Secondly, going back to this question, it really takes some thought to choose a picture book that can stimulate the imagination. I think we can follow two principles: one is to be bold, and the other is to have space.
The picture will never fall into the stereotype, but it looks kind but unique, which can guide children to read in a diversified way and expand their imagination. This is one of them. Leave some space for the child to think for himself. Then there are actually many such picture books, of course, there are few really high-quality ones. I recommend Children of a Tribe, which is a book about children's sense of belonging. The picture is beautiful and the story is beautiful. My children like it very much. After reading it, they all carefully wrote down their own ideas.
Finally, parents should provide more opportunities for their children to use their imaginations at will and guide them to create any works of their own. This is the core of stimulating imagination.
At present, parents have reached an agreement on the necessity of picture books, but they can't reach an agreement on the choice of picture books. Some parents hold this view, while others may hold the opposite view. The reason is probably because the individual differences of children and the harmony of parent-child relationship are neglected, which directly determines the different ways of children's choice and the different types of picture books they like.
For the choice of picture books, whether babies or older children, the final choice should be in their own hands. Because they are the ultimate beneficiaries of reading, parents are just bystanders, so if you want to stimulate children's imagination, let them choose for themselves. If they like it, they will be willing to continue reading.
Of course, parents do not completely let go, but also help their children to screen and play the role of supervisors. For example, whether picture books are suitable for children's personality characteristics and age acceptance stage, whether they are suitable for children's independent reading or parent-child reading; Whether it is suitable for problem enlightenment or role-playing; Whether it is necessary to guide or involve children themselves. Remember, when they are young, we should give priority to protecting their imagination. If you don't violate the principle, don't participate too much. Too much interference will affect their interest.
If children are willing to take the initiative to explain to you, or take the initiative to discuss with you, it means that they may have opened the door to imagination.
Children can stimulate their imagination by reading picture books. And some good picture books can stimulate children's imagination by designing, arranging stories and setting up small games or institutions, such as some hole books, flip books and pop-up books.
Recently, I listened to a picture book sharing course and came into contact with a great picture book, which can stimulate children's imagination. It is called "French children's creative toy book". This book contains four volumes: "What's in the red box? Guess ""What are you going to wear? What's the matter with you? ""which one do you like? Turn around.
Different from the books that are simply input to children, this set of books does not intend to teach children cognition word by word, but requires children to let go of themselves, experiment and interact with each other, read the books from front to back and observe them in all directions; At the same time, I also seriously spoof the familiar things in life with my children.
This humorous and interesting way can bring children into a relaxed and interesting world.
The picture books I have seen with my children can stimulate their imagination. There are four series of picture books created by Miyanishi and translated by Peng Yi, including tabby cats and black cats, meowing, a little pig and a hundred wolves, and the town of hungry old wolves and pigs!
Our children especially like reading this set of picture books. Every time they tell him, he listens carefully, especially when they talk about tabby cats and black cats, because there is a sharp contrast between tabby cats Mimi and black cat Bruce, and we can tap the different characteristics of children looking for two cats. While listening to the story, there is a sharp picture contrast! It can definitely stimulate children's imagination, and children especially love this picture book!
I think a picture book to stimulate children's imagination should meet the following requirements.
1, there should be stories that attract children, which are easy to understand, funny and vivid. There are many kinds of picture book stories about "Pulling Radish", whether listening to children's songs or the cartoon "Big Head Son and Little Head Dad" are very popular with children, and children can easily retell this story.
2, bright colors, vivid characters, simple and clear story is one of them, and perfect picture is the key. When reading picture books with children, he listened to his parents' stories and did his own research. Vivid pictures can bring children a good reading experience, and children are more likely to fall in love with picture books. The process of imitating characters in picture books is also a process of stimulating imagination.
3. In the whole picture book story, there should be interaction with readers. A few days ago, it was a good experience to read "Little Du Fu Give His Seat" with children. The bus was full of guests, and then grandma rabbit got on the bus, and the animals scrambled to give her their seats. Finally, Grandma Rabbit sat in the seat of the little cuckoo. Where does the little cuckoo sit? The child guessed several answers at once,
You can choose a picture book with no ending or mainly pictures.
A picture book with no ending can let children use their imagination and make up one or more endings for the story. Parents can also make up stories with children.
Picture books can stimulate children's imagination, let them look at pictures and make up stories according to their own thinking. When telling a story to a child, you can pause appropriately and let the child imagine what will happen next.
In fact, the picture book itself is the product of imagination, such as guess how much I love you, and the runaway bunny. Mothers and children can learn to use their imagination like rabbits, compare who loves each other more, and stimulate imaginative parent-child interaction.
A good picture book should also be accompanied by a dedicated parent in order to give full play to its great light.
Excellent picture books can stimulate children's imagination, nourish children's hearts and let children experience beautiful emotions.
How to choose a picture book to stimulate the imagination for children?
I think this question should be decided according to the different situation of each child. For example, some children love machinery, and parents can buy more mechanical picture books for their children to stimulate their imagination. Some children like animals and plants, so parents can buy them some picture books to stimulate their imagination.
If you don't know how to improve your child's creative imagination, this book provides you with a model.
Maybe everyone once imagined when he was a child that it would be great if he could fly into the sky like a bird, overlook the place where he lives from high altitude and fly to any place he wants to go. But for most people, this idea is just a flash in the mind.
But one person remembered this childhood imagination and drew it, so the pleasure of flying in the clouds was recorded, so that those of us who have the same imagination can relive our memories and feel the pleasure.
0 1 This person is Japanese picture book writer Kenji Kurai. His work is Fly to the Clouds.
The picture book "Flying to the Cloud" is mainly based on pictures, with few words, and half of the pages have no words. It can be said that the rich meaning of the work is expressed through the picture.
