孩子的阅读能力长进得很快。
以前是非我读不可,想让他读给我听,除非他心情好,或者恰好想讨我欢心,否则是不用想的。
但今天听我读The Magic Finger时,居然自动自发地和我轮流读了起来,一人一页。真的,不知不觉之间,孩子的词汇量居然也增加了许多,也许还是人小学习能力更强的缘故吧。
想起那天问他got cross是什么意思,他毫无滞涩地答说got angry。所以碰到那些我自觉不熟悉但只要联系语境就能猜出意思的单词或句子,也许我还是暂不提问比较好,哪怕他真的不知道意思呢,只要在阅读的过程中多碰到几次,他也就慢慢明白了。就像孩子小时候听中文故事一样,有些词并不真的知道意思,但他不问,我以为他什么都明白,也不解释。他就那么听啊听啊,听了好多遍还不明白,就开口问啦,妈妈,XX是什么意思?那时再跟他解释,一解释他就记住了,而且记得特别牢。
今天读的这个故事非常有意思,可以提出很多问题。
比如:
Do you think there can be someone who has a magic finger? Why?
Why did the girl get cross?
When did she first put the magic finger on someone?
What happened next?
Do you think her a good girl to do that to her teacher?
How do you think the teacher was?
If a person, an adult, such as your teacher, or a parent of your schoolmate, did such things to you, or said bad words to you, what would you do?
Do you think there could be someone who never does anything wrong?
What can we do if we see someone do something terrible?
Do you want to hunt or fish just for fun?
How many people are there in China? And in the whole world?
If we want to live a better life, do we need the animals, or plants?
Do you know how many species of animals or plants have died out since we human beings became a success?
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相关的科普知识可以google到很多,如北美旅鸽的灭绝(Passenger Pigeon)、濒临灭绝的哺乳动物(http://www.scientificamerican.co ... als-face-extinction)等等。但这些话题是不可能一次性跟孩子探讨清楚的,现在也就顺手记录在案,自己读读,准备用作跟他聊天时的谈资罢了。 |