買到了Roald Dahl的書!

買到了! 15本Roald Dahl Box Set, 原價$599, 特價$300!

呢個價錢, 拆散最多買到4-5本.

近日多間書店均有推廣活動, 看看大家能否成功尋寶了.

兒童及青少年閱讀計劃

有興趣為孩子參加兒童及青少年閱讀計劃的家長可參考下列網頁:

http://www.hkpl.gov.hk/tc_chi/ext_act/ext_act_ra/ext_act_ra_rpcy/ext_act_ra_rpcy_info.html

這個計劃讓孩子在每年7月1日至翌年6月30日間, 記錄曾經讀過的書本, 由家長和圖書館職員簽署/蓋章作實. 凡閱讀超過100本書的, 可得金獎證書一張.

閱讀紀錄須在6月30日前交回圖書館, 家長可自行在10月往圖書館取證書.

小窩心

妹妹是個窩心的的女兒.

近來和她一起看書的時間多了, 她便說: 爸爸, 我好鍾意你講故事俾我聽.

和她討論起某故事作者寫故事時三十多歲, 她無視爸爸的白髮, 說: 爸爸, 你睇黎好似30歲, 仲後生過佢喎.

她真是很會氹人的.

為妹妹選書

昨天分享為家姐選書, 今天就為妹妹找來 Green Eggs and Ham (by Dr. Seuss).  此書是100大裡的第3名. 圖書館內有大量他的書, 看到這本1957年的作品, 當中的插圖並不精美, 借時還有些猶疑. 如果不是見到他的作品有多本入選100大, 真的不會留意到他的書.

該書有60頁. 單看頁數很難想像如何讓4歲小朋友去自己看. 但該書每頁有插圖, 用字和內容均十分簡單, 全書出現的字剛好50個. 書中的字句和句子結構卻有意地重覆, 令孩子讀起來很有韻律, 也增加她讀書的信心. 我讓妹妹拿著來朗讀, 信不信由你, 她就是和你整本讀完. 初時我還問她是否需要解釋給她聽, 後來她便說不用了. 這就是名書的好處.

看完此書後, 我大讚妹妹讀書讀得好, 她也十分自豪. 下次到圖書館, 可以有多一個目標了.

為家姐選書

昨天和大家分享Teachers’ Top 100 books.  其實兩姐妹一本也沒有看過.  既然是100本好書, 應該值得一讀. 是時候擴闊看童書的眼光.

一年級升二年級的暑假, 發現Oxford Reading Tree這個系列可借到的書經已全都看過了. 便想讓她試看Junior Fiction, 最後選了Magic Tree House系列, 還買了一大堆, 結果只看了一兩本, 似乎時候未到. 最後, 她整個二年級都主力看中文書.

到了二年級升三年級的暑假, 突然驚覺這樣重中文輕英文的選書不應繼續下去, 而家姐的英文水平開始出了問題. 再鼓勵她看英文書時, 她已沒有信心再看Junior Fiction.  我便讓她選一些她覺得有信心看的短故事.

一直想為她選程度適合的好書. 直到兩三個星期前, 才知道有Roald Dahl這個作者 (汗顏...). 於是到圖書館找他的書給家姐看.

拿起Charlie and the Chocolate Factory給她望時, 她一見到是百多頁的Junior Fiction, 立即打退堂鼓. 我嘗試和她分享一些情節, 她告訴我原來學校曾經播放改編的"朱古力掌門人"這套電影, 所以對故事情節有點認識. 真的要謝謝她的學校. 我便鼓勵她說, 先試試看Roald Dahl比較淺的一本 The Enormous Crocodile(適合4-8歲), 一個月後才再試一試, 如果有興趣的話, 可以一整個系列買給她看.

從The Enormous Crocodile, 家姐認識到作者的故事是如何有趣, 而書中的crocodile每次想吃獵物時, 總愛出一個關於獵物的謎語.  這個手法令家姐覺得很有趣, 結果極速把書讀了兩遍, 便嚷著要去圖書館找書了. 

搜尋一輪後, 找到 Fantastic Mr Fox 和目標Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 決定一試. 她一晚看了數個chapters, 便好像發狂的拿著看.  第二天, 還在學校找來作者的另一本書, Esio Trot, 如獲至寶, 立刻借了.

家姐說, 自從暑假末她開始借短的Junior Fiction, 開始有點看書的信心了.  希望這次能為她打開閱讀大門.

下次談談為妹妹選書.

Teachers’ Top 100 books

希望以下的書單對有意找好書讓孩子閱讀的家長有幫助.

