12期 11 -廖秋萍_Krissy
Read to your Bunny
_by Rosemary Wells
因为今年主要想做的事情之一，是亲子双语阅读。双语中英文占大头。周边的亲们知道我在学习并践行此事，时不时会有妈妈问:"*岁的孩子，有书单吗？丟一个过来。我怕现在不看，英文跟不上。"
书单固然重要，英文固然重要。但我还是要提醒妈妈们，现在市面上的资源很多，不管用什么书，重要的是先和孩子一起感受绘本的乐趣，任何功利目标先放一放，特别是孩子的早期阅读。
今天推荐的这本书《Read to your Bunny》，插画和文字作者是Rosemary Wells。暖暖的，读着很舒心。它没有要直接告诉你道理，却蕴涵着亲子共读的最真挚的意义。
与其说是给孩子读的说，不如说先滋养了我们大人儿的心灵。
20分钟，可在不同场景，在不同时间用来共读。书成了彼此相互陪伴的媒介。
And后面的省略号，像是记录生活的点点滴滴，也像在说，每个平凡的20分钟，将会带来怎样的不同呢，有种静待花开的美好。
最后Your Bunny will read to you 与最开始的Read to your Bunny相呼应。让人轻轻合上书后，仍被感动。
书的末页，作者总结亲子共读的种种好处，放在手边，时不时读起，像是在给这焦虑的大氛围下的暖暖提醒。
ALL OF US love our children more than anything
in the world.In their first years we feed them so they grow.We bring them to the doctor so they are healthy.
We strap them in car seats so they are safe.
But the most important thing in the first years of life isthe growth of the mind and spirit.This is when a child learns to love and trust,to speak and listen.
After a child turns two years old,these things are very difficult to learn or teach ever again.Trusting,singing, laughing,and language are the most important things in a young child's life.
And so they must come first for mothers and fathers,too.Because we can never have those years over again.
Every day,make a quiet,restful place for twenty minutes.Put your child in your lap and read a book aloud.In the pages of the book you will find a tiny vacation of privacy andintense love.It costs nothing but twenty minutes and a
library card.
Reading to your little one is just like putting gold coins inthe bank.It will pay you back tenfold.Your daughter will learn,and imagine,and be strong in herself.Your son will thrive,and give your love back forever.
-R.W.