The cover of Flying to the Clouds depicts a little boy looking at the white clouds in the distance, flying in mid-air with his arms outstretched, with winding rivers and low mountains at his feet.
At this time, you will think, can he really fly to the clouds? The title page of the book tells us the answer: it seems that he really flew in the clouds, flying higher than the plane.
On page 1 of the book, a narrow picture depicts the scene in front of the hillside in the evening. On page 2, the camera zooms in and there is a little boy looking at the distant mountain. He said that whenever the sun goes down, he wants to fly all the way to the clouds. Why do you fly to the clouds when the sun goes down?
Then the little boy gently fanned his hand and kept floating. The houses on the ground began to get smaller, and the clouds were so high and far away. Just when he thought he was in the clouds, suddenly it was white everywhere. It turns out that the little boy has already flown in the clouds.
There are two pictures worth mentioning. 1 the picture is what the little boy saw in the clouds-there is white that he can see but can't catch, and there is a little blue and a little green. The second picture shows a little boy in the clouds. He is surrounded by dribs and drabs of white water droplets, which really depicts the dream feeling of being in the clouds.
The author Kenji Kuroi was born in an art class and has illustrated many picture books. For example, his picture book "Little Fox Buy Gloves". The most typical feature of his paintings is that the colors are light, and the boundaries between things are soft but not sharp, giving people a clean and warm feeling.
"Up in the Clouds" also continues this style, and the picture is full of warmth and dreams.
Finally, the little boy flew out of the clouds and into them. He saw the sun shining after sunset. It turns out that every time the sun goes down, the little boy who wants to fly to the clouds wants to pursue the sun!
Anyone who sees this picture will feel bright and happy. The light of the sun shines bright golden yellow on the surrounding clouds, emitting light that is absolutely invisible on the ground!
The first time I flew by plane, I saw the sun above the clouds, which was also such a shocking feeling-the feeling of looking up at the sun!
Later, the little boy tried to fly several times, but it didn't matter. He really flew in the clouds.
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Why is this book a model to improve children's creative imagination?
First of all, we should explain clearly what creative imagination is.
The germination of children's imagination appears at about 2 years old, usually unintentionally, and the content is relatively poor, such as seeing a spoon and imagining eating. After the age of 2, children begin to imagine intentionally, but usually they recreate their imagination, that is, draw a picture in their minds according to other people's language descriptions. Around the age of 5, children begin to show advanced imagination-creative imagination, that is, they can independently create new things with goals and themes.
Just like the story "Flying in the Clouds", this is a process in which a child imagines himself flying in the clouds. What did you see from How to Fly to the Cloud and Fly to the Cloud? This process has a purpose, a theme and is complete.
This is also the reason why this picture book is marked as "suitable for reading at the age of 5-8" despite its uncomplicated content and few words-because children under the age of 5 have not experienced an independent, themed and complete process of creative imagination.
Creative imagination is the source and core of creation and innovation. Einstein once said: "Imagination is far more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited, and imagination summarizes everything in the world, promotes progress and is the source of knowledge evolution." What he called "imagination" refers to the ability of creative imagination.
Creative imagination is so important, so how to cultivate children's creative imagination?
There are two fundamental ways, 1 is to find ways to let children read a lot and accumulate materials for imagination; And 1 is to train children's thematic imagination, just like "propositional composition".
For example, after reading the book "Flying in the Clouds" with your children, you can ask your children what they will see if they fly in the clouds. What will happen if you dive to the bottom of the sea? What can you see? Will you find a pearl as big as a human head like jules verne's "Two Wan Li under the Sea"?
There are too many topics that can exercise creative imagination, such as what happens when you meet a fairy? What about a man-eating giant? Will this giant be a "good-hearted giant" who doesn't eat people but stinks melons?
Moreover, the process of imagination can not only be described in words, but also drawn on several pages like a black well, making it a continuous story, not just a one-page scene.
Look, this unique picture book does not convey truth or tell stories, but only depicts an imaginary picture book, which can be used as a model for training children's creative imagination. According to this model, we can extend many themes that can train our imagination.
I think this is also the reason why the picture book "Flying to the Cloud" can be selected as a book designated by the Japan Library Association and the Japan National School Library Association. Being able to attract Peng Yi, an expert who translated and studied picture books earlier in China, this book must have its own uniqueness, waiting for everyone to discover it.
Author: After Van Gogh's two-dimensional starry sky, the psychological counselor has been raising himself under the guise of parenting.
I think reading itself can stimulate imagination. No matter what kind of books can stimulate children's imagination. Of course, if you have this preference, you can choose some books without words, only pictures without words can stimulate children's imagination to the greatest extent. Of course, there are some exotic books or some pop-up books that can stimulate children's imagination. I remember reading a pop-up book, and the children made some handicrafts by themselves, which was particularly creative.
Imagination decreases with age. Generally speaking, children's imagination is much richer than that of adults. What our parents need to do most is not to curb the development of their children's imagination, not to blame their thinking, but to give them enough space and freedom. Want to stimulate children's imagination, reading picture books is only one aspect, close contact with nature; Listen to all kinds of voices from nature; Draw at will; Make all kinds of handicrafts according to your own preferences. Even peeling oranges can peel off a small animal.
If you just look at picture books, you must first choose imaginative picture books. The story is vivid and suspenseful, and the ending gives people room for imagination, such as magic picture books.
Secondly, the picture is of good quality, full of artistic appeal and high artistic value, with enough details for children to observe, discover and think.
Finally, children are the main body of reading picture books, so we must consider children's opinions and preferences. Otherwise, even if it is a master's work, children will lose the meaning of reading picture books without looking at their faces.