Why can't children recognize these animals no matter how many popular science books they read?

# Education # Introduction There always seems to be a subtle magnetic field between children and small animals. Whether it's pets that accompany children to grow up, wild animals in nature, or animal images in books, any topic about animals seems to arouse children's great interest, and Nana Ogawa is no exception. In this information age, although knowledge is easy to obtain, it is not easy to tell and guide children to think in a way that really interests them, and how to vividly tell the boring image of knowledge. The following content is the related content prepared by the education channel for everyone.

First, the theme division is ingenious, breaking the inertia thinking and expanding children's horizons.

Why is it called Encyclopedia of Animals? Because it is different from the animal encyclopedia you have seen!

It takes a different approach and abandons the most traditional and simple general classification, and does not classify insects, birds, reptiles and mammals into one book. Instead, more than 50 kinds of animals are combined in an orderly and interesting way according to various standards and angles. This "category" completely jumps out of the usual thinking and invisibly expands children's thinking. From this point of view, this set of books is the most unique among the "Animal Encyclopedias".

Every book has a clue that secretly connects several seemingly unrelated animals to form a whole, which is also reflected in the title. For example—

"Together, not afraid" is about social animals, wolves, penguins and lions; In the Night is about Nocturnal Animals, including cats, mice, owls and bats. "Dig, dig, dig" is a collection of cave animals.

Among my good friends, three kinds of animals are tamed by people and have deep feelings for people: horses, camels and dogs (police dogs). The story of "Police Dog Tiger" left a deep impression on Nana Ogawa. This lovely and brave police dog has lived deeply in his heart.

Tiger is a brave police dog. Oh, can the children point out which one? I guess you must have pointed it wrong. That's the smallest Labrador.

Every day, "Dad" takes care of it, trains it and plays games with it.

Under the leadership of his father, Xiaohu can finish the task well every time. )

(However, this "hero" also has shortcomings. Guess what this is? )

The image of the tiger is real in real life. It has been fighting in the forefront of the task of searching for drugs and explosives, and its nose has become mottled because of the strong smell of substances for a long time. After serving for about ten years, he will go to a policeman's home to enjoy his old age. The policeman's son is also called "tiger", which shows the deep affection between "father" and police dog tiger.

The second episode is even more brain-opening. They are not fish is about crocodiles, octopus and whales. They are similar in that they are mistakenly called fish, but in fact, crocodiles are reptiles, octopuses are mollusks and whales are mammals. Ducks, otters and hippos in "poop, get into the water" are all non-aquatic animals without water. "Here comes the Big Man" is about ostriches, elephants and blue whales, which are the birds and beasts in the world.

Although they belong to the same topic, the content organization is flexible and changeable, avoiding stylization.

For example, in Woo, Woo, I can't stop, the first two articles are all geese and sparrows eating and barking.

Although the beaver keeps talking, it is not used for eating, but for gnawing tree trunks and building dams.

This not only provided a surprise for the child, but also broke his habitual thinking and broadened his horizons.

Second, animals are rich in species and comprehensive in knowledge, and scientific knowledge is interpreted from the perspective of children.

The encyclopedia of different animals has two volumes *** 16, each volume contains 3-4 kinds of animals, and * * * contains more than 50 kinds of animals. Every animal is an independent object, from lower animals to higher animals; Among invertebrates, there are arthropods and mollusks, and among vertebrates, there are reptiles, birds and mammals.

The content includes animal appearance characteristics, habits and other aspects. Including reproductive mode (viviparous, oviparous), self-defense mode (such as long armor or hard thorn, discoloration, mimicry, poisoning, regeneration, feigning death, etc. ), hunting mode (such as ambush, encirclement and suppression, etc.). ), as well as animal eating habits, territorial consciousness, feelings, evolution, lifestyle (living in groups or living alone), courtship behavior, the relationship between people and animals, etc.

For example, in the book "Walk with Mom", in the story "Come with me, Chloe", a wild goat Chloe keeps going up and down the mountain with her mother every day. In this process, her mother not only gave her company, but also taught her courage and many ways to survive. Strong parent-child relationship has been highlighted.

In another story of this book, Mom, I have to pee, the tiger mother told the tiger that peeing with a stick is the way to occupy territory.

In "That's a Close Call", "Little Dolphin Going Out" tells the dolphin's self-defense. When they are in distress, they whistle for help: click-click-click; "Fight, cheetah!" Shows the hunting process of cheetahs; Let's hide and seek tells how animals use protective colors to protect themselves and catch food. While reading this story, Nana Ogawa stared at the picture unblinkingly: "Mom, which small animals are really smart? I haven't found them for a long time. No wonder their enemies will be fooled! " "

Grasshoppers and stick insects are regarded as grass leaves and twigs by birds, respectively, and managed to escape. )

Haha, the bird was fooled again, and the deer was not so lucky when it regarded the butterfly as a dead leaf. The rotten wood it thought was actually a cunning crocodile ...)

