Storytime -- 故事分享 -- 端午節快樂

Dear parents and friends who love sharing stories with kids, 

 

給親愛的媽咪和爹地以及所有喜歡和孩子們分享故事的大小朋友們： 

   

首先祝福大家端午節佳節愉快！Happy dragon boat festival!   一連下了超過一星期的雨，連天空都顯得有些陰沉沉的。可是一看見一群有朝氣的孩子們，所有的氣氛隨著一個個燦爛的笑容延展開來，連烏雲也不捨流淚了呢！ 

 

在故事進行前，一如以往不可少的是暖身活動，這次為了讓小小孩們有更多的自信與參與感，我們先一起唱耳熟能詳的字母歌an ABC song。緊接著，大家便試著或寫或畫的將所指定的大寫或小寫字母big or small letters寫出，最後再將一個個的字母拼湊成一個個的字words，透過小手手的幫忙將許多字串連後put all the words together，我們得到一個漂亮的句子a beautiful sentence，己所不欲，勿施於人Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 咦？這透露出什麼玄機呢？一陣討論過後，引導出今天的主題故事，The Baby Beebee  Bird。 

 

當夜晚during the night所有動物園zoo裡的動物animails沉浸在一片安靜而準備入睡ready to sleep時，一陣陣嗶嗶的吟唱聲 “Beebeebobbi, Bobbibeebee,  Beebeebobbibobbi” 傳了過來。嗯，是誰在這大半夜不睡還在唱歌啊，大象an elephant、獅子a lion、蛇a nake、熊a bear、花豹a leopard、長頸鹿a       giraffe和河馬a hippo全都受不了了。喔，原來是新來的嗶嗶寶貝鳥a new     friend-- Baby Beebee Bird。為什麼嗶嗶寶貝鳥不睡覺呢？孩子們一個個舉起小手，”Maybe it is because she was born yesterday,” Aurora said. “Oh,    maybe it is because she was sleeping during daytime. That’s why she        couldn’t sleep during nighttime,” said Stephanie. “Good guessing!” 嗯，非常具有邏輯思考的能力！It’s quite a logical thinking. 沒錯，就是因為嗶嗶寶貝鳥日夜顛倒，才會晚上睡不著。He was awake during nighttime and he slept during daytime.所有的動物聚集商量一陣後，想出妙計they came up a good    idea，決定開始執行計畫。當嗶嗶寶貝鳥在大白天想睡覺時，其他的動物們開始學嗶嗶寶貝鳥唱歌they started to sing the song “Beebeebobbi, Bobbibeebee, Beebeebobbibobbi”，這會兒換嗶嗶寶貝鳥抱怨被吵得無法入睡， “Be quiet! ” shouted the baby beebee bird. 直到太陽躲起來月亮高掛天際，所有的動物唱著唱著也累得睡著了，猜猜嗶嗶寶貝鳥怎麼了？ “She was asleep too,” said   little Candy. ‘Very smart.’ 順著話題，我們也一起討論同理心。

 

If you don’t like it, you don’t want other people suffer from it at the same   time! Think for others and be considerate! 愉快的故事過後總是要搭配藝術的創作art and craft來作為美好回憶。適逢端午佳節，去年我們做了龍舟dragon  boats，今年再度分享屈原Ch’u Yuan的故事，屈原是為愛國詩人an patriotic poet，但皇帝聽信奸臣之言流放屈原The emperor took an advice from bad    followers to chase away Ch’u Yuan，一日one day，當屈原又再度獨自散步到汨羅江時while Ch’u Yuan was taking a walk along Mi-lo river again，難過之際，憂傷國家，不忍親見國家滅亡He felt sad upon his country and didn’t  want to witness his country from falling apart and to be taken by the        enemy，便決定投河結束生命He decided to make an end to his life and      jumped to the river。愛戴屈原的百姓知道後，不忍屈原的身體被魚蝦啄食，便將糯米包起後搭船投江餵魚蝦，同時還敲鑼打鼓驅趕。People who loved Ch’u Yuan didn’t want his body to be eaten by fish and shrimps took a boat to   the river and threw sticky rice into the river to feed them; meanwhile, they  even played the drum and cymbals to chase away fish and shrimps. 為了紀念屈原同時提醒後人忠誠愛國，這就是划龍舟和包粽子的由來喔。In order to memorize Ch’u Yuan and to remind people of their royalty to their country, Chinese people have started to have this custom to eat rice dumplings and to    race dragon boats. 同時，端午節也表示天氣炎熱的開始，許多蚊蟲蟑螂孳生，環境清潔也是需要注意的重要事情。The weather starts to get hotter and sultry. It is important to keep the environment clean to prevent the mosquitoes, little bugs and cockroaches from breeding. 一番解釋之後，就是我們大小手共同合作包粽子making rice dumplings的時刻了。簡單介紹粽葉bamboo leaves和食材的成分the ingredients，這時許多細嫩的聲音紛紛表示意見，有糯米sticky rice、香菇mushrooms、蝦米dried shrimps、栗子chest nuts、豬肉pork……等，不過，另有稚嫩聲音說要把餅乾cookies包進去呢 “Camilla, I know. Put the cookies in it,” said William. “Hmmm… I’ve never tried that kind of rice       dumplings before. Maybe you can show me and I would love to have one,” said I being amused by his innocent thoughts. 我們則發揮想像力use our      imagination，以衛生紙tissue當食材，努力完成大小不一的粽子。許多大手手也是第一次嘗試包粽子呢，讓我們一起加油傳承美好的中華文化歷史習俗Chinese history, culture and customs吧！     

祝福不嫌多，還是要再說聲     

Happy  dragon  boat   festival  ! ! !