 

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http://www.listsofbests.com/list/11259-teachers-top-100-books-for-children

 

Teachers’ Top 100 books

This list was compiled from an online survey that ran at this Web site during the spring of 1999. Parents and teachers alike will find it extremely useful in selecting quality literature for children. You might want to compare this with Kids' Top 100 Books. The similarities and differences may surprise you.
1. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (9-12 years)
2. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (4-8 years)
3. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss (4-8 years)
4. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss (4-8 years)
5. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (4-8 years)
6. Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch (4-8 years)
7. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (All ages)
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (Baby-Preschool)
9. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (Young Adult)
10. The Mitten by Jan Brett (4-8 years)
11. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (Baby-Preschool)
12. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (9-12 years)
13. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (9-12 years)
14. Where the Sidewalk Ends: the Poems and Drawing of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein (All ages)
15. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (9-12 years)
16. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon (4-8 years)
17. Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss (4-8 years)
18. Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola (4-8 years)
19. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst (4-8 years)
20. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr. (Baby-Preschool)
21. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (9-12 years)
22. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams (4-8 years)
23. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (9-12 years)
24. Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (9-12 years)
25. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss (4-8 years)
26. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka (4-8 years)
27. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault (4-8 years)
28. Little House on the Prarie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (9-12 years)
29. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (9-12 years)
30. The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne (4-8 years)
31. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner (9-12 years)
32. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (9-12 years)
33. Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks (9-12 years)
34. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (9-12 years)
35. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (9-12 years)
36. The BFG by Roald Dahl (9-12 years)
37. The Giver by Lois Lowry (9-12 years)
38. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff (4-8 years)
39. James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story by Roald Dahl (9-12 years)
40. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (9-12 years)
41. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (9-12 years)
42. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (Young Adult)
43. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss (4-8 years)
44. Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner (9-12 years)
45. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (9-12 years)
46. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien (9-12 years)
47. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (All ages)
48. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (Baby-Preschool)
49. Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman (4-8 years)
50. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (9-12 years)
51. Corduroy by Don Freeman (Baby-Preschool)
52. Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (4-8 years)
53. Math Curse by Jon Scieszka (4-8 years)
54. Matilda by Roald Dahl (9-12 years)
55. Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls (Young Adult)
56. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (9-12 years)
57. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary (9-12 years)
58. The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White (9-12 years)
59. Are You My Mother? by Philip D. Eastman (4-8 years)
60. The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis (9-12 years)
61. Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (4-8 years)
62. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss (4-8 years)
63. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (9-12 years)
64. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Baby-Preschool)
65. The Napping House by Audrey Wood (4-8 years)
66. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (4-8 years)
67. The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (4-8 years)
68. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (9-12 years)
69. The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (All ages)
70. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (9-12 years)
71. Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss (4-8 years)
72. Basil of Baker Street, by Eve Titus (4-8 years)
73. The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper (4-8 years)
74. The Cay by Theodore Taylor (Young Adult)
75. Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey (4-8 years)
76. Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox (4-8 years)
77. Arthur series by Marc Tolon Brown (4-8 years)
78. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson (9-12 years)
79. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes (4-8 years)
80. Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder (9-12 years)
81. The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (4-8 years)
82. The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown (Baby-Preschool)
83. Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar (9-12 years)
84. Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish (4-8 years)
85. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (9-12 years)
86. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein (9-12 years)
87. Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater (9-12 years)
88. My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett (9-12 years)
89. Stuart Little by E. B. White (9-12 years)
90. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (9-12 years)
91. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (9-12 years)
92. The Art Lesson by Tomie De Paola (4-8 years)
93. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina (4-8 years)
94. Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell (4-8 years)
95. Heidi by Johanna Spyri (All ages)
96. Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss (4-8 years)
97. The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (Young Adult)
98. The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (9-12 years)
99. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney (Baby-Preschool)
100. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch (4-8 years)

