On Book Selection: Grasping Several Basic Principles
Children's books may be one of the most profitable books in the book market at present. Children's publications in the market are quite prosperous, but they also bring challenges to parents to buy books. What is gold, what is rubbish, and how to choose the best book for children?
Kevin Z said that whether food is nutritious and safe has objective and unified standards and is easy to identify; The judgment and identification of books as spiritual nourishment is much more difficult and complicated than material things. In the process of reading promotion, he found that different parents' pursuit of book quality is too different. "Children don't have the complete discrimination ability as adults, and he will absorb whatever you give him." In this case, the intermediary, that is, the professional vision of parents, is particularly important.
Kevin Z summed up several basic principles for parents to choose books for their children:
The first is to seek professional help. If you want to choose a good book for your child, parents should first improve their children's vision and appreciation. Now that information is developed, parents can obtain information on various children's books and share other people's experiences through various channels and ways such as the Internet, media, lectures and introductions from relatives and friends.
The second is to accumulate experience through practice.
Thirdly, choose books from the standpoint of children, take them to bookstores, book bars and picture books, and let them choose for themselves. When there is a contradiction between the choice of children and parents, we can respect the children's independent choice and guide them patiently while grasping the "harmless principle" (such as no pornography and no violence).
As long as children have a correct reading concept and master the general principles and directions, parents don't have to worry about technology and methods, because there are many books and reading methods are quite diverse, and everyone has their own personalized choices.
Graded reading: there is evidence but not absolute.
"What books should a five-year-old child read?" "Can you open a book list for children in the fourth grade of primary school?" In the process of promoting children's reading, parents keep raising the issue of graded reading.
Kevin Z's point of view is that children's graded reading is well founded. From a baby to a mature teenager, the child's body and mind have undergone great changes, and reading should obviously conform to such stage characteristics. However, due to the huge individual differences in children's reading interests and habits, reading grading cannot be generalized. "Some of Xian Yi's works, regardless of age, cannot be rigidly classified as a certain' level'; There are also boys and girls with different reading interests. "
He believes that, in general, preschool children can read early according to carefully edited graded books. For children who have entered independent text reading, it is not necessary to be too rigid about the level of reading materials, but to choose reading materials according to their specific reading comprehension ability and hobbies.
About parent-child reading: the most important thing is to convey emotions.
Several reading promoters have emphasized the importance of parent-child reading. Parent-child reading is actually a kind of family reading and an atmosphere creation. If parents watch TV and play mahjong all day, but ask their children to stay in the room to study, it is difficult for them to really love reading.
The effect of parent-child reading together is far greater than that of children reading independently. This summer vacation, she and her daughter read Two Wan Li under the Sea, which covers astronomy, geography, chemistry, physics and other knowledge. Holding the map, the mother and daughter looked for it while looking for it, which not only increased their knowledge, but also enhanced their feelings.
Some parents complain that their children's books are "too naive to read". In fact, excellent children's books often contain the wisdom and philosophy of life, and even adults can get enlightenment after reading them.
Some parents are afraid that their accent is not standard and they can't read well. Reading to children is not only the transmission of information, but also the communication and exchange of emotions. "It doesn't matter whether reading is good or not. The important thing is that you read it to him or her. "
"Parent-child reading is a good way to enter the child's mind". Parent-child reading helps parents to better understand their children's thoughts and promote parent-child communication.
On reading misunderstanding: reading ≠ pure literature reading
"Why does my child read a lot of books and still can't write a composition?" Some parents' understanding of children's reading is still at the utilitarian level. But in fact, the purpose of children's reading is not only to write a composition and get high marks, but to nourish their hearts, enrich their lives and improve their self-cultivation. Reading is a cumulative process.
Another misunderstanding that parents easily fall into is to equate reading with pure literature reading. For children who don't understand fairy tales and novels, parents can buy popular science books, science fiction books, travel notes, encyclopedias and other books for their children to read and find out their interests.
Expert recommendation list
World Jin Dian Children's Poetry Collection (China Volume, Foreign Volume)
Tan Xudong and Wei Wei are the editors of Fujian Children's Publishing House.
Childhood is a poetic era, and childhood life cannot be separated from the nourishment of children's poems. The enlightenment of children's poetry is most suitable to start from the lower grades of primary school. Parents, teachers and children need to recite and feel with heart. Children's poetry plays an irreplaceable role in the formation of children's written language aesthetic feeling.
Fairy tales on the phone
(Italian) translated by Luo Dali and Zhang Mi and Zhang Shoujing, Xin Lei Publishing House.
Pianji, a drug salesman, is away on business all the year round. My little daughter wants him to tell her a story every night. So, no matter where he is, he will call his little daughter every night to tell stories. This book collects more than 60 stories he told. If your child is still not interested in reading in the third grade of primary school, please read the story in the book to him before going to bed every night, so that he can dream a colorful imagination and fall in love with reading from now on.
The best children's literature reader (primary school volume) is in three volumes.
Fang Weiping Review Selected Tomorrow Publishing House
Professor Fang Weiping, a well-known scholar of children's literature, with his profound theoretical foundation of children's literature and broad reading horizon, has compiled the classic works of Chinese and foreign children's literature into three volumes, and assembled them according to the theme. Each unit is equipped with "Hand Reading" written by Teacher Fang to help children understand the work.
Close the picture book
Zhu Ziqiang Tomorrow Publishing House
A guide book to guide parents and teachers into the rich world of picture books.
A never-ending story
(Germany) Michael Ender, translated by Li Shixun 2 1 Century Publishing House
This magical book tells us that there is a dying fantasy kingdom outside the real world, waiting for a hero to save it. The hero is the reader of this book-an ugly boy. If your child (above the senior grade in primary school) is addicted to so-called low-grade fantasy works all day, please read this classic fantasy literature with him and experience what a genius's imagination is.
Guangxi Thought Cat Series (all four volumes)
Guizhu Zhejiang Children Publishing House
Starting from life, I wrote the feelings and thoughts that both children and adults can appreciate. Prose reading is an indispensable part of childhood reading, and it is also a style that needs the guidance and help of teachers and parents most. If the children in the middle and senior grades of primary school can enter the independent prose reading state, it is a manifestation of mature reading ability.