"The Ant and the Watermelon": This is how interesting picture books are

Picture books, also called picture books, are the best reading materials for preschool children. Their stories, interest and pictures will always give young readers a different experience.

Sometimes, adults can be inspired by some excellent picture books.

The expression method of picture books is a combination of words and pictures. In fact, pictures are the main body, and words are only a supplementary explanation. For pictures, the information content of a picture may be greater than the text of one of our books.

As for excellent picture books, every picture can be called a work of art. From another perspective, it also invisibly improves children's aesthetic appreciation.

This is also the most important function of picture books - artistic enlightenment.

You can experience the beauty of art while reading, and you can use picture books to play with your children. In this way, you can open the door to reading to your children. I believe every baby is willing to enter.

Today, we will take "The Ant and the Watermelon" as an example to show you how to play picture books with your children in a way they like.

When the cover of the book is opened, there is a picture of many ants trying to move a watermelon.

In fact, the whole story is very simple. A few ants discovered that a family had left a piece of watermelon. They couldn't move it, so they went home and called many ants to try to move the watermelon back home little by little. Finally, they took the remaining piece of watermelon.

They ate everything they dropped and moved the watermelon rinds back to make a watermelon slide.

The plot is simple and there are not many words in it, but the amount of information in each picture is extremely huge.

Take the cover as an example. There are so many ants, each with a different shape, different clothes, different movements, and different words.

A picture can tell a long story.

The cover is also the one that babies like to see the most. The movements of the ants, and even the shouting and chatting of the ants, which one is the commander, which one has fallen down, which one is in difficulty, are all waiting for the children to discover and interpret.

Let’s look at the picture above. The ants’ home, the structure and function of each room, as well as the ants’ planning and daily life, are all vividly reflected.

The gym, storage room, entertainment room, and functional rooms to be developed show us how the hard-working ants build their own homes.

The last watermelon slide is also the happiest and proudest creation of the ants.

Of course, the baby is extremely happy to see such a happy scene.

The ants have various shapes and expressions. After eating, they take off their shoes and happily play on the slides and swim. This is also a favorite game for children.

From beginning to end, although the plot of the story is very simple, the details of the story in each picture are rich. The contrast between the big watermelon and the small ants, the ants who work together to move the watermelon, and the expressions and demeanor of each of them, all give us

It shows a unique and vivid scene.

Children gain happiness from the story, and gain insights and inspiration from the happiness.

Of course, after reading it, we are still not satisfied. We still have to play with the children and start a series of creations.

Picture books are the best guide materials for daily creation with children. After children read the stories, they can create their own works based on their own understanding.

Many picture books for children have very simple pictures, such as this one about ants and watermelons. Whether it is ants or watermelons, they are not very complicated pictures and can be created with some materials on hand.

Preparation materials: yellow cardboard (white is also acceptable), paper plate, ultra-light clay (black, red), paint, black pen, glue.

Creation process: 1. Paint the edges of the paper plate green and the center part red.

2. After coating, cut it into irregular shapes and stick it to the cardboard with glue.

3. Dip your hand into black paint and dot it three times in succession to make the body of the ant.

You can let your children click where they like and imagine the shape of ants.

4. Use black and clay to form watermelon seeds and stick them to the watermelon and the ground.

5. Use red clay to stick some watermelon on it.

6. Finally, use a paintbrush to draw the ants’ feet, ladders, ropes, etc.

The work is finished!

Isn't it very simple?

Of course, children's imagination can be fully used in the process, and the dynamic description of the ants moving the watermelon can be more detailed.

You can also draw directly with watercolor pens or oil pastels like the picture above, which is also very simple.

Children have their own imagination.

Many picture books can be played in this way. Simple stories and pictures give children a broader creative space.

Of course, there are many ways to play picture books, such as painting, crafts, sitcoms, and continuations, which are all very good ideas.

Let's take action together with your children to make reading fun and make your children fall in love with reading.