兒童文學與兒童圖畫書結合,以引導兒童正確思維、人格正向發展為根基,兒童繪本的地位越來越受重視。兒童教育的重要性是不分國籍、不分種族,所有的父母與老師所關心的事情,而幼兒時期的發展正是大腦開發的黃金時期。許多幼兒大腦開發的課程與活動紛紛的出現,在台灣也掀起了「說故事」風潮,包括信誼基金會的「小袋鼠說故事劇團」志工團隊、格林文化的「故事屋」張爸爸說故事訓練課程等等,因此兒童繪本扮演了幼兒教育中重要的角色。 人類出生對於文字語言並無理解能力,透過視覺的刺激,開始學習、思考、想像,這便是大腦發揮創造力的作用。本創作希望透過兒童繪本在兒童學齡前階段,正向且充滿豐富想像力的導引,給予創造思考的能力及主動積極有意義的思維習慣。 本創作以學齡前兒童最常接觸到與即將接觸到的生活經驗,透過兒童繪本分類出四大項主題,「人際關係」、「日常生活」、「認知學習」、「生命教育」等,來決定創作繪本時的主題。在視覺設計與編排的部份,歸納出兒童繪本的構成元素與原則。最後創作出一本經過「角色設定」、「場景安排」、「畫面構成」的學齡前兒童繪本-《不睡覺的喵小羊》。
Children picture books are more and more important based on combining children’s literatures and pictures to conduct correct mind and develop positive personality. The importance of children’s education is no selection to countries and races, all parents and teachers would care about this so much, and the development during childhood is the golden period of brain development. Many courses and activities of brain-development are appearing also fashioned in Taiwan. For example, the “Little Kangaroo story troupe ”of Shin-Yi Fondatioin, the “StoryHouse” of Green Cultrue, the story training course of Uncle Chang…etc, children’s picture books play an important role on children education. Human beings was born without understanding words and language, excited from vision, people start to learn, think, imagine, these are effects from brains creating. This creation hopes make a guildng full of imaginative power to helps children with children picture books increasing creative and thinking ability and active and positive habit for pre-schooler. This creation is based on living experiences which was most usually touched by preschool children. There are four main topics that are assorted from children picture book: “relationship”,“daily living”, “cognition learning”,and “life education”, to decide which topic to be created. In the part of visual design and layout, inducing the rule of children picture book. At last, creating a preschool children picture book-“Wakeful Sheep Miaow” with “characters design”,“ scenery arranging ”,“frame constituting”.