However, how to describe to a two-year-old baby, what is summer?
The cognitive characteristics of two-year-old children are as follows:
At this stage, the baby's cognitive ability is still relatively simple, and the picture book is the most suitable way.
I have carefully selected six picture books with various elements of summer, each of which will make people sigh "This is summer", and take the children to feel the summer in the picture books together ~
Watermelon Swimming Pool
Picture book information
Author: An Ning Da [Korea]
Press: Guangxi Normal University Press
Douban score: 8.9
brief Introduction of the content
On a hot summer day, grandpa found a big watermelon that split in two. He turned the big watermelon into a cool swimming pool and told the news to the men, women and children in the village.
The quiet little village suddenly boiled up.
Everyone ran to the watermelon swimming pool in high spirits. The children played in the swimming pool, playing with watermelon skin as a slide, practicing diving on watermelon leaves, and making melon seeds and watermelon meat into huge statues ...
As night falls, the stars in the sky decorate the beautiful night sky, and everyone is happy to go home, and the watermelon swimming pool will be closed.
Recommended reason
This is the first Korean picture book I have ever read, and I admire the author's rich imagination. Turning watermelon into a swimming pool and playing with neighbors will bury the expectation of summer in the hearts of children and the hope of getting along well with others.
Summer sky
Picture book information
Author: Peter Speer [America]
Publishing House: China City Publishing House
Douban score: 8.6
brief Introduction of the content
A brother and sister and two dogs are playing on the endless grass.
Facing the boundless blue sky, the unpredictable white clouds have aroused the children's boundless imagination.
They can see all kinds of animals, ships, trains and warriors from the shape of fuzzy clouds.
Recommended reason
This is a wordless book, and it only tells a simple story. But it is this simplicity and imagination that will arouse children's endless curiosity.
There is not a word in the book, but it shows the world in their eyes in the way of children.
The pictures on every page are amazing. This is the charm brought by the unpredictable clouds and weather in summer.
Mom, buy mung beans! 》
Picture book information
Author: Zeng Yangqing
Publishing House: Tomorrow Publishing House
Douban score: 9.3
brief Introduction of the content
Po and his mother went to the street to buy mung beans. After returning home, Po always reminded her mother about all kinds of mung beans: soaking mung beans, cooking mung beans, eating mung bean soup, making mung bean ice and planting mung beans ...
A series of small things is the ordinary and warm summer life of Po and his mother.
Recommended reason
Very retro painting style, whether it is the dress of Po and his mother or the decoration of furniture, opening the book made me instantly travel to childhood.
Warm and homely picture books, full of realistic life details, are ordinary but precious.
This book has a magic power, and many babies will let their mothers explain it over and over again ~
Little Summer
Picture book information
Author: Song Yanqun
Press: Guangxi Normal University Press
Douban score: 8.5
brief Introduction of the content
Every summer vacation, my mother will send some to my grandmother's house.
Grandma's house has beautiful citrus reticulata, a peach garden full of fruits, and birds flying around.
At grandma's house, Diandian can always eat the best delicious food, and you can also listen to grandma's stories at night.
Recommended reason
Fresh and natural, warm feelings between grandparents and grandchildren, this is the happiest summer, and it is also what many people remember in summer.
14 mouse's dragonfly pond
Picture book information
Author: Iwamura Kazuo [Japan]
Publishing House: Relay Publishing House
Douban score: 8.8
brief Introduction of the content
On a hot summer day, ten little mice asked their parents for permission to play in the dragonfly pond not far from home.
Along the way, older children took care of and maintained the safety of younger siblings, showing strong brotherhood.
The mice were more creative and ingenious, making boats from local materials, paddling the pond and having fun in the water, and spending a cool and pleasant summer afternoon.
Recommended reason
In the picture book, the author shows his meticulous observation of nature and depicts the ecology and habits of various dragonflies and small creatures near the water.
After reading the book, the children seem to swim with the little mice in the dragonfly pond and enjoy the happy summer time.
Which one do you like best? Might as well take the children to read together!