This cartoon is very popular with preschool children at present, but unfortunately, quite a few children only watch the Chinese version and ignore the English version.
Since my daughter was three and a half years old, I have insisted on letting her watch the English version of Little Pink Pig and forbade her to contact the Chinese version. At first, I was a little worried that she wouldn't understand and would be rejected. But as it turns out, my worry is unnecessary.
Now, she has formed the good habit of watching Little Pink Pig every day. She not only likes it, but is even a little fascinated.
Every night after taking a shower, she will sit in front of the DVD player and watch 15 minutes of cartoons. When she watches less time, she will pout and bargain with me. "Dad, can I watch another episode?"
My daughter has been watching little pink pig for almost a year since she was three and a half years old. Before, I always felt that nothing had changed. Of course, I'm not in a hurry, mainly because I want her to get more exposure to English.
However, what happened yesterday morning still surprised me.
Early in the morning, I used a plastic machine to shape the script of Little Sister Pink Pig at home.
The first episode is a 5-minute video, 15 script (picture+English). This is somewhat similar to English picture books, as shown in the figure:
After washing, my daughter saw the script in my hand and was very curious. She ran to me and asked, "Dad, is this a gift for me?" I said, "Yes!"
As soon as she heard that it was a gift, she became more interested. She stared at her little pink pig sister.
At this time, I picked up one of them and read it. When she saw me reading, she found one for herself, patted my hand and said, "Dad, Dad, listen to me."
Said, and she picked up one of them (the seventh), really read out loud:
"okay. It is safe for you. Sorry, George. Just mud. "
The pronunciation and intonation are imitated vividly and the pronunciation is completely correct!
Although, at first, I thought about the influence of Little Pink Pig on her, but she could understand it when she picked it up, and her pronunciation and intonation were very standard, which still surprised me.
After all, this year, she just watched cartoons and watched them over and over again. I didn't deliberately teach her anything, but I would ask her some questions from time to time to see if she could understand.
Of course, she can only understand some simple sentences now, and slightly more complicated sentences are still very challenging for her.
However, this small change has given me great confidence and made me insist on "Little Pink Pig" as the first textbook for my daughter to learn English.