元元初二已经结束，进入初三了:)

hlp525

孩子从小双语齐头并进，真好：）

孩子接触英语早，只好坚持得好，兴趣培养得好，其实是很轻松的。学习方式建议母语浸入式，平时多给孩子读，听，看各种优质原版资料，孩子的英语底子会很厚的。

至于什么时候识字，这个各方意见很多，有主张早识字，也主张到六七岁才开始的。我个人的意见是看孩子的情况，你现在教教孩子试试，觉得可行就继续，觉得孩子完全不能理解，就放一放，继续给孩子读书，听故事也很好。元元七岁开始学汉字和英语单词，我不觉得晚哦。

如果父母愿意在孩子童年时给孩子大量读书，孩子识字的起始年龄似乎不是很重要，四岁到七岁都可以的。

以上我是我自己的想法，仅供参考：）

tracy妈妈

花了几天的时间，从头到尾把元元妈妈的楼看了一遍，由衷地佩服元元妈妈的淡定。
非常欣赏元元妈妈快乐童年的理念，能够在这么多学业压力的情况下安排这么多课外活动。希望能跟着元妈脚步一起成长。

hlp525

贴一篇元元最近的作业：写一篇editorial。红字是老师改的。

Should smoking be made illegal?

Smoking has killed many people and it is a big problem in the world right now. Cigarette smoking causes about 1 in every 5 deaths in the United States each year! Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body, including the heart, blood vessel, lungs and many other things. So let’s think about this question: Should smoking be made illegal?

Maybe it will surprise you, but my answer to this question is: No! Although smoking is bad, think about what will would happen after smoking is was made illegal? Will Would people stop smoking? No! They would go on smoking even if it breaks broke the law. There would be smugglers and cigarette sellers selling the cigarettes in private. If we try tried to send them to jail, they would fight back and there would be a war between the government and smokers. If you don’t believe it, think about the alcohol prohibition in the USA history. The prohibition in the USA was a national ban on the sale of alcohol. Did it work? No. It was a good idea, but it couldn’t solve the problem from deep inside. There were illegal alcohol sellers every where. At last, the USA government abolished the prohibition. You could just imagine what would happen if we made smoking illegal!

Does this mean that we should smoke? No! Although we shouldn’t make smoking illegal, it doesn’t mean we should encourage the smokers. Smoking is a killer, and it will slowly make you sick. Second hand smoking is even worse. Although you may not know it when you’re smoking, you’re slowly killing the people around you!

Maybe you will ask, “Then if smoking is not illegal, what shall we do about those smokers?” My answer to this question is: We can limit the places for smoking. For example, you’ll you should not be able to smoke in public areas like restaurants, shopping malls and schools; because it will affect other people’s health. In other places more outside and wild, you can choose weather whether to smoke or not.

But what I want to say to all the smokers is: Think about your body, your work, your family before touching the cigarettes. What’s more, think about your poor children who are slowly been killed by second hand smoke! We all know how smoking affects our lives, so even if smoking doesn’t break the law, we have to keep ourselves away from cigarettes! After all, we must protect our own bodies. If we don’t look after it them, who will?

Although smoking should not be made illegal, let us sent send this killer away! Everybody, stop smoking right now!


[ 本帖最后由 hlp525 于 2012-3-12 14:13 编辑 ]

justfory

原帖由 hlp525 于 2012-3-10 13:37 发表
孩子从小双语齐头并进，真好：）

孩子接触英语早，只好坚持得好，兴趣培养得好，其实是很轻松的。学习方式建议母语浸入式，平时多给孩子读，听，看各种优质原版资料，孩子的英语底子会很厚的。

至于什么时 ...

