寶貝盒 TREASURE BOX

Budding Reader

萌芽級

【Treasure Box 寶貝盒萌芽級】每冊內容簡介：青春舞曲 The Youth Dance ｜思展圖書

【Treasure Box 寶貝盒萌芽級】每冊內容簡介：小王子的歌聲 Little Prince Learns to Sing ｜思展圖書

【Treasure Box 寶貝盒萌芽級】每冊內容簡介：小魚的家 The Little Fish's Home ｜思展圖書

【Treasure Box 寶貝盒萌芽級】每冊內容簡介：民間故事孟母三遷 Meng-Zi Changes Home｜思展圖書

【Treasure Box 寶貝盒萌芽級】每冊內容簡介：小馬的星月夜 The Pegasus Sonata｜思展圖書

提升孩子閱讀能力的100個字
The 100 characters that boost the child’s reading ability

萌芽級寶貝盒篇幅明顯比啟蒙級較長，字數亦較多。這套寶貝盒使用萌芽級教授的全部100個漢字和啟蒙級的漢字，很適合4歲以上、完成了啟蒙和萌芽級、累積學習了200個漢字的孩子閱讀。除了練習漢字的認讀，萌芽級寶貝盒故事的編寫也配合著孩子心智的成長和發展，內容和情節較為豐富，成為親子共閱和交流的有效工具。

萌芽級寶貝盒共有5個故事，合共1401個字，當中包括了詩歌、動物故事、中國經典故事、勵志故事和充滿幻想的童話。除了啟蒙級和萌芽級課程已教過的漢字外，孩子還會學到22個新漢字，為新一級的學習打好基礎。

萌芽級寶貝盒建議的閱讀次序是：

青春舞曲 > 小王子的歌聲 > 小魚的家 > 孟母三遷 > 小馬的星月夜

The stories of Budding Reader are distinctly longer than those of Beginning Reader. Budding Reader Treasure Box uses all 100 characters taught in the Budding Reader Basic Chinese 500, plus the characters taught in the Beginning Reader. It is written for 4-year-olds who have completed the Beginning and Budding Readers and have accumulated a total of 200 characters. Besides providing reading practice, the Budding Reader stories also grow with the child’s cognitive and emotional developments in terms of plot and content. They can serve as inspiration or tools for parents to initiate discussions on different topics with children.

There are 5 stories in Budding Reader, with a total of 1401 characters. There are poetry, an animal story, a Chinese classic, an inspirational story and a fairy tale. On top of the characters taught in the Basic Chinese 500 course, the child will also learn 22 new characters. They prepare your child for the next level, Building Reader.

The BUDDING READER stories are best read in the following order:

The Youth Dance > Little Prince Learns to Sing > Little Fish’s Home > Meng-Zi Changes Home > The Pegasus Sonata

萌芽級寶貝盒的數據資料
Metadata of Budding Reader Treasure Box

學習目標 What I learn

深化認讀，透過字詞組合學習修辭。Deeper reading, and the beginning of rhetoric through combination of words.

甚麼時候閱讀最佳 When should I read

完成基礎漢字500 萌芽級，開始躍進級之前。Completed Budding Reader of Basic Chinese 500, and before starting Building Reader.

全級五冊總字數 Total word count in the 5 books

1400

新生字 New characters

每冊閱讀時間 Time to read each book

4 分鐘。4 minutes.

每冊內容簡介
Overview of each story

青春舞曲
The Youth Dance

王洛賓的青春舞曲節奏清爽，歌詞耐人尋味。我們為小朋友保留了原文，再配合著節奏創寫了第二節，以簡潔的文字和比較歡樂的內容對襯著第一節的「青春易逝」。4歲的孩子已開始對生命和時間形成模糊概念，親子共閱時不妨順著話題和孩子談談。

This poem has been adapted from a folksong of Xinjiang people, originally written by Luo-Bin WANG. The first stanza has been kept the same as its original. It compares one’s youth to a bird’s flying away, neither of which ever returns. The second stanza talks of new creation. It adopts a merry tone which contrasts with the first stanza. A 4-year-old would begin to understand the concept of time and life. It would be a good opportunity for parents to discuss these topics with the child.

小王子的歌聲
Little Prince Learns to Sing

孩子喜愛模仿大人，從而學習種種技能，但有時面對新處境時難免會對自己缺乏信心。這時，父母的鼓舞和支持可以加強孩子的原動力，幫助孩子突破心理屏障，最終能譜出美麗的樂章。小朋友和花生國的小王子能產生多少共鳴呢？

Children love to imitate grownups. This is how they learn. Inevitably there are times when they face new challenges and lack confidence. This is the moment when a little encouragement from parents goes a long way. It could help the child to break through their own mental blocks, and write their own beautiful tune. How does your child relate to the Little Prince?

小魚的家
The Little Fish's Home

小魚的家故事情節和用字看似都很簡單，但組詞很豐富多變，形容詞和助詞的運用亦明顯增加了，同時還導入了成語。故事結束時小魚帶出了一個值得大家討論的人生觀：到底是對面的草長得更綠呢？還是龍床始終不及自己的狗窩？

This story has a simple plot and appears to use basic words. In fact, it employs a variety of new phrases and a wide range of adjectives and auxiliary words. It also introduces idioms. At the end of the story, Little Fish raises an interesting topic: is grass always greener on the other side of the grass? Or does even the emperor’s bed fall short of one’s humble bed?

孟母三遷
Meng-Zi Changes Home

無論是中國的孩子，抑或是學習中國文化的學生，都不能不認識我們的「亞聖」：孟子！孟母三遷的故事蘊含了父母對教育下一代的重視和環境對一個人的品性行為可以造成的影響等傳統價值觀和智慧，是很適合親子閱讀分享的內容。

Whether you are a child growing up in China or a foreign student learning Chinese, you should know about Meng Zi (Mencius), who is crowned as the Second Sage, after Confucius. The protagonist of this story is, however, his mother. She has been regarded as a paragon of parenting for generations. She recognised the importance of environment in a child’s learning and personality development. She used concrete examples to explain ideas to Meng Zi. The story introduces many aspects traditional Chinese culture. They are interesting discussion topics for parents and children of all ages.

小馬的星月夜
The Pegasus Sonata

小飛馬本來是希臘神話的重要角色。寶貝盒的小飛馬同樣地性格豪邁奔放、見義勇為。小飛馬的世界有星辰日月、有高山小河、樹林草原，還有各種不同的動物，相互交織出一個生動的故事，緊扣著小朋友的閱讀興趣，增強他們的閱讀信心。

Pegasus is originally from Greek mythology. The Pegasus brothers of Treasure Box are adventurous, passionate and courageous. In the world of Pegasus, there are the sun, the moon and the stars. There are mountains and rivers, forests and plains. There are of course other animals. The story of the Pegasus brothers echoes your child’s imagination and their longing for adventures. This is how your child will read with passion and confidence.

All available in Tradition Chinese and Simplified Chinese versions. English translation and Putonghua pinyin throughout.

全課程備有繁體版及簡體版，均為中英對照，全課文內容均註有標準普通話拼音。