怎样给1-6岁孩子选英文书？（附推荐书单）
在为孩子选择英文故事书时，不但要依孩子的年龄，还要配合适合的故事型态来引导孩子。例如：一到三岁的孩子小肌肉的发展还不是很成熟，却对翻书这个动作非常有兴趣，这个时候如果他一般的故事书，可能读了几次下来，故事书不是缺页，就是被五马分尸了。因此，在这个阶段，其实可以准备一些厚纸板的硬书 (board book)，当孩子状况好的时候，就逐页的念给他听。要不然就让孩子随意的翻阅，然后找机会对孩子说 “Look at the dog!” “Look at the boy.”“What’s this?”。当然，书中的字句要少要短，而且字体一定要又大又清楚。四到六岁的小朋友对于故事的多元性，接受度就较高了。爸爸妈妈们可以先从小朋友较熟悉的题材去挑选故事，例如：小朋友去上学、学上厕所、养宠物、有了弟弟妹妹、房间有怪物等等。当然，因为是英文故事，在初期，书中的插图最好是越多越清楚越好，文字也是越精简越好。一来父母阅读时不会太吃力，二来小孩也不会有太多压力。如能找到有声书在旁辅助，增添一些音效就更
棒了。
＊＊选英文绘本书的原则
刚开始想要以英文绘本来培养幼儿的英语能力的家长，可以抓住几个重点：字少(不要给孩子太大的压力)，图画清楚(可以看图猜意思)，还有就是句型的重复性要高。藉由句型不断的覆诵，孩子也容易跟着朗朗上口，最常见的例子就是连三岁孩子都可以「背诵」的Brown Bear, Brown BearWhat Do You See? (Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle)，故事中不断重复 “Brown Bear, Brown Bear,What do you see?” “I see a red bird looking at me.” “Red Bird, Red Bird, What do yousee?” “I see a yellow duck looking at me.”，孩子很容易就记住，甚至套用成 “Mommy,Mommy, what do you see?”来玩游戏。学龄前的孩子而言，这种重复性高、甚至可吟唱的绘本，是让孩子开口说英文的好方法。
句型重复性高的绘本：
- Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? (Eric Carle)
- Eat Your Peas (Kes Gray & Nick Sharratt)
- I Went Walking (Sue Williams)
- The Grouchy Ladybug (Eric Carle)
- We Are Going on a Bear Hunt (Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury)
可吟唱的绘本：
- Funnybones (Janet & Allan Ahlberg)
- Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Simms Taback)
- Piggies (Audrey Wood)
- The Itsy Bitsy Spider (Iza Trapani)
- There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed the Fly (Nadine B. Westcott)
- To Market To Market (Anne Miranda)
小小孩的英文绘本书单
1. Bear Hunt (Anthony Browne)
2. Berenstain Bears titles (Stan and Jan Berenstain)
3. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?(Eric Carle)
4. Caps For Sale (Esphyr Slobodkina)
5. Chica Chica Boom Boom (Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault)
6. Curious George series (H. A. Ray & Margaret Ray)
7. Dear Zoo (Rod Campbell )
8. Doctor De Soto (William Steig)
9. Don’t Forget the Bacon (Pat Hutchins)
10. Elmer(David McKee)
11. Froggy Gets Dressed (Jonathan London)
12. George and Martha series (James Marshall)
13. Go Away, Big Green Monster! (Ed Emberley)
14. Goodnight Gorilla (Peggy Rathmann)
15. Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)
16. Guess How Much I Love You (Sam McBratney)
17. Harry the Dirty Dog (Gene Zion)
18. Hattie and the Fox (Mem Fox)
19. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Simms Taback)
20. Little Bear series (Else Holmelund Minarik)
21. Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans)
22. Miss Spider’s Tea Party (David Kirk)
23. Mr. Gumpy’s Outing (John Burningham)
24. No, David (David Shannon)
25. Olivia (Ian Falconer)
26. Once Upon a Time (Nick Sharratt)
27. Rosie’s Walk (Pat Hutchins)
28. The Carrot Seed ( Ruth Krauss)
29. The Cow Buzzed (Zimmerman & Clemesha)
30. The Doorbell Rang (Pat Hutchins)
31. The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear (Don & Audrey
Wood)
32. The M&M’s Counting Book (Barbara Barbieri McGrath)
33. The Rainbow Fish (Marcus Pfister)
34. The Very Busy Spider (Eric Carle)
35. The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Eric Carle)
36. Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
37. Whose Mouse Are You? (Robert Kraus)
38. Winnie the Witch (Korky Paul & Valerie Thomas)
39. Yo! Yes? (Chris Raschka)
40. 123 to the Zoo (Eric Carle)
