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Post by benziger on Dec 28, 2019 20:31:19 GMT
 The parents have emigrated or fled, then the children usually try to live a very inconspicuous life. In order not to lose contact with their roots and relatives in their home country, it is important that they continue to speak their parent's language or grow up bilingually. This children's book is about storks. The life of a stork family during one year, from their return from Africa, nest-building, rearing, migration. Told in simple, child-friendly Lingala for small diaspora Congolese and lovingly illustrated. The drawings can also be coloured. Preview at Lulu's storefront |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2020 5:42:22 GMT
it is important that they continue to speak their parent's language or grow up bilingually. I absolutely agree, I think your book is charming and I'm sure the children will love it. When I had my children I gave up full time teaching for a while and did a small part time job working in an adult centre, teaching English as a second language. I always encouraged the parents who took my course, to continue their first language with their children, it helps the children remain connected to their own culture.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2020 16:55:32 GMT
It looks interesting even to adults, which makes it a better book. Adults must tolerate what they read to their children.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2020 8:06:24 GMT
That's true Maggie but I remember when my daughter was small, she loved one of her books so much and much as I liked reading it (It was well written and illustrated) I had to read it over and over and over---------
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2020 11:47:31 GMT
I previewed the book Benziger. I like the fact that the children can colour in the drawings.They will love it. I wanted to check out one of the verses in "google translating", but I couldn't copy and paste. Good luck with your book.
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Post by benziger on Jan 8, 2020 6:33:38 GMT
I previewed the book Benziger. I like the fact that the children can colour in the drawings.They will love it. I wanted to check out one of the verses in "google translating", but I couldn't copy and paste. Good luck with your book. Good morning Larika. Google is not always your friend. And for translating, I would recommend you another service: deepl.com from Cologne, Germany with less languages, but better translations. For lingala, there is not machine translating for instance. I translated you two pages into English (well deepl.com did it from the German version of the book):
First page: This is the stork. He came back to us recently. In winter, when it was cold and icy, it was in Africa. There it is always nice and warm and even in winter he finds frogs, mice and other fine things to eat there. As spring is approaching now, he has been flying for a long time, probably two to three weeks. First he flew over the rain forest. Then he flew over the desert. Then he flew over the sea. Now he has finally arrived. That's why he's starving and he's stomping through the meadow. He is looking for a frog, a mouse or a fish.
Another page, you will guess, which one: In the evening, they put their head back and clatter with their beaks. In fact, storks can neither sing nor whistle. And then the stork jumps on the back of his female. With its long neck, they embrace and caress each other. This year they would like to have some stork babies again.
I am almost a little proud of the wording of the copulating scene. For children in pre-school and at the beginning of primary school this is part of the process, but on the other hand they should not have frightening pictures in their heads afterwards. I hope that you, as a mother and teacher, can agree with me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2020 7:52:50 GMT
Thanks for the tranlation. I'm sure children will love your book.
I understand that images can be very frightening for little ones but in my long career as a teacher, from teaching art, to working with children of alll ages. Here in the UK, Primary school teachers (ages 5-11) have to teach all subjects. I also taught secondary school children (ages 11-18) I found that the majority of children loved the most frightening stories. For the little ones I often used the puppets I had made (I had a side line of putting on puppet shows for children at fairs, libraries,etc.) One of their favourites was Red Riding Hood. The children loved my big bad wolf. However one has to be careful. I remember I was reading the book "The Witches" by Roal Dahl to the children seated on the carpet in front of me, when I saw one of the young girls had gone very white, was shaking and looked absolutely terrified. I never finished the book. I told the children that if they liked the book so far, they could get it out of the library.
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Post by benziger on Jan 8, 2020 8:55:38 GMT
That is also my experience. Children love stories. They grow on the dangers and fears of the heroes. But it depends on the context: When I as a father (mother, grandmother, etc). tell the story, when I tell the story at school to my class (in Switzerland the primary school is similar: all subjects, 6-12 years), then there is already a relationship there which carries. And you use puppets: great. That helps in many situations. I have a cat at school who only speaks French  But when I publish a book, I don't know who will tell or read it to the child. So I am more careful there. But even by my 6 year old son I do not go into every detail when mating, even though children at this age are very curious. To know that mum and dad like each other and want a child and then cuddle together is enough for him at the moment. Even third graders are still too young in my opinion. After all, there are reasons why the details are only included in the curriculum in secondary school. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2020 11:58:51 GMT
Under the National Curriculum in the Uk the basics of sex education fall within the science curriculum.
In Year 2,(Age 6-7) children learn that animals, including humans, have offspring that grow into adults. They should be introduced to the concepts of reproduction and growth, but not how reproduction occurs.
In Year 5,(age 9-10) children are taught about the life cycles of humans and animals, including reproduction. They also learn about the changes that happen in humans from birth to old age. This includes learning what happens in puberty.
In addition to the National Curriculum, the Department for Education published Sex and Relationships Education Guidance(SRE) in 2000, which, although it isn’t statutory, schools must take into consideration. Primary schools(5-11)should:
Have an SRE programme tailored to the age and maturity of children.
Ensure that boys and girls know about puberty before they experience it, and how babies are conceived and born.
Focus their relationships education on friendships, bullying and self-esteem.
The guidance suggests that most of this should take place in Year 6, before the transition to secondary school.
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