骏爸的中英双语养育记录

pascal

学习，名师出高徒。

Mountie

声音与光线——骏骏感兴趣的话题

（2011年6月23日）

        昨天带骏骏去我姐家吃晚饭。晚饭后下起了台风雨，骏骏正好有理由可以跟表妹再玩一会儿。等雨停了，已是八点半，赶紧带骏骏回家。
        从湿滑的楼梯慢慢向下走，走到一半，楼道灯自动熄灭了。正好这时骏骏大声说：“Daddy!”灯又亮了。我打趣道：“Maybe the light thought it was your daddy, so it turned on to answer you.”骏骏笑道：“No. It's an automatic light.”
        我就顺势问骏骏：“Why can it turn on by itself?”骏骏答道：“Because of the sound.”
        我又问：“Why can the sound turn it on?”这个骏骏就没法解释了，老老实实说：“I don't know.”
        这时我们已经走到了楼下。我把骏骏抱上自行车，然后才慢慢给他解释：“When you make a sound, the air around you vibrates. The switch of the automatic light has a sensor that can detect the vibration in the air. When the vibration is strong enough, it will turn on the light. When the sensor can no longer detect any vibration, it will turn off the light. In this way, the light only turns on when there are people passing by. That will save a lot of electricity.”

        回到家，我忙着换鞋、拿东西，没来得及开灯。骏骏透过阳台看外面的天空，叹了句：“The sky is still so bright!”
        我向阳台外看去，天空还真是挺明亮的，就问骏骏：“It's almost 9 o'clock in the evening. The sky should be very dark by now. Why is it so bright?”骏骏想了想，没什么头绪，答道：“I don't know.”
        我又提示他：“What do you see in the sky?”骏骏又细看了天空一眼，答道：“Clouds.”
        我高兴地说：“Yes! The sky is covered by clouds, which reflect the city light. That's what makes the sky so bright. On a clear night, there is no cloud to reflect the city light, so you will find that the sky is darker.”
        观察了一下骏骏的反应，他并没有觉得这个话题 boring，仍在凝神听着，就继续讲下去：“The night sky far away from cities is quite different. On a clear night, the star light and moonlight make the sky look brighter. When there are clouds in the night sky, it will be darker.”

        睡前小读，我专门挑了本 Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 系列里的 Day Light, Night Light -- Where Light Comes From，正好延续今天的话题。

Mountie

地下车库的通风系统

（2011年6月28日）

        上个星期三晚上，从我姐家吃完晚饭回来，在地下车库停车（注：是停自行车，我是穷人）。骏骏盯着天花上的管道看，忽然问我：“Daddy, what's that?”我看了一眼，告诉他：“That's a ventilation pipe.”
        骏骏又问：“What is that ventilation pipe for?”我一边锁车一边答道：“For sucking away dirty air so that fresh air will flow in.”
        骏骏环顾四周，说：“The ventilation pipe goes all around the big underground parking garage. Why should it be so long?”
        我先不急于回答他，指了指四周，反而问他：“Do you see any windows here?”骏骏向四周看了看，说：“No.”我这才解释道：“This parking garage is under the ground. We can't make any windows on the walls. It's difficult for fresh air to come in. But the cars are giving off exhaust. People are breathing out carbon dioxide. Soon the air in the underground parking garage will be too bad for people to breathe.”
        我停好车，拉着骏骏的手往电梯走，边走边继续解释：“That's why we need a ventilation system. It sucks the dirty air out. Then the air pressure in the underground parking garage will become lower, and fresh air will flow in from the entrance and the exit.”

