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等一等 Wait

$12.90 SGD
$12.90 SGD
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Wait describes a common experience that happens to parents. The mother in the story is in a rush, pulls her child's little hand while crossing the road, and constantly repeats "Hurry up!" The child, on the other hand, keeps stopping to look at the little dog on the road, to talk to the workers fixing the road, and to feed the ducks in the park some bread. It suddenly starts raining, and the mother's footsteps grow more hurried, and her voice becomes less patient. At this moment, the child pulls on his mother's clothes, and she finally stops and realizes what her child has discovered - a beautiful rainbow across the sky. 

The book teaches parents all over to slow down, enjoy the present and not be in a hurry all the time. 

Recommended for Ages: 0-6
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Language: Simplified Chinese
Author: 安托瓦妮特·波蒂斯 Antoinette Portis
Translated from: English
Translated by: 连涟

Conversation starters:
- Who is walking in front?
- Who is walking behind?
- What is the little boy looking at?
- Who is the lady looking at?
- Do you like to walk slowly or quickly?

Suggested extension activities:
- Take a walk in the neighbourhood, let your child set the pace and direction
- Visit an aquarium shop
- Eat ice cream

Learning Themes:
- Patience
- Time
- Places and people in the neighbourhood
- Transportation
- Weather
- Family

Here is our book in action during a Mandarin Playgroup for toddlers!

 

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This morning, we took a break from cookery and had a Mandarin story-telling session with our young toddlers. We read the book 等一等 from @mystorytreasury (Em absolutely loves this book) and inspired by my daughter, I had items found in the book placed in a drawstring bag. • • Stereognostic bag, more commonly known as Mystery Bag is a classic sensorial Montessori material that helps children develop their ability to identify object using only one sense - the sense of touch. It is usually used by older children (3 and up) where they may first be blindfolded and then name the familiar items as they feel the items in the bag.• • For young toddlers, we can vary it by asking them for a particular item and then allowing the child to pick out the named item. Alternatively, you can let them feel, pick and name the item.• • I found it really useful to introduce new mandarin words to Em through the book (even though the book has very little words - only 快一点 and 等等), and then reemphasise them using a mystery bag.• • More ideas and info from the link https://livingmontessorinow.com/montessori-monday-diy-montessori-mystery-bags/• • #sgmontessori #sgmontessorimoms #homebasedplaygroup #montessoriplaygroup

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Rui
Meaningful book telling us to slow down

The mum in the story is me everyday! The book is an opportunity for my child to know that mummy has something to learn from him too.

Thank you Rui for your review! Love how you worded it - indeed we still have so much to learn from our kids (:

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D
A favourite

This was one of the first books I was drawn to on this website. So beautiful and simple, and I love the message too - a good reminder for all parents to slow down, the best lesson that a child can teach us. There are little things to observe, like how the pattern of the fish matches the pattern of the boy's top. The recurring motif of a rainbow. Simple things like the rain and the train are easily recognisable too.

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Shi Hui
Minimal words

This book uses minimal and repetitve words. Good for young toddlers. My toddler takes this book out often to read. I read this to her with hand gestures to show 'wait' and 'hurry up' and she imitates me after a few rounds of reading. Good for teaching simple words. The minimal words mean that on some days we would pore over the illustrations instead. Easy for young children to memorise the story and read to themselves.

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Huiqi
My toddler loves it

A simple illustrated book that teaches us to slow down and observe our surroundings. My boy loves this book and we could read it multiple times in a day.

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Vicky
Beautiful illustration and a Timely Reminder

There are only 2 phrases used throughout the book - which makes it easy for my 2 year old to pick up. He loves the illustrations and enjoys replying our questions about the details of the pictures in the book.
The timely reminder is for us as parents to try to stop and smell the roses (even when we want to do a million things in the limited time we have) and look at things from the perspective of a child. It is beautiful story, and a good buy.

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