More than 50 kinds of animals selected in the book are close to life, and can be seen in zoos and even at home, which is beneficial for children to truly master knowledge in combination with reality and inspire him to make new discoveries in future observation.

The title of 16 is catchy: Come and pick me up and follow my mother in the dark night. It's really a close call, and it's big, big ... Can it arouse the curiosity of children and want to have a look? In the way of telling, this set of books also borrows the concept of picture books, and strives to convey knowledge to children vividly and interestingly.

Third, it is easy to understand and readable, and it is tailored for children aged 3-8.

Each article tells about an animal, mainly with descriptive words, usually with a story connecting knowledge points, supplemented by descriptive words and pictures to deepen understanding. Try to be relaxed and interesting on the basis of professionalism, objectivity and accuracy.

In Warm Feet, the protagonist is a penguin. Penguins' knowledge mainly includes: they are social animals, live in the cold Antarctic, and shout when courting. After the female penguin lays eggs, the male penguin and the female penguin hatch in turn, and those who haven't hatched eggs go to the sea for food. After the chick hatches, it comes back with its relatives (mostly fathers) to wait for food. It can eat from their mouths. On the other hand, penguins walk with their parents' feet.

This set of books seamlessly hides these knowledge points in the story, and the overall capacity of the story far exceeds the scattered knowledge points: besides science, there are many touching emotions and various details. For example, the weather in Antarctica is extremely bad, and adult penguins who go to the seaside for food are likely to fall down on the way and never stand up again; The innocence and movement of the little penguin walking on the big penguin ..... these are vividly presented through words and pictures.

Moreover, this set of books also prepares an "egg"-a teaching aid book for everyone. In order to let children master it more comprehensively, a counseling book is specially designed for parents. It introduces more than 50 kinds of animals in the text, and obtains relevant knowledge points simply and rudely, which is a supplement to the "reason" of the text. With its help, we can communicate and interact with children better.

Parents should guide their children to know and understand, instead of reading one by one.

Fourth, the top picture book creation team, I have a long process, carefully polishing every detail.

Most of the painters in this set of books are big coffee artists who draw this year and even the art circle. All the paintings are hand-painted by them. The painting style of each article is different, but they are all selected according to the characteristics of the animals themselves, such as transparent fresh water color, pencil sketch, colored lead, paper-cutting and so on.

Zhu's "Crane" (Zhu: painter, picture book creator, winner of two Feng Zikai children's picture book awards. Created picture books such as Reunion, Cotton Mother-in-law Telling Stories and Flame. Short-listed in the illustration exhibition of Bologna Book Fair in 20 16. )

Dung beetles of Wang Zumin (Wang Zumin: illustrator of children's books, shortlisted for illustration exhibition of 20 16 Bologna Book Fair. Former editor-in-chief of Children's Story Pictorial. Painted with "new little leopard", "heart-shaped rain flower stone" and "stupid donkey" series. )

Qin's Cheetah (Qin: a hot painter, a painting the size of A4 paper sells for 10,000 yuan. )

This set of books is very rich in artistic expression. So while reading, I also enjoyed an art feast.

The cover design and box design hired designer Feng Yinan. The following is the prototype of some design drafts from 2065438+July 2006:

The whole set of 16 books has a distinct personality, but it is integrated. The simple and generous design is refreshing. You can collect it yourself or give it away.

Fifth, the design of long-drawing pages and digging holes can arouse everyone's reading enthusiasm.

Interactive performances create a sense of substitution and immerse children in reading. This set of books has set up interactive pictures in many articles, so that children can participate in the text and use their brains and hands to mobilize all their reading enthusiasm.

Among the big-mouthed hornbills, the hornbill's mouth is more than 30 centimeters long! Children, code with your hands. How many times does it take to code?

"Page-turning surprise" is a very common creative means in picture books. Although this set of books contains three or four stories, each story follows the concept of picture book creation, with illustrations, words and pictures complementing each other, and the relationship between pictures and texts is complementary rather than descriptive. Page-turning surprise is an effective means to stimulate children's thinking and imagination.

For example, it has a unique design, and children will be elated when they see it. /kloc-7 out of 0/6 books have such a pleasant reading experience!

Sixth, the gold medal content and quality of Oriental dolls are trustworthy.

The contents of this set of books are selected from the "Come to the Zoo" column of Oriental Doll magazine over the years. This column is the gold medal column of the magazine, which has been loved by children for ten years. Everyone is familiar with Oriental Doll magazine. Since 1999 was founded, every publication has been carefully polished with the concept of picture books suitable for children and the way close to children's reading hearts, and more and more children's hearts have been nourished with high-quality "spiritual food".

The whole set of books is soft and hardcover, and each series has a beautiful packaging box, which is drawn out from the side for easy storage. Matte paper and soybean ink are used, which are soft in color and not harmful to eyes.

British naturalist Sidon once said that free wild animals have noble self-esteem and great feelings, and they are also the most humane life I have ever seen in my life. In the process of understanding animals, you can get happiness and nourish your soul. This encyclopedia of different animals has done it. It must be different to appear on children's bookshelves.