静子细语

骏爸真是太强大了，看到骏骏英语这么流利的表达，激励自己一定要坚持下去！骏爸能否告诉一下，骏骏现在几岁了？

Mountie

骏骏现在五岁半多一点

ryoukourei

对于指读方面能具体详述吗?例如大概从几岁开始?书的字体大小?字数多寡?
女儿14个多月了,从3个月开始就断断续续的用杜曼的方式认字,因自制的卡片不好闪,女儿有时没兴趣看,后来也只是偶尔拿出来给她看一下,这时她倒是有点兴趣。一页字一页图的自制书,她也只急着想往下翻到图的部分,或许我没完全依照杜曼的方式,所以觉得有挫折感,另一方面因每天时间有限,没办法花时间在自制卡片和书上面,但是念书给她听的时间还是有的,且女儿也很爱看书,常拿着书要我念。认字最终目的也只是希望她能自主阅读,或许现阶段还是让她享受看图的乐趣,所以想了解指读的方式,杜曼说3岁的小孩可以看清1寸的字,那不是很大吗?书上的字大多才0.8~1公分,很疑惑...

提外话,上次看骏爸介绍time for kids,本很想买,但碍于女儿的年纪,想之后再买,今天再去看时都没啦!真是悔恨!以后看到便宜的都要先下手。我打印SCOTT FORESMAN的K级science,可能是实图的关系,每本又只有8页,女儿都很有兴趣一再要我念。

绿茶333

俊爸的教育方式是高成本（指导者本身能力高，花费大量时间，大量精力）的一对一教育方式，属于精英教育了，而且小孩子本身个性，智商要跟得上才行

但很有借鉴意义

Mountie

原帖由 ryoukourei 于 2011-7-28 16:49 发表
对于指读方面能具体详述吗?例如大概从几岁开始?书的字体大小?字数多寡?
女儿14个多月了,从3个月开始就断断续续的用杜曼的方式认字,因自制的卡片不好闪,女儿有时没兴趣看,后来也只是偶尔拿出来给她看一下,这时她 ...

骏骏出生前，我就深入地了解过杜曼，但最后没有采用。

指读从孩子6个月左右开始，最初是带单词的大幅图片，后来过渡到书。孩子年龄越小，则书的字数越少，字体越大，随年龄增长逐渐调整。大约3岁左右时，就发现他认得很多单词了。4岁左右时，发现他认得的单词真的很多就，就逐渐不再指单词，不过仍继续读书给孩子听。

指读的时候，从不提醒他要看我指哪里，他爱看文字还是图片都随他。不过，到了孩子2岁多时，感觉他可能认得一些单词了，有时为了能让他多看文字，我会先把书给孩子看，让他把图片看完，然后我再指读。

Mountie

骏骏的小发现

（2011年8月31日）


骏骏从这个暑假开始自己洗澡了，但是动作比较慢，总是一边洗一边跟我说话，或者边洗边玩水，洗着洗着就停下来了也不知道，老是要人提醒。

昨晚骏骏洗澡时，我在旁边给他洗衣服，不时斜瞟一眼看他在干啥，却发现他进到澡盆后就一直拿着用来往身上浇水的塑料杯子在玩水，根本没开始洗澡。我正想严肃地提醒他一下，但又觉得他好象在做一件有意义的事情，于是到嘴的话又咽了回去，且看他进一步动向。

过了一会儿，骏骏兴奋地说：“Daddy, I’ve made a BIG discovery!”我停止洗衣，饶有兴趣地看着他，问：“Oh, really? What’s that?”

骏骏仍是很兴奋地说：“I found that sound can travel better in water!”我听了觉得很惊讶，两眼放光地问：“That’s a great discovery! How did you find out?”


骏骏把杯子中的水倒空，侧头把右耳放到杯口，然后用手指在杯子上叩了几下；接着，他给杯子盛满水，再侧头把右耳浸入杯子的水中，然后仍是用手指在杯子上叩了几下。做完这个演示，骏骏说：“See? Sound DOES travel better in water!”

呵呵，他那样子真象个小科学家。我不由得想起，阿基米德就是在浴盆中想出证明金质王冠被掺假的办法的。

我很高兴地表扬骏骏：“That’s great! I learnt that sound can travel faster and farther in water than in air, but I’ve never thought of a way to prove it.”

