a. Look for ONE Mother Goose, alphabet, counting, OR concept book which you really like.
b. Do a book review using the guidelines in Figure 6.8, p.125 of the course book.
c. Give specific examples from the book.
d. Your review should be about 4-5 paragraphs long.
e. Post your review here.
E-Learning Assignment
ReplyDeleteEmily and Alex Naughty and Nice by Barroux
Book Type: Concept book on opposite words
First and foremost, the illustrations in the book are colourful and attractive. This is an important factor in a first book as illustrations used should be able to capture the attention of young children and motivate them to want to pick up the book and ask daddy or mummy to read to them.
Secondly, the illustrations are able to convey the definition of the words in a clear and define way. Young children are able to comprehend the words by just looking at the illustrations. On top of that the author has carefully used different forms of words to further describe or add meanings to the words and to represent different concepts.
For example, the author uses colour to have addition meaning to the words. This can be seen evidently from images 1 and 2. From the image 1, you can see that the author used blue for the word ‘cold’ and orange for the word ‘hot’.
Image 1: Cold and Hot
Image 2: Light and Dark
Another example you can see from the book, is the author different sizes of words to add meaning to the words. This can be seen evidently from image 3 and 4. From image 3, you can see that the size of the word ‘brave’ is much larger than that of the word ‘afraid’. The word ‘afraid’ is much smaller in comparison.
Image 3: Brave and Afraid
Image 4: Quiet and Noisy
Therefore, apart from decoding the pictures, young children are able to look at the words (which they may not understand yet) and comprehend concepts from the form of the word.
This is another important point, as young children will find it easy to comprehend and they will want to revisit the book again. As mention in the course book, Literature for children, young children often ‘pretend’ to read words from books to show that they are able to read a book independently and this act gain their confidence in reading a more difficult book in the future. Hence illustrations have to clearly define words in the books.
Another plus point about Emily and Alex Naughty and Nice, is the size of the book. It is small in size and light in weight. This is another factor to consider, as the target readers are young children (although at times, adult are the one handling the books).
Books which are smaller in size and light in weight are more easily pick up by young children compared to big and heavy books. As they are more easily pick up, thus they will increase the chances of young children choosing the book for independent reading purpose.
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ReplyDeleteHI Ming Rang,
ReplyDeleteYOu may want to create one using powerpoint slide and save it in slideshare or on any platform that you are familiar with. YOu may want to create a simple blog that belongs to you and provide the link here. It's going to be a rich learning experience for everyone who access this blog. Great sharing here!
Are You My Mother?: by P.D. Eastman is a book for younger children.
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While a mother bird is away from her nest, the egg in it hatches. The baby bird's first words are, "Where is my mother?" He jumps out of the nest, tumbles to the ground and begins looking for his mother. Since he doesn't know what his mother looks like, he begins by approaching different animals, and asking each of them, "Are you my mother?" He talks to a kitten, a hen, a cow, and a dog, but he can't find his mother.
The baby bird thinks the red boat in the river or the big plane in the sky might be his mother, but they don't stop when he calls to them. Finally, he sees a big red steam shovel. The baby bird is so sure that the steam shovel is his mother that he eagerly hops into its shovel, only to be terrified when it gives a big snort and starts moving. To the little bird's surprise, the shovel rises higher and higher and he is deposited back into his very own nest. Not only that, but he has found his mother, who has just returned from searching for worms for him.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Both the illustrations and the words in Are You My Mother! stay focused on one thing: a baby bird’s search for his mother. The cartoon-like illustrations focus on the baby bird and his search. The illustrations are well drawn, imaginative and what make this simple story effective is its humorous illustration and a story that focus a lot on repetition. It uses only muted brown with touches of yellow and red.
TEXT
The text is clear in its purpose, enjoyable to read aloud and memorable with controlled vocabulary and simple sentence structure for beginning readers. They have used just one to four brief sentences accompanying the illustrations. The repetition of words and phrases and the clues provided by the illustrations also support the beginning reader.
Are You My Mother?
I like Are You My Mother? because kids of all ages think it is hilarious that a baby bird thinks a dog or another animal might be his mother. Little ones love to repeat "Are you my mother?" each time they hear it.
I agree with you. Little children will be able to relate to their own relationship with their mums. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLovely story! Reminds me of an accident when I was separated from my mum at a shopping mall. We entered a shoe shop and after a while, I got engrossed while looking at a pretty pair of shoes. Didn't realise my mum walked around the shelves and I thought my mum had left me behind. Panicked, went round and round looking for her. Although it was only for a few minutes, it felt as if it was several hours long. Can't never forget that kind of feeling.
ReplyDeleteHi Lynn,
ReplyDeleteIt is a good choice of book. Repetitive text are not only good but helpful for young children. They are able to read along and see the pattern more easily compared to narrative text. As adult read on, young children are to pick up sound of some words and try sounding it out in the next few pages (as it is a repeating pattern). This will build confidence in the child and will make the child want to read it again.
Ming Rang
Yes ..me too.I was with my mother when we went to a bazaar. It was only later that I realise I was holding another person's hand :)
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ReplyDeleteI thought that it was good for the book to actually show the meaning of the words through pictures. Pictures seems to paint a better picture for young leaners as their vocabulary bank is really low.
Sharon TG7