Teaching Chinese at Home

[tamarind]

Charmaine_chong:

5 Importance Books in a Child's Life


和谐社会从和谐家庭开始，从培养和谐的孩子，从每一个孩子一生一定要读的五本书开始。 如果中国的孩子要有创新意识，诵读是最好的教育方法之一，现在的教育过分强调答案，我们知道有答案就有标准，有标准就有模式，有模式就有教条，有教条的话思维就受到约束，不会创新。

每一个孩子就应该象天上的恒星一样，家长应该让孩子找到自己的运动轨迹，而不是盲目的被吸引.

每一个孩子一生一定要读的五本书”是属于课题研究中的素质教育部分，一个孩子是不是教育成功我们不是看他分数或者考上大学，而是看孩子是不是和谐，和谐是孩子最成功的教育，一个和谐的孩子表现在与家庭、社会、自然、金钱以及人生哲学思想的和谐。 如果这五大方面和谐了，这个孩子的人生应该是幸福的，事实上我们的整个社会也和谐了。

人和家庭最好的书是《孝经》，因为家庭的和谐最重要是孝顺父母，西方教育孩子童年象天堂一样，中年在忙碌中进行，而到了晚年则进了养老院。西方人强调的是“爱”，而东方人在爱的基础上更有孝这个字。

人和社会最好的书是《论语》，相信和韩国、日本的朋友打过交道的都知道，他们大多数都非常注重礼节，因为他们从小读就诵读《论语》。 论语》是孔子与其弟子的语录结集，儒家重要经典之一。 结集工作是由孔子门人及再传弟子完成的。

现在我们人类太要强了，但最后伤害的只是我们自己，因此我们要教育孩子学会和自然的和谐，那么这本最好的书就是我们中国老子留下来的《道德经》。 老子的《道德经》，其精炼的九九八十一章，仅以简洁优美的五千文字，洋洋洒洒深邃博大地，构造出了一个朴素、自然、豁达、飘逸的宇宙观、人生观、方法论的宏大框架。

现在人类的城市化肯定会影响地球磁场运动的平衡，读《道德经》让我们了解自然之道，可以让我们人类更好的和自然和谐存在。

其实和商业的和谐也是很重要的，因此也应该给孩子读商业方面的书籍。《孙子兵法》是中国古代的兵书，作者为春秋末年的齐国人孙武。 全书为十三篇，是孙武初次见面赠送给吴王的见面礼，事见司马迁《史记》：“孙子武者，齐人也，以兵法见吴王阖闾。

商场如战场，世界首富比尔盖茨，亚洲首富孙正毅都在看《孙子兵法》，事实上，商业如果处理和谐并不会如你说的出现这样的事情。

最好的哲学书籍不是黑格尔的，也不是马克思的，而是来自七千年前人类智慧结晶《易经》。 舒云涛早期教育研究的“生命教育科学教育”就是来自《易经》为哲学基础，知识经济就是变化快，因此学校教育一直在“变易”，而我研究的新经济家庭教育体系则是强调家长抓住“不易”的教育，同时考虑到家长工作比较忙，我们还尽量能帮家长找到一种“简易”的教育方法在家庭中教育孩子，这就应用了《易经》中“不易、变易、简易”的概念。

古人说：不读易者不能为将相，无论在预测、风水、中医、军事、科学、宇宙等领域都离不开《易经》这一本书，因此我真的是拜托家长一定要让孩子去读这一本书，别说这么多涉及，就当哲学书来读就好。

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Charmaine,
Thank you so much for sharing ! I wish that schools will teach these important classics. I really have no time to teach these at home.

I only managed to teach Tang poetry to my girl which she loves. My aim is to try to develop a love for the language, so I am building a home library of fun Chinese books that will interest my kids :
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2009/12/chinese-picture-books.html
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2009/12/chinese-picture-books-2.html
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2009/12/chinese-picture-books-3.html

I have just received more books from dangdang, will include the books in my blog soon.

