I like to look at excavators as if it were the standard for little boys across the country.
No matter when, no matter what you are doing, as long as you see the excavator, stop the action immediately, and you can watch it for half a day.
Previously, a mother in Hunan recorded taking her 2-year-old son out for a walk. As a result, the baby saw the excavator, immediately stood and watched, how to call and refuse to go.
The next day I simply sat on the ground and watched.
On the third day, the baby took a small bench to see, but the excavator did not come. The baby cried out "wow", and the mother could only buy an excavator toy for the baby to calm the storm.
Of course, it is not enough to look. If you can still sit on it, dig the soil, dig the sand, dig the stone, even if it is just around, it is a boundless joy! Play all day without getting bored!
Why is the excavator so attractive to little boys?
First of all, it is undeniable that genetic factors are factors. For millions of years since human evolution, men have been hunting, ploughing, and fighting, and this gene is engraved in the bones of boys. Therefore, such a huge, moving, powerful thing in the field will be particularly attractive to boys.
Secondly, it is the child's psychological factor. We also talked about it before that "doing evil" and "destroying" are the nature of children, which is a way for them to explore the world. And because they are usually subject to parental discipline and restrictions for a long time, their nature is often unable to be released.
At this time, the excavator, a machine that combines "destruction" and "reconstruction", will be particularly attractive to children, which is the same for both boys and girls. Therefore, many baby girls also like excavators, which is also very normal, and parents do not need to have too many concerns.
What should you do as a parent?
In fact, parents do not have to worry too much, just need to do the following 3 points:
1. Wait patiently (if there is no hurry) and let the child watch for a while.
Especially for two- or three-year-olds, their attention is easily distracted, and they are generally only able to last 7-10 minutes. If your child can focus on the excavator for more than 20 minutes, it means that he is a very patient baby, and in the process, his concentration and creativity will be greatly improved.
2. Prompt the child of the danger in time.
Because most of the excavators work in the construction site and the field, the ground is often very uneven in these places, and if the child walks while watching, it is likely to fall and sprain. When the digging arm swings sharply, it is very likely to hit the child's head or body.
At this time, you can tell the child to stand firm and look, or simply crouch on the ground to watch, but also to stand outside the radius of the swing of the mechanical arm, not too close, and so on.
3. Buy relevant toys or books for your child
When playing with toys, you can exercise the ability of children's hands to finely control, and parents can also take this opportunity to introduce simple leverage principles and other knowledge to children to stimulate children's greater interest in learning.
When reading picture books, you can exercise your child's imagination and creativity, and harvest happiness that you can't get in reality!
Then today's recommended picture book is a new work in the series of picture books "Little Man Helper" tailored for children who love construction vehicles, the fifth book "Little Man Helper Sunday" and the sixth book "Little Man Helper Bento".
This is a picture book that even mothers who are not interested in construction vehicles will praise it.
There are a variety of engineering vehicles in the book, different sizes, different shapes, complete functions, each doing its part, lively. The combination of the construction vehicle and many little people, just looking at the cover satisfies the children's appetite.
"Little Man Helper Sunday"
[Japanese] Chihiro Nakagawa / Text
[Japanese] Furu sends Junji / Figure
On a rare Sunday, the little people are preparing to take a bento to the water's edge for a vacation, but they find a turtle turned over and can't move, needing help.
The little people's helper squad immediately launched action, they drove a variety of bulldozers, excavators, cranes, everyone worked together, after careful and thoughtful cooperation finally rescued the turtle, and also played with the turtle on the water, it was a happy and meaningful day!
[Day] Junji Furuki "Little Man Helper Sunday"
"Little Man Helper Bento"
The little boy goes on an outing to Dandelion Island, but he forgets to bring a lunch bento, and the little helpers receive a distress call from the boy's father, hoping that they can help deliver the bento to the little boy before lunch.
They set off, driving large boats and various engineering vehicles, shoveling grass and building roads along the way, overcoming all kinds of difficulties, and finally delivering the bento to the little boy before lunch.
[Day] Junji Koji "Little Man Helper Bento"
There are also many more "Little People Helper" series
About the author
Nakagawa (Chihiro)
Born in 1958, he loved to read since childhood, and with the goal of becoming a translator, he studied English, graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Tokyo University of the Arts, and is currently living in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As an English and American children's literature translator, picture book writer and illustrator, he is active in the Japanese children's book industry.
In 1995, he began to create picture books, and his self-written and self-drawn works include "The Secret of Xianji Castle", "Little Octopus Nana", "Dinosaur Egg", "I seem to have grown a tail! "Kappa's Molting", "Monster Watch Moves! "I Love Birds", etc., and works with illustrators include the "Little People Helper" series. He won the Japan Picture Book Award Readers' Award for "The Way to Raise Angels".
Koyose (Junji)
Born in 1949 in Fukuoka Prefecture, he graduated from Settsu-Mode Seminar (an illustration school founded by Nagasawa Festival, the pioneer of Japanese fashion illustration), and worked in book binding design and illustration while publishing illustrations in magazines such as Olive, an an, and BMW BIKES.
His major works include illustrations of Runners (Japanese version) and the "Little People Helper" series. "Little People Helper" was introduced to the United States, won the children's literature review magazine The Horn Book 2008 Best Book Award, and the series was also introduced to France, South Korea and other places.
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Some of the pictures in this article come from the internet.