Lijia looks like a sunny girl, with big beautiful eyes, active thinking, and elegant manners, but her eyes are always filled with a touch of sadness. That's because of the light freckles on her face, the scars left by a burn, and the natural timidity and shrinkage caused by her parents' long-term absence (left-behind children). Although I slowly became more confident because of my "preference", I was still fragile after all.
A few days ago, she seemed depressed because she was "replaced" as the host. She quickly "lost weight" in her studies, and revealed in her diary that she was "weary of the world" and wanted to "suicide". . As a teacher who pays attention to students' mental health and lifelong development, I see it in my eyes and feel anxious in my heart: Lijia, this is not "unable to withstand the blow" as ordinary teachers say, but because the inferiority complex rooted in the bones has not been effectively treated at all. Soothing and resolving. If our teachers cannot help her get out of her psychological shadow in primary school (guardians have no ability to pay attention to the child's mental health), then this low self-esteem is likely to stay with her throughout her life! what to do? I asked myself over and over in my mind.
Mr. Matsui Nao said in "How to Read Picture Books to Children": "Although picture books are not medicine, they have medicinal effects." Then let me try the medicinal effects of picture books. After much deliberation, I chose the dream-themed "Bigfoot Ballet". But how to read it? How can we achieve better results? After much thought, I decided to adopt a "story circle" and let Lijia be the protagonist!
The children’s story session has begun——
The children and I happily walked into the “dream space” arranged in advance and read the entire story completely using the “interruption method” After reading it again, we were moved by Belinda's dream and chewed on the details: the expressions of the characters, the contrast of colors, the design of the layout, and even the names of the three judges became everyone's joke: Jia Zhuangdong - Baron Pretending to Understand , critic George Genbichon - the follower, Oona Lauwub - the old witch lady... as happy as ever!
Okay, the main event is here, the story circle has begun——
“Children, let’s act out this story together now, okay?”
< p> As soon as these words came out, the crowd was excited, and the dream space was instantly flooded with big smiles and cheers.So the page turner in my hand became a magic wand, and any child who was clicked on would be "possessed by the drama spirit" and become a character in the picture book. First, I "demonstrated" the infrared rays of the magic wand, and while shaking it, I pointed and muttered something to a child, "Big carrot, change!" The child cooperated and stood in the middle of the story circle and turned twice. I made a carrot shape, and the audience was so happy!
The interpretation of the picture book drama has officially begun. I swung the magic wand around, and finally stopped on Lijia: "Children, be quiet, can we let Lijia play Belinda?" "Okay!" But Lijia didn't dare to come out. , "Classmates, Lijia is a little shy, should we encourage her and cheer her up!" "Come on, Lijia! Come on, Lijia!"
Under the watchful eyes of the whole class and Amidst the encouragement, Lijia walked to the middle of the circle with a blushing face and whispered: "I can't dance ballet at all." I pretended not to hear and ignored it - haha, of course I know you can't dance ballet. I didn’t intend to let you dance, I just wanted you to feel the role - I started to open the book and read the story: "There was a girl named Belinda who danced ballet——"
Lijia Station There, there was no movement; I ignored her, raised my voice and continued reading, "There is a girl who dances ballet named Belinda——" I raised my voice again and again, and the classmates began to speak: "Lijia, dance, dance, no If you can dance, just dance." Lijia looked at her classmates and then at me. I knew it was always difficult to take the first step. I gave her an encouraging look while reading, and finally she started to "flap her wings" and her steps began to move. I was secretly happy: I'm not afraid that you won't dance well, but I'm afraid that you won't move. As long as you move, I will have it. Way to get you high!
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"Belinda has two big problems: her left foot and her right foot." Lijia followed my emphasis and began to look at her feet. Looking sad.
Seeing her sad look made me happy: Hey, there's something going on!
"The judges shouted when they saw her feet -" I gave all the students a look and made an upward gesture, and the whole class shouted "Timeout!" At this time Lijia really got into the drama, she started to feel depressed, lowered her head, silent, sad...
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"The guests in the restaurant liked her because she was fast, light and flexible. ." Lijia turned around slightly, as if she had really grown wings, and the expression on her face relaxed a little.
"Belinda likes Mr. Freddy and the guests in the restaurant, but she still can't forget to dance." Lijia made a gesture of thinking with her left hand on her chin, and was lost in the memories of past dance times. .
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"Then they started playing romantic and lyrical music, and before you knew it...Belinda started dancing!" I saw Lidya hesitate. For a moment, then start jumping! Run two steps... stretch your legs forward... spin... run again... dance your arms up and down... just like the audience in the picture book, the students were stunned and started to applaud! Lijia's face turned red, but she looked happy!
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"Just like that, Belinda arrived at the Metropolitan Theater and danced to the wonderful music of 'Freddy Friends Band'. She loved dancing. Jury Committee They shouted: "It's so wonderful! How like--" I gestured upward, and the children already knew my intention and shouted "Swallows, doves, antelopes!" Lijia's emotions also reached a climax, A blush appeared on his face. Ah, so happy, she let go! !
The picture book drama is over. Most of the children in the class claimed their roles and played their roles. The atmosphere throughout the play was always exciting, and everyone was excited, as if it was about to end. But when I looked around, I suddenly noticed that another girl, Li Jia’s friend Chun Lei, looked gloomy. I was shocked to realize that she had not been called once in the entire performance (this girl’s life experience was also lovable), but now all the characters It’s all gone, what should I do? My mind was spinning rapidly: Hey, I have it!
I waved the magic wand: "Belinda's performance was a great success. She stood in the center of the stage and took curtain calls again and again. Her good friend (the infrared ray of the magic wand stopped in the spring) (Lei's face) Lucy ran up to the stage, gave her flowers, hugged her, and congratulated her! A pair of good friends hugged each other tightly and didn't separate for a long time! "Following my "instruction", Chun! Lei ran to the center of the stage, gave Lijia a "flower", then hugged her and said to her: "Dear Belinda, you are great, I am proud of you!" "Thank you, my best friend !” I, the “director,” spoke out again: “The audience was moved by the sincere friendship between the two, and the applause lasted for a long time!” The audience burst into laughter again, oh yeah!
The picture book drama is over and ends beautifully.
Lijia walked up to me and said thank you sincerely. I saw something called confidence and touching in her eyes, and I saw the spring of growth! At that moment, I was moved by her and myself, so I leaned over and said to her: "You are really beautiful when you smile!"
The first picture book story circle brought us such a pleasant experience, But it’s more than just pleasure:
How to make children accept their imperfect selves from the depths of their hearts, without relying on external forces to gain self-confidence, is a long-term issue; it only takes one such step to heal a person’s soul. Picture book performances are not enough, but this attempt at least provides us with the possibility of entering the hearts of children; if we want to have more choices when encountering problems and solving them, we must learn more, because "not learning" will Leading to "no skills"...
If we don't just stare at the pitiful scores and artificial comparisons between veterans and others, if we can make every child smile happily, then we as teachers will be The merits are complete!
Because when you start to open your heart and love every child, you will find that every child is an angel who fell into the world! Especially when they smile - so beautiful!