I want my kids to have the desire to automatically pick up Chinese books and read them The only way to do well in Chinese is to read as many Chinese story books as possible.

[windows]

thanks tamarind! rec'd their email today. looking fwd to the shipment

just curious, does your dd know how to read on her own or do you read the books to her? the books that you shared are great!

[tamarind]

windows:

thanks tamarind! rec'd their email today. looking fwd to the shipment

just curious, does your dd know how to read on her own or do you read the books to her? the books that you shared are great!

She reads the books on her own She loves this series very much :

露露和拉拉
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2009/12/chinese-picture-books-3.html

and she has read the series many times. But I still ask her to read every page out loud to me, because I want to make sure that she knows every word. I need to help her with about 10% of the words. But she is able to understand the stories when she reads them on her own.

[windows]

tamarind:

windows:

thanks tamarind! rec'd their email today. looking fwd to the shipment

just curious, does your dd know how to read on her own or do you read the books to her? the books that you shared are great!

She reads the books on her own She loves this series very much :

露露和拉拉
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2009/12/chinese-picture-books-3.html

and she has read the series many times. But I still ask her to read every page out loud to me, because I want to make sure that she knows every word. I need to help her with about 10% of the words. But she is able to understand the stories when she reads them on her own.

that's wonderful! i feel that i'm such a lousy mum for not creating a conducive environment for learning chinese from young. :oops:

[tamarind]

windows:

that's wonderful! i feel that i'm such a lousy mum for not creating a conducive environment for learning chinese from young. :oops:

Don't think that way, I am sure that you are doing your best for your kids

Actually I have to thank my mother, she reads Chinese books to the kids every night since they were babies. I could not have done it alone.

[RAchelmum]

4个小窍门巧教宝宝学汉字

发布: 2006-10-24 02:05 作者: 精灵宝宝
Source: http://www3.060s.com/site/html/44/n-6644.html

世界上只有汉语和其他很少几种象形文字能促进右脑发展。所以，
教宝宝识字不光可以提高宝宝语言智能，对于他们大脑总能力和效率的发展也有着积极的意义。

　　教宝宝识字，如果不注意宝宝的年龄特征，会挫伤宝宝学习的积极性，甚至会带来许多后遗症，使宝宝不再愿意学习。
如果我们采取科学的方法，培养宝宝识字的兴趣，就能够使他们很快学会许多汉字。

窍门1 展现实物学汉字
　　在教宝宝识字时，同时展示实物，这样字和实物之间就发生了联系。
用这种方法，可以使宝宝很快识汉字，而不会感到识字是一件痛苦的事。
　　你也可以在教给宝宝辨认物品的同时，向他们展示汉字可以加快识字的过程。例如，指着门，对宝宝说：“门，这是门。”
同时向他们出示“门”字，让他们辨认。
　　这样就在宝宝的大脑中产生了两个表象，实物“门”和汉字“门”。每当我们发出“门”这个音时，宝宝对实物和汉字都会产生反应，反之亦然。
　　所以，当宝宝还在襁褓时，我们就可以一边教他们辨认实物，如灯、墙、桌、椅、床、窗等等，一边教他们辨认这些汉字。
实践证明，当宝宝会说话时，他们已能够认识这些汉字。

　　更多阅读：不要“透支”宝宝学习兴趣　抓紧0-3岁宝宝学习敏感期
　　
窍门2 随时随地学汉字
　　父母带宝宝来到一座大山前，首先让宝宝观察一下大山的巍峨和壮丽，起伏蜿蜒的大山像一条长龙展现在宝宝的面前。
当他们爬上山坡，仔细地观察着郁郁葱葱的树林、飞流直下的瀑布，听一听山间的各种声响。
　　这时，父母可把“山”字写在地上，对宝宝说：“瞧，这个字读什么?”宝宝一定会脱口读出这个字的音。
“山”字的美和大山的美在宝宝的心中引起了共鸣。用这种方法，可以轻而易举地教给宝宝认识很多汉字，
如：田、鸟、林、树、村、路等等。
　　当宝宝接近了事物本源的时候，汉字对于他不单是事物的标记，而且也是花朵的馨香、泥土的气息、故乡的田野、
森林发出的乐声，他的思想就会因为受到语言魅力的感染而变得像小鸟在天空中翱翔一般活跃。