骏骏对这个试验很自豪，又重复做了两次，这才开始洗澡。

趁骏骏在洗澡，我继续对他说：“Sound can travel faster and farther in water. That’s why whales can communicate over a huge distance in the vast ocean.”骏骏好奇地说：“Oh, I didn’t know whales could talk in water.”我告诉他：“Yes, they can. So can dolphins.”

我把这个话题继续发挥下去：“Do you think that sound can travel in outer space where there is nothing around?”骏骏歪着头思考起来。我就把问题说得更形象些：“If we are standing on the moon, and I am talking to you, can you hear me?”骏骏不太肯定地说：“Yes?”我摇摇头说：“No. Sound can only travel through a medium like air or water. There is no air on the moon, so sound can’t travel from my mouth to your ear. Actually, in that situation, we have to wear helmets. We can only talk through other means.” 说到这里，骏骏大声插话：“I know, We can talk through radio.”

Mountie

（2012年4月14日）

    前几天给骏骏买的 The Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle，今天傍晚拿出来读给他听。读到一半时，晚饭准备好了，我说：“OK. Let's stop here. We can read the rest after supper.”骏骏大声抗议：“No! I want to read it NOW!”我只好退让半步：“Well, just one more chapter. After that, you shall go to the table.”骏骏勉强答应了。多读了一章之后，骏骏虽然仍意犹未尽，仍乖乖地跟我去吃晚饭了。

    骏骏吃饭一向比较磨蹭，有时想问题而忘了咀嚼，有时忙于说话而忘了吃饭，有时翻翻书或玩玩东西。为了让他专心吃饭，我对他说：“If you can finish eating in 30 minutes, you can read the rest of that book after supper. Otherwise, you have to wait until tomorrow to read it.”

    这一招果然有效，骏骏专心地吃起饭来，速度也比平时快了。但好景不长，他又开小差了，我只好时不时地提醒他：“25 minutes left... 20 minutes left.”
    提醒了两三次，我又改变了方法，对骏骏说：“I have an idea. Maybe we can stop the clock. Then time will stop, and you can eat as slowly as you like.”

    骏骏愣了一下，然后笑道：“No. Even though you stop this clock, the other clocks are still going on.”

    我又提议：“If we stopped all the clocks in the world, time would surely stop.”

    骏骏大笑：“Silly Daddy! Time can never be stopped. And you can never go back to the last minute.”

    我心中暗想：“这小子倒是明白时间并不依赖时钟而存在。”

    见骏骏明白时间失去永不回来，我顺势提醒他：“If you lose something, you might be able to find it later. But if you waste you time, you can never get it back. There are 15 minutes left.”

    骏骏把手中玩着的小夹子丢开，专心地吃起来。他吃完时，我还没吃完。我高兴地说：“Ok, you can go to read the rest of that book now.”骏骏离开饭桌，自己把剩下的部分读完了。



    在睡前的闲聊中，我们又谈到了时间。我说：“Time is really amazing. If you can travel nearly as fast as light, time will slow down. When you travel at the speed of light, time will stop.”骏骏问：“If you can travel faster than light, will time go backward?”我对此也了解不深，只好简单地说：“It's possible in theory. But in our universe, as far as we know, nothing can go faster than light.”骏骏说：“When I grow up, I want to build a spacecraft that can go faster than light.”



    画蛇添足，顺便记录一下我们睡前闲聊中讲到的另一个话题。

    骏骏说：“The skull protects my brain. The skin protects my skull. The hair protects my skin. The air protects my hair. The mosquito net protects the air. The building protects the mosquito net. The cloud protects the building....”骏骏就这样一直延伸到外太空去了。

    我模仿他的句子，换一种说法：“...The building is on the earth. The earth is in the solar system. The solar system is in the milky way. The milky way is in the universe.”

    说到这里，我停顿了一下。骏骏想当然地以为我说完了，正要接话，我突然说：“The universe is in the university!”

    骏骏哈哈大笑：“No! A university is not big enough to hold the universe. It's IN the universe.”

    我一本正经地说：“I think a university is a city full of universes.”

    听到这里，骏骏已经笑弯腰了。