Obviously not.
Picture books are not simply equivalent to "books with pictures". They are an independent form of books, with special emphasis on the internal relationship between words and pictures. In picture books, both are important roles in telling stories. Pictures are no longer the vassals of words, but the life of the whole book. In some famous picture books, there is not even a word, only pictures are used to tell stories.
Picture books attach great importance to the coherence of pictures. A good picture book can make an illiterate child "read" the main idea just by looking at the pictures. In addition, the picture book is beautiful, exquisite and unique in layout, which forms an almost perfect whole with the cover, title page, follow-up post and back cover.
How did picture books originate?
Picture books were born in Europe in the17th century. In 1930s, the mainstream of picture books spread to America, and picture books ushered in a golden age. In 1950s and 1960s, South Korea and Japan began to develop picture books, and in 1970s, Taiwan Province Province also began to read picture books, which subsequently triggered a picture book reading craze.
Picture books can not only tell stories and learn knowledge, but also help children build up their spirit and cultivate multiple intelligences. In the 2 1 century, picture book reading has become a fashion for children all over the world.
What are the benefits of picture books for children?
As a unique form of children's literature, picture books are "the presentation of children's culture" and an important part of children's own world. Children can enter their inner world through picture books. Its vivid interest satisfies children's curious nature and opens the door to the world for children. At the same time, it is also a "window" for children to know themselves and the world, and a spiritual place for children to place their emotions. With the help of picture books, children can release their emotions and meet the needs of psychological development. At the same time, it can also promote other aspects of development.
First, the picture book, a bridge to convey affection
Picture book is the first book in a child's life, and it is a book that parents and children read together. Please hold your child in your arms when he is a baby. When the child grows up day by day, please sit next to him and read him a picture book. Through skin contact and language communication, the child feels the affection, draws closer the parent-child relationship, and his mind will be enriched bit by bit and become a person with rich heart.
Children will have empathy in the process of reading picture books, and will change with the protagonist's mood, either happy or sad, thus enriching their emotional experience. Reading itself also brings great happiness to children. Look at the excited expression of children immersed in the story and the state of tirelessly repeating a story, you can know that they are enjoying the story. In addition, many profound truths can be easily conveyed to children through picture books, so that they can understand the truth, goodness and beauty in the process of reading picture books. At the same time, through the examples in the story, children can learn a series of qualities such as sharing and cooperation, so as to better communicate with their peers and better promote their own socialization.
Second, picture books, so that children love reading from an early age.
Parents usually think that reading can make children know more words, increase more knowledge, make children better adapt to text reading and get good grades in school. This idea is understandable, but when children are young, teachers and parents should first consider how to cultivate children's habit of reading, so that children can love reading and read happily.
Judging from the history of human development, the picture language is earlier than the written language, more intuitive than the written symbols, and the expression system is more in line with the characteristics of children's imaginative thinking. Children's thinking is a concrete and vivid thinking, and it is a kind of thinking in images, while picture books mainly focus on painting, with few words but rich pictures. Painting conveys stories, which can stimulate children's interest more than ordinary pure words, conform to children's early reading characteristics and habits, and make children feel the pleasure of reading. Reading picture books can not only increase children's vocabulary, but also enhance their oral expression ability.
Cao Wenxuan said: "A person's interest in reading should start at an early age. You haven't read good books in your childhood, and it's hard for you to cultivate a real interest in reading all your life. " Therefore, it is very important to choose the first book in life. Picture books, a unique form of expression, capture the characteristics of children's psychological development. Humorous pictures satisfy children's strong curiosity and easily lead them into a happy journey of reading.
Third, picture books, give children the wings of imagination.
Children are born visionaries and like to imagine. In the process of children's growth, imagination is indispensable and indispensable. Compared with other forms of children's literature, picture books with images and colors leave a broad space for children's imagination, which is an indispensable book form for developing children's imagination. Picture book stories cross national boundaries and various cultural backgrounds. Through words and pictures, children can enter different worlds and expand their creativity infinitely. Children can also have rich associations with stories according to the overall artistic conception of picture books, and their imagination is infinitely expanded. Parents or teachers can also make use of the advantages of picture books, let children integrate into the story situation of picture books with curiosity and excitement under zero pressure, and cultivate their logical thinking, predictive reasoning ability and language ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing through meaningful questions and guidance. As Matsutakeji of the Japan International Children's Council said, "Picture books are an important starting point for imagination."
Fourth, picture books, let children feel the beauty of the world.
Excellent picture books are masters of painting from all over the world, also known as the essence of painting. Influenced by famous paintings since childhood, children can naturally improve their aesthetic taste and cultivation subtly.
By reading picture books, children can talk with world-famous painting masters, feel the influence of beauty, understand the charm of color matching, and their hearts can be enriched.
Fifth, picture books, let children learn to tell stories.
The language of picture books is relatively simple and catchy. Many picture books, we only need to tell the children four or five times, and the children can retell the story themselves with the books. Many parents think that this is a child's good memory, but it is not entirely true.
In fact, when children listen to their parents' stories about reading picture books, their small eyes keep staring at the picture and connect the contents of their parents with the picture, which is also the embryonic form of thinking. After speaking and reading again and again, children not only remember what their parents said and read, but also translate their understanding of pictures into words according to pictures. This becomes the basis for children to tell stories actively.
We will also find that for picture books with simple plots, children will repeat word for word, while for picture books with complex plots, children will make creative changes. It can be seen that children's memory has certain advantages in retelling picture book stories, but its creative ability can not be ignored. Because when children can't completely repeat the same thing, they will start the creative ability inside their brains to tell stories according to their own understanding of pictures, and this creative ability is exactly what we need most.
Seeing this, what are you hesitating about? Read the picture book to the children quickly, so that the children can grow up happily in reading the picture book.