Picture book title: Very Hungry Snake

Corresponding grade theme: Small class first semester - cute animals

About the author:

Miyanishi Tatsuya, born in 1956 in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan , graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Faculty of Arts of Nihon University, and began to work in stage art and graphic design for puppet plays, and later began to create picture books. He draws creative inspiration from his own childhood memories and parenting experiences, making his works full of children's innocent fun, and unique with his warm and humorous stories and powerful painting style. While creating, he is also committed to the promotion of picture books, traveling to almost every prefecture in Japan to give lectures on picture books to children and parents.

Representative works: You Look Delicious, Dinosaur Series, etc.

Story summary:

When a very hungry little snake twisted around for a walk , I found a round apple, "Aww", it's so delicious; the next day, when the very hungry little snake was twisting and walking, he found a yellow banana, "Aww", it's so delicious... …On the sixth day, when the very hungry little snake was twisting and walking, he found a tree full of red apples. Guess what will happen to the very hungry little snake?

Features of this book:

Mr. Peng Yi, the translator of this book, once said that a picture book tells three stories: the story told by words and the story told by pictures. , a story told by words and pictures together! This book by master Tatsuya Miyanishi is such an excellent picture book. The text of "The Very Hungry Little Snake" repeats the same language as a children's song, which is so catchy that people can't help but love it. The vivid onomatopoeia "ah woo, gulu" makes people laugh. The pictures in "The Very Hungry Snake" are simple and vivid, helping children to understand fruits, food and shapes, and depicting the snake vividly. The words and pictures of "The Very Hungry Snake" tell children that a greedy little snake is so ambitious that it can swallow any food it sees, even an apple tree, and open its mouth wide without fear. Eat it.

Reason for recommendation:

"The Very Hungry Little Snake" is a very creative story, suitable for children in small classes to listen to and imitate. Teachers can use extremely exaggerated language, expressions and movements to show the appearance of little snakes swallowing things, and encourage children to learn to imitate the interesting swallowing movements of little snakes. Through repeated performances of the onomatopoeia "ah woo - gulu", children can feel The fun and special nature of the little snake's eating stimulates children's interest in situational performances and satisfies the activity enthusiasm of small class children who "can understand, are willing to think, like to speak, and love to express".

Activity design:

Activity goals:

1. Preliminarily understand the story and understand the storyline of the little snake eating various fruits and deforming its body.

2. Feel the humorous and funny atmosphere of the story, and initially experience the joy of interesting reading.

Activity preparation:

Multimedia courseware, a small snake made of long socks (you can also use pictures instead)

Activity process:

1. Introduce the topic "The Very Hungry Snake".

1. Look, a little snake came to our class today. It came out for a walk, but now it feels so hungry. This hungry little snake came to the woods to look for food. Guess what delicious food the hungry little snake will find?

2. The children are awesome, now let’s see what delicious food the hungry little snake found!

2. Appreciate the PPT courseware and become familiar with the interesting content of the story.

1. Observe PPT pictures 3 to 4.

①PPT picture 1: Oops! Why did the little snake become like this? What did the little snake eat?

②Teacher: Who can tell me what the apple you see looks like?

The teacher helps the children to summarize: apples are red, round, sweet and crunchy.

③Ask children to imitate the body movements of a snake eating an apple.

Teacher’s language guidance: The little snake swallowed the apple with a mouthful of "ah...wu" and a "gurgling" sound.

Teacher's action guidance: Encourage children to open their mouths round and wide, imitating the snake's "swallowing" apple action.

2. Observe PPT pictures 5 to 6.

①PPT picture 3: The next day, the very hungry little snake went out for a walk again. It twisted and twisted. Look what happened to the little snake. Can you guess what it ate? What?

②Teacher: Which baby told me what a banana looks like?

The teacher helps the children summarize: Bananas are yellow, curved, taste sweet, and soft.

③Ask children to imitate the body movements of a snake eating a banana.

Teacher’s language guidance: The little snake swallowed the banana with a mouthful of "Ah...oooo" and a "gurgle"... Through questions and imitation, the children collectively reviewed short sentences: Ah woo--gurgle, ah. , so delicious.

Teacher action guidance: Encourage children to think that bananas are long, so they should open their mouths roundly (like a small fish sucking water bubbles) and slowly swallow the long banana into the belly of the little snake. inside.

3. Observe PPT pictures 7 to 8.

①PPT picture 7: On the third day, the very hungry little snake went out for a walk again. This time, the little snake found a bunch of grapes. Guess what the little snake will do after eating the grapes. What has it become?

②Teacher: Our babies have all eaten grapes. Who can tell me, what kind of grapes have you eaten?

The teacher helps the children to summarize: they are round. Some grapes are purple, and the round grapes are sour and sweet, so delicious.

③Ask children to imitate the body movements of a snake eating grapes.

Teacher’s language guidance: When the little snake eats grapes, because there are so many grapes, the little snake has to keep opening its mouth to swallow it, "Ah...oo" in one mouthful, and "gulp" in one mouthful. "Ah...ouch" and "gudu"...swallowed a large bunch of grapes into his stomach.

Encourage children to transfer their previous experiences and say short sentences collectively: Wow--Gudu, ah, it’s so delicious.

Teacher's action guidance: The teacher takes the baby together and imitates carrying a large bunch of grapes with one hand, raising his head, opening his mouth wide, saying "ah...oo", "gudu", and "ah...wu". , "gurgle"...

4. Observe PPT pictures 9 to 10.

①PPT picture 7: Look! What happened to the little snake? What happened? What did the little snake eat to become like this? ②PPT picture 8: Hey, such a hungry little snake, why did it eat the small tree too?

Teacher: The little snake is so naughty. The teacher felt very strange, how did the little snake eat the little tree?

③Ask children to imitate the body movements of a small snake eating a small tree.

Teacher’s language guidance: The little snake is so naughty. It twists and turns, climbs up the small tree, climbs high up, opens its big mouth, "Ah... ...with a gulp and a gulp, he swallowed the whole small tree and turned it into a strange little snake tree. Ha ha!

Encourage children to transfer their previous experiences and say short sentences without prompting from the teacher: Wow... Gudu, ah, it's so delicious.

Teacher's action guidance: When the teacher talks about a little snake swallowing a small tree, the teacher encourages the baby to open its mouth wide, stand up, and lower its head to imitate the snake swallowing the small tree from top to bottom. Finally, you can encourage the baby to lower his head and swing his little hands back like a peacock's tail to represent the branches of the small tree.

3. The teacher simply asks questions about the content of the story to help the children further understand the fun and humor of the story.

Teacher: Oops! The little snake's belly is so full! We touch our belly to help our belly digest.

Come on, baby, sit down together and take a rest!

Teacher: Baby, look carefully. What seems to be happening in the woods behind the little snake? How come there is one less tree? Do you think this tree is delicious? Teacher’s summary: The little snake in the story is really interesting and very greedy. It eats whatever it sees. Its belly changes into whatever shape it eats. Even the little tree can eat it. It was so fun to eat it.

4. Guide children to learn the correct way to eat.

1. Do you think it’s okay for little snakes to eat like this? Why?

2. The teacher summarizes what the children have said and makes a brief summary: When our children eat, they must chew carefully and swallow slowly. They must not imitate the little snake, swallowing with a gulp or a gulp. , The belly will be stretched to pieces.

Extended activities: The very hungry little snake is still very hungry. Let’s order some delicious food for the very hungry little snake. Draw all kinds of delicious things.