture book teaching featuring children's picture books. Diru Kindergarten held a Dou Sanba parent-child reading meeting, and invited mothers of children in each class to participate. The small class, middle class, and senior class respectively chose the picture books "Guess How Much I Love You", "The Runaway Bunny" and "Mom's Original Picture books about emotional education such as "It's Like This" allow mothers to make photo frames and happy doll paper bags with their children. Tongtong's mother in Class 2 said: "Dou participated in the parent-child reading club, listened to classes and did handicrafts together with her children. I feel closer to my child's heart.
Children in small classes face a novel world, and their curious nature prompts them to be willing to explore. At this time, if the children's interest in learning is developed and certain learning habits are developed, the learning effect can be said to be Get twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, in the process of cultivating their interest and habit of reading, we should pay attention to using various methods to grab their attention and attract them. For example, telling stories to children requires teachers to use rich and exaggerated body language and facial expressions to arouse their interest in listening. After the start of school, some children in the class have not yet stabilized their emotions and are crying. In order to relieve their anxiety and discomfort, I chose some picture book stories that are suitable for children of primary school age, and used finger puppets, bag puppets, and animal stuffed toys to demonstrate the tone, expression, and mood of the different characters in the picture book stories while telling them, so as to leave as many impressions on the children as possible. Deeply impressed, the child was indeed deeply attracted and gradually stopped crying.
In order to guide the children to place different books neatly, we divided each type of book into several groups according to the size of the cover, made small marks with dot cards, and posted them at the corresponding positions in the book corners. The children learned that each kind of book has its own home, and they are asked to put the books back after reading them. In the following period, they will pay special attention to the small marks when putting the books away, and they will naturally put the books neatly. . During the activities in the reading area, teachers should always pay attention to each child's status when reading. When they find a child exhibiting bad behavior, they should point it out in time and remind them of the correct approach. Sometimes, children can also be encouraged to supervise each other, so that friends who read together can supervise each other and make progress together.
Early reading is the foundation for children’s lifelong learning. As teachers, how we guide and cultivate children's interest and habits in reading is a theme that we must always pay attention to and study in the future. Faced with today’s market that is flooded with various picture books, we should use a scientific attitude, a rational mind, and be good at choosing the most appropriate picture books based on the actual cognitive and developmental needs of children of different ages, so that early reading activities can truly arouse Children’s inexhaustible interest in reading enables them to develop good reading habits that will benefit them throughout their lives.