Rutger Jan Bieuwe

“To teach someone any subject adequately, the subject must be embedded in all the elements that give it meaning.”

Knowledge and meaning should never be separated. Any subject, from grammar to phonics has to be linked to personal interest and growth to be relevant to the child and make a difference in their lives. And only when it connects to the person, will the child remember it. Fairy tales have a tremendous emotive impact on younger children.

For children fairy tales are not mere fantasies. They are real. Fairy tales touch very deep sentiments, about growing up and achieving an ideal. While telling a story, young students will measure themselves by the actions and behavior of the central characters in the story. Understanding the different stages of this growth as well as the other aspects that appeal to the child, can help us inspire them for learning.

Fairy tales have a universal appeal, whether it is the way they deal with relationships, the growth process, the mysteries, or the moral questions that it raises. And this richness in attracting children makes fairy tales powerful tools in working with students to learn a foreign language.

“Our emotions are integral to learning. When we ignore the emotional components of any subject we teach, we actually deprive students of meaningfulness.” For younger children, fairytales offer this emotional connection and within this context we can connect to a wide variety of subject matter.

《Children in Wonderland: Teaching With Fairy Tales》是一本專為幼兒美語教師所設計，針對兒童英語教學所規畫的創意教學輔助手冊。全書以10個大家耳熟能詳的世界童話為基礎，包括三隻小豬、小紅帽、醜小鴨等，完整設計出一系列兒童英語教學課程，藉由豐富的學習活動，及改編歌謠教唱，讓兒童輕鬆吸收各種知識，熟悉英語的使用。

1.課程主題清楚而詳盡：全書10個童話故事中，作者針對每一個故事的特色，設計出單元式的教學主題，教師可視學生程度及課程進度，從中選取適合的課程內容進行教學，選擇彈性大。

2.課堂活動豐富：豐富有創意的活動才能吸引兒童的注意，達到學習的效果，作者就每個童話故事設計了許多有趣的課堂活動，在各式活動與遊戲中學習，兒童才能將相關知識毫不費力地存進記憶中。

3.全方位教學：每個童話故事都有不同的學習主題，包括英文字彙、文法、科學知識、勞作、歌曲、課堂遊戲等，每一種主題課程都能讓學生將童話與生活現實結合，以全英語教學，讓兒童在潛移默化中學習聽說英語。

4.隨手可得的創意輔助教具：日常生活中的各種物品，透過創意發揮，都能成為教學的輔助教具，教師可由內文的解說，簡單完成教學用具，並帶領學生一同動手，激發無限的想像力。

5.完整故事情節與歌曲CD：隨書附贈的CD為各個故事與歌曲的內容，作者以原音道出一個個生動有趣的童話故事，唱出一首首從故事中自行改編的歌曲，教師可在課堂中播放CD，與學生一同享受語言與音樂的魅力。

作者以十多年的教學經驗與源源不斷的創意創作出本書，希望能讓教師用最簡單活潑的方式教學，讓學生都能在最輕鬆有趣的課堂中學習，學習英語不再是痛苦的經驗，而是快樂地上課、聽故事、玩遊戲，同時獲得最寶貴的知識。

作者簡介：

Mr. R. Tamminga was born in the Netherlands and worked for more than fifteen years as a yoga teacher and social worker in North America and Africa. He has been living in Taiwan for the past ten years and has been deeply involved in the promotion of New Humanist Education, which stresses that intelligence develops through the ability for introversion and attention control. Ideally these skills are trained from a young age onwards as to become life habits.

He has written several books about children’s yoga and story telling and has lectured extensively on this subject. He also promotes yoga for special children as a method for helping these children develop greater mental and physical health. He and his wife currently run a New Humanist Education project in Daya, Taichung County.

唐睿謙

本名Rutger Jan Bieuwe Tamminga，出生於荷蘭，曾在北美與非洲擔任瑜伽教師及社工超過十五年，過去十年間居住在台灣，並努力推動新人文教育，這種新興的教育強調智慧是透過內省與專注的能力漸進取得，最理想的方式就是從幼年開始學習，讓這些能力成為一種生活習慣。

唐老師過去曾創作過好幾本有關兒童瑜珈及為幼兒說故事的書籍，並致力進行相關主題的演說；他同時推廣具有特殊智能障礙的兒童，藉由瑜伽來改善身體及心靈的健康。目前唐老師與太太在台中縣持續進行新人文教育計畫的推動。

• 作者： Rutger Jan Bieuwe、Tamminga
• 出版社： 寂天文化事業(股)公司 出版日期：2006-10-20 ISBN/ISSN：9861840036
• 語言：英文 裝訂方式：平裝 頁數：224頁
• 類別： 中文書> 語言> 英文