这是前一阵借来看的书，感觉很有趣。

   

    《From Head to Toe》，小开本，厚厚的纸板书，作者是大名鼎鼎的Eric Carle，一边读一边跟着做动作，很适合英语启蒙。

   

    十一种动物轮番出场：企鹅、长颈鹿、牦牛、猴子、海豹、大猩猩、猫、鳄鱼、骆驼、驴、大象，小朋友知道它们各自有什么特征吗？跟着它们的特点做动作吧。

    比如小企鹅，它说“我会转头，你会做吗？”比如长颈鹿，它说：“我会弯脖子，你会做吗？”动物们表演完毕，一个孩子说“我会动我的脚趾，你会吗？”一只小鹦鹉就在旁边学舌：“我会呀，我会呀”。让我们一起动起来吧！

   
    I’m a penguin and I turn my head. Can you do it?             I can do it.

    I’m a giraffe and I bend my neck. Can you do it?             I can do it.

    I’m a buffalo and I raise my shoulders. Can you do it?       I can do it.

    I’m a monkey and I wave my arms. Can you do it?              I can do it.

    I’m a seal and I clap my hand. Can you do it?                I can do it.

    I’m a gorilla and I thump my chest. Can you do it?           I can do it.

   
    I’m a cat and I can arch my back. Can you do it?              I can do it.

    I’m a crocodile and I can wriggle my hips. Can you do it?     I can do it.

    I’m a camel and I can bend my knees. Can you do it?           I can do it.

   
    I’m a donkey and I can kick my legs. Can you do it?            I can do it.

    I’m an elephant and I can stomp my foot. Can you do it?        I can do it.

    I’m I and I wiggle my toe. Can you do it?         I can do it. I can do it.

    这本书是Eric Carle作品的典型风格，画面简洁，颜色鲜艳，动物形象生动而不过分夸张。文字也不复杂，句式单一，利于记忆。比如每种动物都问相同的问题，回答也是一样的，小朋友很快可以学会，譬如Can you do it? I can do it.

    一边给孩子讲，一边帮助她学着书中动物的样子做动作，看她转头、弯脖子、耸动肩膀——其实小朋友都很机灵，不用说太多，直接就可以照着图比划——她做着好玩儿，我看着也有趣。不过，对我这种英文糟糕的妈妈来说，这些动物英文名称的发音，还真不太准确，但是没关系啦，还有配套的音频，中英文版都有，呵呵，一边播放着听一边学，记住后就直接教小荃同学了，对了，没准儿是她教我滴！

    Are you ready? Here we go! Move yourself from head to toe.

   

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