Interest first

In fact, parents can start reading English picture books to their children after their children are born, and the earlier the better. Children's reading must begin with interest. Only when children are interested in something can they sit down quietly and finish reading a book with their parents. Therefore, when choosing books for children, don't guess children's preferences, but start with what children like: for children who can't talk, parents can buy some English picture books related to cars according to their favorite toys, such as children like to play with cars; Children who like animals can start with animal books. Attractive books can attract children.

0~ 1 is the sensitive period of children's mouth and hands. At this stage, try to buy cloth books, which are not torn and easy to clean and disinfect. In addition, there are cardboard books specially designed for children. These books are generally designed with rounded corners to prevent children from being cut. You can also choose books with bright pictures and books with sound devices. At this stage, books are similar to toys. Children like to play with books, which is also a way for children to get close to books. How to study in this period? At this stage, it is more about not paying attention to what you read, but making children feel happy about the parent-child activities of reading. By the age of 2, children's activity ability will be enhanced, they will prefer to tear paper, or they can buy some card books, which are more solid. Still pay attention to the attractiveness of the picture, and the words are bigger. There are also books with audio-visual content. At this time, parent-child reading can combine the content of grinding ears and cultivate children's sense of rhythm through children's songs. 3~6 years old, you can choose books suitable for children's cognitive ability and language ability. In fact, no matter how you choose books, what matters is the interest of children. Interest is the basis of children's reading, and what they get through reading is happiness and happiness, so let children read his favorite books. Of course, you can also choose your child's favorite theme from classic picture books, award-winning picture books and famous picture books.

For example, the picture books of well-known writers such as E, if children like a book by an author, they can also choose books according to the author's main line.

Introduce picture books: few words, big words, beautiful pictures and repetition.

Because it is the first contact, it must be simple and easy to understand. You only need one or two sentences per page to tell a small suspense story. Let children learn to tell and know the world in English from beautiful pictures and words.

Choose from different categories and themes We choose from different kinds of picture books:

Songs: Picture books with nursery rhymes and songs, with strong language repetition.

Alphabet books, etc.

Popular science: airplanes, cars, planets, etc. Rhyme: together, the first rhyming classic picture book: classics, books with strong stories, reasonably arrange and match these books and picture books, and choose books that children are interested in.

Choose from the winning picture books.

1) When?

The sooner the better.

When did you start to introduce the original picture book to your children? The answer is: the sooner the better. Research shows that young children have a wonderful natural ability to put different languages into the corresponding drawers in their brains, and they will never be confused. Moreover, this ability will decline with age. Make full use of the golden age when children learn to speak and learn languages. If conditions permit, creating two language environments skillfully and naturally at home will stimulate children's acceptance and language ability in the long run.

2) How?

-Create exclusive time for American English

Children in China learn English as much as children in China abroad. Are learning "foreign languages". Regarding the creation of American English language environment, the suggestion is: according to the age of children, set "American English exclusive time" from half an hour to 1 hour every day, and the time should be relatively fixed, such as after dinner and before going to bed every day, which is conducive to helping children develop habits. During this exclusive time, the whole family can speak American English, read American books, write American words, play American games and watch American cartoons. Any form. What is important is that once the exclusive time is announced to children, it is "crucial" and must be adhered to and cannot be easily changed or cancelled.

3) What?

-Picture books from easy to difficult

Reading original picture books can be an important part of "American English exclusive time". Choosing the original picture book should be based on the child's English level, from easy to difficult. English teaching in British primary schools combines the study and reading of letters, words and phonetic symbols. Through a large number of step-by-step picture books, it seems that children's attention is focused on stories and pictures. In fact, children unconsciously not only mastered a lot of vocabulary, learned spelling and reading skills, but also fell in love with reading. This may be one of the fundamental reasons why British people like reading. I suggest completely avoiding choosing simple word cards and picture books for the purpose of understanding words, because without the infiltration of story lines, it will highlight the learning function, weaken children's interest and deviate from the original intention of reading the original picture books.

4) What are British and American children reading?

The choice of the original picture book is divided into three levels.

1) Basic reading

The criteria for selecting books are: concise words, few total words, short sentences, simple stories, concise pictures, and page numbers within 30 pages. Such as series and so on. You can also choose English short poems, nursery rhymes and children's songs.

2) Primary reading

The criteria for choosing a book are that there are adjectives and auxiliary verbs in the sentence, the plot has ups and downs and suspense, and the number of pages is uncertain, but it cannot be less than 20 pages. It is also the first to recommend the graded picture book corresponding to the Oxford reading tree. Others, such as series, are very good choices. At this stage, you can also choose some simple English crossword puzzles.

3) Reading interest

If your child's English reading ability has reached this stage, congratulations! You raised a bilingual baby by your own efforts. This baby's English reading level has reached the level of English primary school and China junior high school 1 grade! Original picture books at this stage,

These classic books can be used as a supplement.

At each stage, on the basis of having a set of picture books, we must not forget those well-known single books. There are many classic books, too numerous to mention: and so on.

These authors and publishers are very reliable.

Parents who are familiar with British and American children's books may wish to choose books according to the author and publishing house. This is the book selection and reading habit of many parents in Britain and America. In addition to the previously recommended books and their authors, there are also the most popular picture book authors in Britain and America.

Senior children's picture book publishing houses include: etc. These publishing houses have a long history and outstanding reputation. They not only collect more than 90% famous children's book writers and painters, but also have high requirements on the topic selection, manuscript, binding quality, detailed reading level division and fine research orientation in the market. If you don't know how to start, you won't have any outrageous choices when choosing books from these publishers.