初心者の子ども向け短い英語のお話3編：一緒に聞いて読もう
犬が違うものを運び、バナナが帽子になり、魚が思わぬ贈り物をもらいます。三つの短いお話を、全文、絵、音声で一緒に楽しみましょう。各話に注目する単語、二つの質問、一人で読まずに出来事を語り直す遊びがあります。
- 学ぶ言語
- 英語
- 年齢
- 年齢 3–10
絵を見て、必要なら家庭の言語で設定を説明します。一話再生するか、読む途中の出来事ごとに止めます。音読せず、指さしや身ぶりで参加できます。二、三語に注目し、ほかは筋を追うのに必要なときだけ説明しましょう。
各プレーヤーは下にあるお話の全文を読みます。再生を押すまで音声は始まりません。聞いたあとに二問を試し、身ぶりや家庭の言語での答えも受け入れましょう。
文字起こし
Maya has a blue ball. Her dog, Pip, loves the ball too. “Ready, Pip?” Maya asks. She throws the ball. Pip runs fast. The ball rolls under a chair. Pip comes back with a shoe. Maya laughs. “That is a shoe. Where is the blue ball?” Pip runs away again. This time he comes back with a book. “That is my book!” says Maya. “Where is the blue ball?” Pip puts his nose under the chair. He jumps back. Then he barks. Maya looks under the chair. The blue ball is there. “Good dog, Pip!” Maya reaches for the ball, but Pip is faster. He takes it and runs to the door. Maya laughs again. “Now I know where the blue ball is!”
Maya has a blue ball. Her dog, Pip, loves the ball too.
“Ready, Pip?” Maya asks.
She throws the ball. Pip runs fast. The ball rolls under a chair.
Pip comes back with a shoe.
Maya laughs. “That is a shoe. Where is the blue ball?”
Pip runs away again. This time he comes back with a book.
“That is my book!” says Maya. “Where is the blue ball?”
Pip puts his nose under the chair. He jumps back. Then he barks.
Maya looks under the chair. The blue ball is there.
“Good dog, Pip!”
Maya reaches for the ball, but Pip is faster. He takes it and runs to the door.
Maya laughs again.
“Now I know where the blue ball is!”
ball、blue、dog、shoeを探しましょう。“Under the chair”はMayaがボールを見つける場所を表します。
二つの質問：
- Pipは最初に何を持ってきますか？ A shoe.
- Mayaは青いボールをどこで見つけますか？ Under the chair.
文字起こし
Leo is hungry. He has a yellow banana and a cup of milk. His cat, Coco, sits by the table. Leo puts the banana on his head. “Look, Coco. I have a banana hat!” Coco looks at Leo. Coco does not laugh. A little bird lands on the windowsill outside. Leo points to his head. “Banana hat!” The bird looks at Leo. Then it hops along the windowsill. Coco stands up. The bird hops again. Coco jumps too. Leo turns to watch them. Plop! The banana falls from his head and lands in his empty hand. Now Leo laughs. Coco looks at the banana. The bird looks at the banana. “No,” says Leo. “It is not a hat now. It is my snack.” He peels the banana. Coco sits down. The bird flies away. Leo takes a bite and says, “Yellow hats are delicious.”
Leo is hungry. He has a yellow banana and a cup of milk.
His cat, Coco, sits by the table.
Leo puts the banana on his head.
“Look, Coco. I have a banana hat!”
Coco looks at Leo. Coco does not laugh.
A little bird lands on the windowsill outside.
Leo points to his head. “Banana hat!”
The bird looks at Leo. Then it hops along the windowsill.
Coco stands up. The bird hops again. Coco jumps too.
Leo turns to watch them.
Plop!
The banana falls from his head and lands in his empty hand.
Now Leo laughs.
Coco looks at the banana.
The bird looks at the banana.
“No,” says Leo. “It is not a hat now. It is my snack.”
He peels the banana.
Coco sits down.
The bird flies away.
Leo takes a bite and says, “Yellow hats are delicious.”
banana、yellow、cat、birdに注目しましょう。windowsillは窓の下部にある細い出っ張りです。
二つの質問：
- Leoは頭に何をのせますか？ A yellow banana.
- バナナはどうなりますか？ It falls into his hand, and he eats it.
文字起こし
Nina sits by a small pond. One shoe and a green leaf are next to her foot. A fish swims close to the water’s edge. Nina lifts the shoe. “This is my shoe,” she says. The fish opens its mouth. “Do you want a shoe?” Nina asks. A bird on a branch looks down at them. Nina holds the shoe near the water. The fish swims in a little circle. “But you do not have a foot,” Nina says. She shows the fish her foot. The fish splashes. The bird makes a loud sound. Nina thinks. Then she puts the shoe back on her foot. She picks up the green leaf and puts it on the water. The fish swims under the leaf. “A green hat!” says Nina. The fish swims around with the leaf above it. Nina laughs. “No shoe for you. But that hat looks good.”
Nina sits by a small pond. One shoe and a green leaf are next to her foot.
A fish swims close to the water’s edge.
Nina lifts the shoe.
“This is my shoe,” she says.
The fish opens its mouth.
“Do you want a shoe?” Nina asks.
A bird on a branch looks down at them.
Nina holds the shoe near the water. The fish swims in a little circle.
“But you do not have a foot,” Nina says.
She shows the fish her foot.
The fish splashes.
The bird makes a loud sound.
Nina thinks.
Then she puts the shoe back on her foot. She picks up the green leaf and puts it on the water.
The fish swims under the leaf.
“A green hat!” says Nina.
The fish swims around with the leaf above it.
Nina laughs. “No shoe for you. But that hat looks good.”
fish、shoe、foot、leafに注目しましょう。Ninaは葉を水に浮かべます。
二つの質問：
- Ninaが靴を手元に残すのはなぜですか？ The fish does not have a foot.
- 何が魚の帽子になりますか？ A green leaf.
各プレーヤーのそばにある文章は全文で、下の「全文」を開くこともできます。朗読は生成音声です。まずお話を一度聞き、好きな部分をもう一度再生するか読みましょう。すべての文を繰り返す必要はありません。
最後まで聞いたあと、そばにある二問を尋ねます。難しければその場面に一緒に戻りましょう。指さし、絵、知っている単語でも答えられます。質問に答えないと次の話に進めない仕組みではありません。
Pipの取り違え遊び
- 目標
- 最初のお話の出来事を順番に並べます。
- 準備
- 靴、本、ボール、またはその絵。
手順
- Where Is the Blue Ball?を読むか再生します。
- 三つの実物か絵を順不同で置き、Pipが最初に何を持ってくるか尋ねます。
- shoe、book、ballの順に並べます。必要ならお話に戻ります。
- 一場面を演じます。“Where is the blue ball?”を誘うか、大人が言って子どもに指さしてもらいます。
- 大人の手助け
- ものは見せたままにします。語り直す遊びで、記憶テストではありません。
- 簡単な方法
- shoeとballだけを示し、その後bookを加えます。
別の日はLeoのバナナ帽子を描いたり、描いた魚の上で紙の葉を動かしたりしましょう。繰り返す台詞に参加する、知っている単語を指す、ただまた聞くこともできます。気分を変えたければ動作付きの歌を試しましょう。
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