Madeleine's picture book has a simple story and few words, but there are many details in the picture, which is beneficial for children to observe carefully. And the illustrations in this set of books are very different. No gorgeous colors, no complicated painting skills, no complicated lines. Everything is very simple, sometimes even seeing the characters makes you feel like a child's stick figure. But such a simple illustration also shows the emotions, expressions and demeanor of the characters well!
This story is based on 12 little girls. The picture book begins with this introduction: there is an old house in Paris, and the outer wall of the house is covered with vines. There are twelve little girls living in this house. They often line up in two rows.
This brief introduction contains several pieces of information. This is a story set in the 1920s and 1930s, so it is different from the present. What is the difference?
There is an old house in Paris-the story takes place in Paris, France. This old house is a monastery. You can simply explain it to your child.
There are twelve little girls living in the house-they go to school, live in a monastery and only accept girls, so there are no boys. They always pair up and do everything in an orderly way.
The story behind, the text is quite simple, a page of pictures, a line of words.
They brush their teeth, eat bread and sleep in two rows.
At 9: 30 in the morning, go out in two rows.
They smile at good people.
Frown at the bad guys
Sometimes they feel sad.
If we read these simple words in this way, children can understand, but if we can observe carefully according to the pictures and discuss with children, I think they will understand the story more deeply and expand more details. For example, they line up in two rows to brush their teeth, eat bread and sleep. This is the characteristic of living on campus. They eat and sleep on time and observe this order under the rules of the monastery.
They smile at good people, what good people and what good things? Look at the picture. This is a lady feeding a horse. This horse looks a little dirty. Maybe it's a horse. Maybe it's hurt. In short, this lady's generous behavior made the children smile. We can observe carefully that the corners of children's mouths are rising, and their smiles are an affirmation of correct behavior!
They don't like bad people! Where are the bad guys and why are they bad? Look carefully, a man is running in front with a bag and some gold ornaments, and a policeman is chasing after him. It can be judged that the person running in front is a thief, so Madeleine and others are disgusted with this behavior, so they all frown. Illustrations can also be observed that children's mouths are down and their brows are locked.
Sometimes they feel sad. But why are you sad? We can see it through pictures. The place where the children arrived was Invalides (military hospital). There was a soldier with a bandage on his leg and a cane. He was injured in the war, so the children expressed their sadness.
Although there are not many words in each article, there are many points that can be exchanged and discussed with children. When introducing the story, this book mainly shows Madeleine, a little girl with red hair. When the twelve of them acted collectively, Madeleine didn't act willfully, but as the story unfolded, we saw Madeleine bravely went to the zoo. Everyone was afraid of tigers, but she dared to look at tigers at close range and make faces.
One day, Madeleine suffered from appendicitis. During the boring ten days in the hospital, she observed the cracks in the ceiling and the sky, trees and flowers outside the window. We can feel Madeleine's optimism and happiness, which is why we hope our children can see and feel Madeleine's charm more stereoscopically.
Finally, another 1 1 girls and teachers went to the hospital to visit Madeleine. When they saw Madeleine in hospital, they received many toys and gifts. They are full of jealousy. Everyone was even more shocked when Madeleine proudly showed the scar of appendicitis operation. They probably thought it was cool, so they went back to school and cried in the middle of the night. The teacher hurriedly asked why, and everyone said: We should also cut the cecum!
This passage can be said to have reached the climax of the story and touched the child's nerves at once. My daughter smiled here. After a while, she pulled up her clothes to show her belly, raised her head proudly and imitated Madeleine's appearance, not to mention how interesting it was.
At the end of this book, there is an introduction to the scenes that have appeared in the pictures, which can be introduced to children. Another place is that after Madeleine was hospitalized, there were only eleven of the twelve girls, but there were still twelve little girls in the scene where they were eating bread. I think this may be just a mistake, and I can't think of any metaphor.
There is another one, I have never understood it, and I haven't come up with an answer. This is the square scene shown in the ring lining, a man in a red hat. There is an image among several pictures on the inside page. You can discuss it with your child. If you have an answer, you can reply to me.
Madeleine series also includes Madeleine and Problem Children, Madeleine and Gypsies, Madeleine and Puppy, and Madeleine's Christmas. Madeleine is not perfect. She can be naughty and naughty, but she can also obey the rules. She has courage, ideas, takes good care of others, bravely faces difficulties, etc. She is a little girl that adults and children like! !