NEA poll spotlights kids’ favorite books
1. Harry Potter (series) by J. K. Rowling
2. Goosebumps (series) by R. L. Stine
3. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
4. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
5. Arthur (series) by Marc Brown
6. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
7. Shiloh (trilogy) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
8. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
9. Holes by Louis Sachar
10. The Giver by Lois Lowry
11. The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
12. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (series) by Judy Blume
13. Sideways Stories from Wayside School (series) by Louis Sachar
14. The BFG by Roald Dahl
15. The Boxcar Children (series) by Gertrude Chandler Warner
16. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
17. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (series) by Beverly Cleary
18. Pokemon (series) by Tracey West, Maria S. Barbo
19. The Babysitters Club (series) by Ann M. Martin
20. Ralph S. Mouse (series) by Beverly Cleary
21. Little House on the Prairie (series) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
22. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
23. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
24. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
25. Clifford the Big Red Dog (series) by Norman Bridwell
26. Stuart Little by E. B. White
27. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
28. The Adventures of Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey
29. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
30. The Berenstain Bears (series) by Jan and Stan Berenstain
31. Animorphs (series) by K. A. Applegate
32. The Witches by Roald Dahl
33. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories by Carolyn Keene
34. The Hobbit (series) by J. R. R. Tolkien
35. American Girls (series) by Susan Adler, Valerie Tripp, Connie Porter, Janet Shaw, et al
36. Matilda by Roald Dahl
37. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
38. The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
39. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
40. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
41. Junie B. Jones (series) by Barbara Park
42. Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
43. Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
44. A Wrinkle in Time (series) by Madeleine L'Engle
45. Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen
46. Amber Brown (series) by Paula Danziger
47. The North Star by Peter H. Reynolds
48. Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks by Mick Foley (Mankind)
49. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
50. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
52. Chicken Soup for the Soul (series) by various authors
53. Curious George (series) by Margret and Hans Augusto Rey
54. The Teacher from the Black Lagoon (series) by Mike Thaler
55. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
56. The Bailey School Kids (series) by Debbie Dadey, et al
57. The Hardy Boys (series) by Franklin W. Dixon
58. The Mitten by Jan Brett
59. Amelia Bedelia (series) by Peggy Parish
60. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
61. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
62. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
63. Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
64. The River by Gary Paulsen
65. Magic Tree House (series) by Mary Pope Osborne
66. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by John Scieszka
67. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
68. Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
69. The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
70. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
71. Redwall by Brian Jacques
72. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
73. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
74. Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
75. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
76. Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
77. Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
78. Sweet Valley High (series) by Francine Pascal
79. The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley (series) by Judy Katschke, Cathy Dobowski, Lisa Eisenberg, Nancy E. Krulik, Nina Alexander, Frances Lin Lantz, et al
80. Garfield (series) by Jim Davis
81. Magic School Bus (series) by Joanna Cole
82. Math Curse by John Scieszka
83. White Fang by Jack London
84. I Spy (series) by Walter Wick, Jean Marzollo, Diana Noonan, et al
85. Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch
86. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
87. The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
88. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
89. Draw 50 Airplanes, Aircraft and Spacecraft (series) by Lee J. Ames
90. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
91. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
92. The Rock Says by Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)
93. Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
94. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
95. All About Sam by Lois Lowry
96. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
97. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
98. Hank the Cow Dog (series) by John R. Erickson
99. Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini
100. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

2600m - 健康的開始

人到中年, 開始要注意健康. 經好友多番勸說, 終於開始跑步.

秋高氣爽, 颱風過後, 份外清涼, 是做運動的好天氣.

晚飯後一小時, 妹妹已睡, 姐姐正在溫習, 反正沒有甚麼要趕著做的事, 便下定決心出發跑步.

穿上運動裝, 預備好身份證, 小量金錢, 和上智能手機, 可以邊聽歌邊計時. 只怕公園內遇上賊人. 幸好原來晚上跑步的人還不少.  

樓下的公園有一段650米的跑步徑. 昨晚來回跑了4次, 每次4分至4分半鐘, 算是龜速, 但總算是一個好開始. 每跑一次休息一分鐘, 時間加起來剛好20分鐘.

回到家裡, 洗個熱水澡, 感覺還不錯. 最重要是做了一個好的開始.

希望可以持續下去.

Poem by ...

Below is a newly written poem, the subject is "My funny things":

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Any ant ate apple?

Big boy with bellybotton is better.

Cat could comb climb and cought.

Yolea likes yellow yo-yo and yogurt.

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Is it funny?

孩子焦慮

你的孩子焦慮嗎?

昨晚參加家姐學校和醫管局合辦關於孩子焦慮的講座.  講員請家長特別注意孩子有經常怕這樣怕那樣, 為著逃避做一些不想面對的事情而做出過激行為或有過激反應, 有一些不自覺的重覆行為, 如:咬指甲, 常洗手, 常頭痛肚痛等等, 他就可能有焦慮的情形, 要小心面對了.

焦慮的孩子往往思想較負面, 常會把事情向壞方向想. 每當孩子把事情想得壞時, 家長可以問他是否正在扮演 "中招怪" (一隻常常常像自己遇到不好事情的怪獸)的角色, 幫助孩子學習從極度負面思想中抽離.

同時, 當孩子遇到難題或不好的遭遇時, 家長可以問孩子這個情況的 "困難指數" (0最輕 10最嚴重), 幫助孩子正確評估難題的嚴重性, 也可以觀察同一個問題在事情過後仍然影響孩子的程度, 也看看孩子是否成功處理他的問題.

講員留意到家長過份保護孩子是會延長孩子的焦慮情形, 無助解決問題. 家長應幫助孩子面對困難, 把長期困擾孩子的問題和孩子討論, 商討解決困難的步驟, 把一個大問題拆成多個小步驟, 然後一步步解決. 當孩子完成一小步, 便有適量獎例, 並進到下一步, 直到困難最終解決.

最重要的是, 孩子焦慮往往是因為受家長影響. 家長有焦慮, 孩子自然會變得焦慮. 家長要注意自己對孩子的言行如何影響孩子.

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自知之明

近日嘗試讓妹妹多讀簡單英文書.  有時我一句她一句地讀, 有時又讓她自己讀, 當她發現自己原來讀到不少字詞時, 閱讀興趣便由此而起.

可能是信心大了, 她跟媽媽說自己是英文天才. 媽媽問她中文又如何, 她說: "我都唔識讀."

看來要開始在中文上幫一幫她了.