谢谢元妈的耐心回复，以后继续追随元妈的脚步，争取给儿子一个快乐的童年，哈哈。

goubao1107

想请教元妈朗读和默读如何过渡和操作？我自己琢磨的是朗读的好处是可以练发音和语感，同时我也能发现她的生词情况，但会影响阅读速度；默读速度就会加快，对今后快速阅读有帮助，但怎么把握好这个度呢？目前孩子的情况是初级章节书大约读了60多本吧，朗读流利性没问题，问题出在太快了，有时感觉眼睛溜到嘴前面了，影响了朗读的感情、语气和清晰度。因为从能读开始就一直是朗读的，养成了拿起书出声读的习惯，又担心会不会影响到默读能力，请元妈有空时指点一二，谢谢

hlp525

我陪元元学英语属于粗线条的，你说的朗读和默读如何过渡和操作这一问题我还得回想一下才能回答。

记得元元前期学英语都是张嘴模仿发音的，朗读机灵狗，朗读国家地理儿童百科，朗读新概念，其实这时的朗读都是跟读，即一句一句的音频暂停后模仿着读。

后来语音比较定型了，也知道一些拼读规律，开始不听音频，自己朗读一些小短文，如绘本。

等她能看长篇的儿童小说时自然就变成默读了，朗读太慢，太费时间，也太没有必要了。

目前的阅读她是以默读为主。

说到如何过渡，你不妨按元元的顺序，在孩子早期发音没定型前，多张嘴模仿跟读或朗读。等发音标准了，语感好了，阅读的内容长了，慢慢转成默读为主。朗读也不要停，选少量短小的文章，不时朗读一下也很好的。

[ 本帖最后由 hlp525 于 2012-3-14 20:04 编辑 ]

hlp525

翻出日语老黄历

前几天，元元说要接着学日语，我以为她说着玩，没怎么理。想着学校课业这么重，她的爱好又这么多（这学期，她还选修了学校的吉它课），估计怎么着也找不出学日语的时间。日语学习已经停了一年多了吧，我记不清了。

今晚，她在书架上找书，半天没找到，后来她向我求援。我这才知道她在找日语相关的书，一本是日语五十音图，一本是日语分级读物 跳跳蛙。元元看我一脸的不解，这才不好意思地说，她在学校跟同学夸口会日语，能用日语读绘本。同学们让她明天读几个绘本听听。元元这下要临阵磨枪了。我把书和光盘给她，她把自己关在屋子里刻苦去了。。。。

明天能读成什么样呢   

[ 本帖最后由 hlp525 于 2012-3-14 20:16 编辑 ]

goubao1107

非常感谢元妈指点,我们是听说先行的,后来学了PHONICS自己读小说的,现在读个百十页的小说要两个来小时，感觉比较慢和累，看来可以逐渐加入默读

[ 本帖最后由 goubao1107 于 2012-3-15 16:52 编辑 ]

hlp525

这周的作业，继续贴：）

Cinquain:

Daffodil

Golden butterfly

Fluttering, smiling, dancing

Happy messenger of nature

Spring

Stars

Sparkling lights

Twinkling, blinking, glimmering

Angles in the sky

Diamonds

Hills

Gentle giants

Rolling, stretching, spreading

Land of nature, happiness

Waves

Stream

Singing water

Laughing, flowing, splashing

Pure spirit of spring

Life

Seaweed

Smooth silk

Floating, flickering, swaying

Treasure within deep seas

Spirit

Rhymed Poem:

Dancing with the trees

As I thought about my score in Math,

My heart sank, and I wandered on a lonely path.

On the path I saw lots of trees,

With long slender branches, small green leaves.

All of them I saw at a glance,

Were stretching their arms, silently dance.

(Were stretching their arms in a silent dance.)

Beside the lake as far as I can see,

Dancing and swaying in the breeze.

The wind blew; the leaves fell,

They happily swirled, and rang like bells.

Leaves spun around like naughty boys,

Full of spirit, life and joy!

I gazed and gazed at the endless line,

And joined the dance that is so fine.

Swirling and spinning,

Jumping and stretching.

The tiredness and sadness had floated away,

Only joy and pleasure had happily stayed.

So whenever I’m lonely or sad,

I’ll think about the trees, and quickly be glad.

My heart will gently breathe,

And happily dance with the trees.

Limerick: (AABBA) Ha!

Rain

Rain is falling on the ground;

Making gentle musical sound.

It falls on the frog;

The little brown dog

And everything all around.

[ 本帖最后由 hlp525 于 2012-3-15 15:10 编辑 ]

好妮

元元对语言的感觉是在是太好了，以后就往语言方面发展吧。