Steve Jenkins? Robin page /By? Zeng Han/translation
? Steve Jenkins said that his experience may not be known to everyone. But what can a tail like this do? "Everyone must know.
Steve Jenkins is the teacher of the physicist's father. He has a strong interest and talent in science, nature and painting since he was a child. When he was a child, he often cooperated with his cheerful father to complete the scientific homework assigned by the school. The father and son also collaborated to complete a book about the solar system.
? His interest in science made him think that he would become a scientist, but at the last minute, he chose to study graphic design in an art school. After graduation, he worked in advertising and later set up a studio with his wife Robin Page. The couple created 65,438+06 children's books together.
When their child is only a few months old, the husband and wife like to read to the child (almost every night, even until the eldest daughter is twelve or thirteen). ) Gradually, Steve himself became interested in making children's books. In those years, the questions that children asked him became the source of inspiration for his books.
? Steve Jenkins has created more than 40 popular children's popular science picture books, each based on his own curious topic or three children's questions, and then presented them through unique collages and easy-to-understand words. His works have won Cadillac Award, Boston Global Horn Book Award and other honors, and have been selected as recommended books by American Teachers Association and American Library Association for many times.
? "A Perfect Egg" is also his unique collage style, and a lot of information is unforgettable. There is a scientific basis for the promotion of information memory by images: psychologists have found that people can only remember 20% of the information obtained through words; But 80% of the information in the image can be remembered, and this kind of memory is different from memorizing words, but it is easy to remember the images in the brain.
? Have you found that many adults feel reunited after a long separation when their children are reading children's books? Steve Jenkins' book is like this: If I had read his book as a child, I might have made less fuss about "insects" and had a more intuitive understanding of the wonders of the world. At least, science and biology are no longer just subjects that need to be memorized.
? The theme of a perfect egg is egg, which connects a series of information such as the shape, spawning mode, spawning characteristics and hatching mode of eggs of different animals and insects. In his view: "Children are born with the ability to appreciate the magical nature. They just need to develop a logical ability to connect the information in their minds to form a meaningful picture. Learning scientific knowledge is an elegant and beautiful way to help children acquire this ability.
? "The world can see it this way! Learning science is so interesting! " The seeds planted in childhood will continue to sprout and grow. Gradually, the more we know, the more we can appreciate the wonder and beauty of the world.