前幾日在開封學習的時候，王彩鳳老師曾給大家介紹過一則繪本《點》，并請我們從“教師要成為孩子們的引導者、支持者、合作者”為題，尊重孩子的在學習中的個體差異，分析其中的價值，我被這則繪本所深深吸引，今天抽時間整理出來，和大家分享——
《點》
The art class was over, but Vashti sat glued to her chair. Her paper was empty.
美術(shù)課結(jié)束了，但沃詩提留在位子上。她的畫紙仍舊是一片空白。
Vashti’s teacher leaned over blank paper. “Ah! A polar bear in a snow storm,” she said. “Very funny!” said Vashti. “I just can’t draw!”
沃詩提的老師探身看著空白的畫紙，驚嘆道：“哇，是一只冰天雪地里的白色北極熊”。“真可笑，” 沃詩提說，“我根本就不會畫畫”。
Her teacher smiled. “Just make a mark and see it takes you.” 但老師微笑著說：“你哪怕是做個記號也可以，看看它會引你去哪里”。
Vashti grabbed a felt-tipped pen and gave the paper a good, strong jab. “There!”
沃詩提聽了猛的抓起一個帶橡皮的鉛筆，用力的在紙上戳了一下，說：“就這兒了”。 
Her teacher picked up the paper and studied it carefully. “Hmmmm.”
老師拿起畫紙，細細的研究起來：“嗯——！”
She pushed the paper towards Vashti and quietly said, “Now sign it.”
老師把畫紙放回到沃詩提面前，平靜地說：“現(xiàn)在，把你的名字簽上去吧”。
 Vashti thought for a moment. “Well, maybe I can’t draw, but I CAN sign my name.” 沃詩提看著畫紙想了一會，自言自語道：“也許我不會畫畫，但簽名我還是會的?！?/div>
The next week, when Vashti walked into her art class, she was surprised to see what was hanging above her teacher’s desk. It was the little dot she had drawn- HER DOT! All framed in swirly gold!
第二周，當沃詩提再次走進美術(shù)教室的時候，她驚奇的發(fā)現(xiàn)在老師的桌子上面掛著的一幅畫：那是她畫的點?。《耶嬕呀?jīng)用旋渦狀的金黃色相框裝了起來。
“Hmmph! I can make a better dot than THAT!”
“噢！” 沃詩提思考著，“我可以畫比這個點更好的點喔！”
She opened her never-before used set of watercolours and set to work.
她把已經(jīng)很久不用的水彩筆拿了出來，開始作畫。
Vashti painted and painted. A yellow dot. A green dot. A red dot. A blue dot.
沃詩提畫呀，畫呀，紅點、綠點、黃點、藍點……
The blue mixed with the red. She discovered that she could make a PURPLE dot. Vashti kept experimenting. Lot of little dots in many colours.
突然，藍色的點和紅色的點混合了，沃詩提發(fā)現(xiàn)自己弄出了一個紫色的點。她很驚奇，就一直不停的嘗試下去，又畫出了許多不同顏色的點。
If I can make little dots, I can make BIG dots, too.” Vashti splashed her colours with a bigger brush on bigger paper to make bigger dots.
“如果我可以畫小點，我就能畫大點?！?沃詩提說完就拿起了一只大畫筆，在一張大紙上揮毫起來。
Vashti even made a dot by NOT painting a dot.
沃詩提甚至不是直接畫出一個點，卻留白出了一個點的氛圍。
At the school art show a few weeks later, Vashti’s many dots made quite a splash.
幾周后，在學校的藝術(shù)展覽上，沃詩提畫的各種各樣的點讓大家大開眼界。
Vashti noticed a little boy gazing up at her. “You’re a really great artist. I wish I could draw.” he said. “ I bet you can,” said Vashti. “Me? No, not me. I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler.”
沃詩提注意到有一個小男孩在認真的看著她的畫，他對沃詩提說：“你真是個大藝術(shù)家，要是我也可以畫畫該多好啊！”“你當然可以，我可以保證” 沃詩提說。“我？不可能的，即使用尺子比著，我連一條直線也不會畫。”小男孩說。
Vashti smile. She handed the boy a blank sheet of paper. “ Show me.” The boy’s pencil shook as he drew his line.
沃詩提笑了，她遞給小男孩一張空白紙，說：“你畫給我看好嗎？”小男孩畫了起來，他的筆在不住地顫抖。
Vashti started at the boy’s squiggle. And then she said… 沃詩提注視著男孩的畫。 過了一會兒，她說……
“ Please… sign it.” “請……簽上你的名字?！?/div>
我為何感動？作者Peter Reynolds 曾在接受采訪時說過：“它不只是一本有關(guān)藝術(shù)的書。這是一本書，鼓勵我們，要有勇氣表達自己。它輕輕地提醒我們要從小處著手，并努力去實現(xiàn)這一想法。同時，這也是一個偉大的教師的故事，他知道如何使用幽默， 讓學生看到自己的愿景。”
這本書雖說的是繪畫，我讀到的內(nèi)涵的卻并非是創(chuàng)作的過程；雖是涉足兒童美術(shù)教育，然而，卻足以觸動著所有心懷有夢想?yún)s不敢去實踐、實現(xiàn)的那些怯怯地內(nèi)心。
這本兒童繪本，告訴著所有的我們：其實，人人都有創(chuàng)造性,人人都可以爆發(fā)出自己的宇宙，從一個小小的點就可以開始。 |
