Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
I See A Red Bird Looking At Me
Red Bird, Red Bird, What Do You See?
I See a Yellow DUck Looking At ME
Yellow Duck, Yellow DUck, What Do You See?
I See A Blue Horse Looking At Me
Blue Horse, Blue Horse, What Do You See?
I See A Green Frog Looking At Me
Green Frog, Green Frog, What Do You See?
I See A Purple Cat Looking At Me
Purple Cat, Purple Cat, What Do You See?
I See A White Dog Looking At Me
WHite Dog, White Dog, What Do You See?
I See A Black Sheep Looking At Me
Black Sheep, Black Sheep, What Do you See?
I See A Goldfish Looking At Me
Goldfish, Goldfish, What Do You See?
I See A Monkey Looking At Me
Monkey, Monkey, What Do You See?
I See Children Looking At Me
Children, Children, What Do You See?
We See A Red Bird, A Yellow Duck, A Blue Horse, A Green Frog, A Purple Cat, A White Dog, A Black Sheep, A GOldfish, A Monkey Looking At Us, That's What We See.
(Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? -- Eric Carle & Bill Martin)
I have been reading this book to my youngest son for the past 10 months. He is going to be three in October. After reading the book thrice to him, he was able to read the book by himself and began recognizing . It's Amazing How Good Books Can Change Your Kid's Life. To those of you who are still looking for good books to read to your young kids, I would strongly recommend this book. Of couse, my 3 year old kid also loves other books by Eric Carle, such as 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' (which his elder brother -- my 5 year old son read at his school at the age of 4), and 'Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear?' Admittedly, my 3 year old still doesn't recognize all the 26 letters. Blame it on my lack of patience. I know he is interested to learn the letters. He keeps on asking me to say out loud the letters. I try my best most of time, but I am too knackered to read with him more than an hour or so a day. Yeah, I know I am lousy mother. The point I am making here, however, is that how good books can still attract kids despite all the hypes about the negative influence of TV and PS2/Game Station on the new generation. I hold to the belief that it is the parents -- namely the mother (why mom and not dad -- BECAUSE the truth is kids prefer to learn/read with their moms, I am not saying that Dads are not as Good -- in my case anyway) who is able to influence the kids' choice in learning. Different people have different approaches in teaching their kids to read. I prefer taking the reverse psychology approach i.e. by not forcing them to read at an early age but by showing them the enjoyment that they can get from reading. We have heard the cliche that says action speaks louder than words. If we want our kids to read, we have to read first. Not just by reading the newspaper or magazines, but by reading books. Kids are curious, sooner or later, they would want to know what is so special about the books that their mom is reading that she prefers to read that book instead of watching the telly 7-11. You know what I mean! Nowadays, I find it difficult to read my books because my kids would make me read their books before they let me go back to the fantasy life that I have been devouring before their intrusion. I don't know how long my kids are going to have this interest to read but I do hope that it is going to be many many more years...
Other books that my kids love:
Dr. Seuss's Collection -- The Cat in the Hat, Silly Opposites, Hop Up, ABCs
P.D. Eastman -- Are You My Mother?
David Bedford -- Mo's Smelly Jumper
Kim Lewis -- Baa
Julia Donaldson - The Gruffalo
Claire Freedman -- Dilly Duckling
Charles Fuge -- My Dad!
Beth Shoshan -- Little Rabbit Waits For the Moon
Sandra Boynton's Collections
Thomas and Friends' Collections (My Five Year Old is Crazy about Thomas and Friends)
I wonder whether we have similar quality books in Malay language. Books that play with sound, colour and pictures. Any ideas?
Posted at 05:14 am by Picadilly
