Why do parenting experts say that they should read picture books to their children? This is the best answer I have ever heard.

In the eyes of many people, there is such a misunderstanding about picture books: there are many pictures but few words, so many pieces of paper are still so expensive!

People who are not familiar with picture books often think that picture books are books with pictures. But novels, fairy tales, comic books, comics and so on. All books with pictures. Are these books picture books?

The so-called picture book is a kind of book specially created for children, relying on a series of pictures and a few words to tell a complete story.

Mr. Matsumoto, the father of Japanese picture books, once said: Picture books are not books for children, but books for others to read and accept language with their ears. Parents read these words to their children with their own mouths, just like sowing the seeds of language.

I feel the same way about this sentence.

My daughter just went to kindergarten this year, and the lunch in kindergarten is usually accompanied by rice. My daughter likes to eat pasta, noodles, steamed buns and so on, which are especially fragrant, but rice often eats vegetables and soup, so she doesn't eat rice.

As a result, I don't eat staple food at noon and eat a lot for dinner at night. Then we went home and waited for her father to come home from work. At 7: 30, every time I eat, I have to quarrel a few times, at the cost of being particularly prone to food accumulation and fever.

So I thought about how to make my daughter realize the harm of overeating to her health. In order to make my daughter understand, I also prepared a lot of materials in advance: food cartons, beverage bottles, food samples and so on.

But the effect is not ideal. Anyway, my mouth is thirsty, and I try my best to explain, summarize and summarize to my daughter, but I am always out of state and have no interest.

I'm at my wit's end and can't think of a better solution. Until later, I read a picture book, the cat who can never get enough to eat.

The book is about a greedy cat, no matter who asks it: Are you full? It will reply: How? How can it be?

In this way, the greedy cat not only ate milk and small fish, but also ate her own man and mistress and everything she touched.

Finally, when it tried to eat the sun, the greedy cat's stomach exploded and it was punished.

When I saw this story, I felt I had found a magic weapon. With the help of this picture book, I told my daughter this story vividly, and she listened carefully. Later, I asked my daughter, would you like to be a greedy and unrestrained person like this cat? The daughter shook her head desperately and refused.

From then on, I discovered the magic of picture books! Picture books can build a bridge between us and our children and exert a subtle influence on them in a language that children can understand.

Picture books like this include a railway station in the belly.

Julia eats too much and too fast, so there is something wrong with her stomach! Food fell into the railway station in chunks and piled up like mountains.

This will hurt the elves in the belly. At the risk of being knocked unconscious, they tried to put all these foods on the train and send them to the winding tunnel.

But unexpectedly, there is a bigger snowstorm waiting for them.

They demonstrated, went on strike and protested. ...

There was chaos in the railway station, and Julia was ill.

"There is a Railway Station in the Belly" vividly tells the children where the food we eat has gone through the labor elves. At the same time, you can eat without being picky about food, otherwise the elves in your stomach will be unhappy; Chew slowly when eating, or you will knock the elf unconscious and so on.

My daughter pays special attention to her diet after seeing it, because her daughter's mantra is, otherwise the elf in her belly will rebel.

Another example: What's new in Tooth Street?

Huck and Dick look strange, but they are actually two ambitious and dangerous people. They dig holes in their teeth to build houses, not only to build their own comfortable nests;

Dream of building luxury apartments for rent ...

Just when their dream was about to come true, a big brush and many policemen appeared in Tooth Street.

This picture book visualizes aphids. By writing about the interesting activities of two aphids, my daughter learned about the structure of teeth and the harm of dental caries. From then on, my daughter took the initiative to rinse her mouth after eating and never forgot to brush her teeth in the morning and evening, which helped her develop a good habit of caring for her teeth.

Children's imagination is not born, but acquired through direct or indirect experience. The richer the experience, the richer the imagination.

Qiba said that he did an issue about "Should we tell our children that fairy tales are all false?" The debate sparked a heated discussion.

If I can, I hope to expose this beautiful lie as late as possible. Because, although the fairy tale is false, the child will eventually realize that it is false, but the strength and touch he gets from the fairy tale is real.

Can Snow White come back to life after eating poisonous apples?

Is there really such a loving rainbow flower in the world that you are willing to give yourself to help strangers?

Can small animals still think of ways to eat the moon?

These fairy tales may seem unrealistic to us adults, and even feel that the plot is full of loopholes, but for children who "have no complete view" and "believe that fairy tales are the real world", these stories can stimulate their beautiful imagination of the world!

After being parents, we always want to take our children around the world, understand the world and broaden our horizons, but there are always restrictions, either money or time.

Picture books can help parents open a door to the world for their children:

For example: "Mr. Mi"

Mr. Mi's complete set of 10 volumes is the first set of world travel picture books.

The story of the picture book combines humanities, geography, art, history and landscape, and has been translated into more than 30 languages, with a sales volume of nearly 1 100 million copies! It has won all the top international awards, including the new york Times Best Picture Book Award and the IBBY Honorary Book Award, and is known as the "classic among classics".

This is a collection of picture books that any child who is curious about the world must read! This set of picture books is not only humorous, with bright, concise and lively illustrations, but also friendly and easy-going language.

Unlike other travel books, it doesn't introduce scenic spots at length, but stops here with a few vivid and humorous words.

The drawings of each building are simple and vivid. For example: the church of Titina.

For example: Sydney Opera House

Hero guard modeling, humorous exaggeration without distortion.

Mr. Mi, which has sold well for half a century and won numerous awards, is worth reading and collecting by every child who wants to see the world.

There are so many picture books on the market, how to choose the one that suits you best? Generally speaking, the choice of picture books has these dimensions:

1, picture book quality

2. The content of the picture book

Picture books can not only bring fun to children, but also enrich their experiences and play a certain educational role. It is very important to choose appropriate educational content. Parents may wish to choose picture books for their children from five fields (health, language, society, art and science) and a simple perspective.

3. The picture book era is very important.

What is the right age? Is whether the choice of books is suitable for children's age characteristics

0- 1 year-old book selection features: simple repetition.

For newborns, the most important thing is not the content of reading, but the construction of parent-child reading, dialogue with children and taking them to feel. Children in this period are suitable for looking at contrasting pictures, simple lines and even words.

1-2 years old book selection characteristics: cognition and interest.

The cognitive ability of children in this age group has been greatly improved, but it is still limited. Moreover, it is particularly good to choose books on living habits, character cultivation and emotional management for children during this period. Children naturally like cartoon characters and can imitate them, and children will learn to imitate them with the characters in picture books.

Characteristics of Book Selection for Children Aged 2-3: Plots and Details

Children of this age have the ability to express themselves and their reading ability has been greatly improved. Therefore, it is very good to choose a picture book with a plot that can arouse children's emotions. In addition, the amount of information in the book can be greater than that of the previous age group, because it can exercise children's observation, promote children's understanding and expression, and make children's imagination and language ability advance by leaps and bounds.

Characteristics of book selection for children aged 3-6: content and depth.

Children of this age are mature in understanding, and anything that is a little longer, rich in plot, humorous and vivid in content can do. Including science, mathematics, etc. Don't worry that the child doesn't understand, she will surprise you.

A good picture book can help children believe that kindness will eventually bring kindness, that efforts are meaningful, and that all suffering is temporary. Grit your teeth and stick to it, and beauty lies ahead. This is the real medicine to resist setbacks.