窍门3 举一反三学汉字
　　汉字是一种象形文字，利用这个特点，可以举一反三的学习。
　　例如教宝宝认识“休”这个字。首先在一张纸上画一棵树，树下一个人在睡觉。然后指着图画问：“瞧，图画上有什么?”“
图画上有一个人和一棵树。”“对，‘人’字怎么写?”“一撇，一捺。”“对，再看这棵树，树也叫做‘木’，你会写‘木’字吗?”“不会。”
“让我来教你。”教完“木”字的写法后，再问：“这个人在树下干什么啊?”“他在睡觉。”
“对，睡觉又叫做‘休息’。你瞧，人在木旁就是休。”然后把“休”写出来。这样，宝宝就能够牢牢地把这个字记住了。
　　
tips：
　　你要牢牢记住的是，无论教哪一个字，一定要让宝宝看实物或图画，依靠形象思维来理解汉字。
　　

窍门4、开心阅读学汉字
　　识字的最终目的是阅读。马上用自己学到的字阅读诗歌、童话故事和有关儿童的书籍，宝宝就会产生成功的喜悦，
就会促进宝宝识字。 爸妈们常苦恼教给宝宝许多生字，但他们发现，很多字被宝宝遗忘了。其原因是他们没有注意到
“字不离词，词不离句，句不离篇，篇不离章”这个道理。当一个孤立的汉字不和其他汉字相联系时，很容易被遗忘掉。
　　因此，让宝宝尽可能地阅读各种适宜于他们读的书籍十分重要，这可以复习和巩固所学的汉字。
　　父母在开始教宝宝识字时，要心中有数，专门挑选比较简易的儿歌、童话故事，把其中的字逐个教给宝宝，使他们能够容易地把这篇儿歌或童话故事朗读出来。
这不仅可以加快识字速度，而且防止漫无目的地识字，形成边学边忘的局面。
　　更多阅读：别让识字成阅读的天敌　5种妙法让宝宝恋上阅读


tips：
　　在开始教宝宝识字的初期，不要让他们同时学习书写。当宝宝识了许多字有了书写的欲望时，再教给他们书写会有较好的效果。
编辑：魏丽





如何教30个月宝宝画方形 写汉字？
Source:
http://x.iyaya.com/r/535.html

方法：

会握蜡笔的宝宝在会画“十”的基础上很快能学会画正方形，正方形的要求是四个角都是直角，
有些宝宝在此基础上还学会画长方形。
会画正方形就可以开始学写汉字了。

先学写容易的笔画少的汉字，如一、二、
三、十、上、下、中、人、大、天、土、工、王等汉字。宝宝最喜欢变戏法，
用小黑板或写字板将使宝宝在游戏中学会许多字形相仿的汉字。如一，再添一横
成二，再添一横又成三。人字加一横变大，再加一横又成天。家长一边加、一边
讲，再让宝宝自己试，宝宝在变戏法的活动中学会了边认字、
边写汉字。又如先画一个小方形为口，在当中加一横成日，再在上边加一撇为白，
然后在上面加一横又成百。相似的汉字放在一起便于分辨，如人和八，边写边认易于牢记，
要用小字卡写出来再让宝宝多次认读，看卡再学写才能巩固效果。

宝宝学画正方形，将它拉长就成长方形，如同家中的冰箱。如果将圆形拉长就成
椭圆形，将圆形切开一半就成半圆。如果将正方形斜切开就成三角形，将正方形
压扁，上下角为锐角，两对角为钝角称为菱形。将正方形或长方形左右两边略微
移动，使上边短、下边长就成为梯形。

目的：

学习辨别和书写几何图形和汉字，练习书写技巧。

注意：

经过学习，两岁半的宝宝能学会4～5种形状了。

[jongyin.016762hotmail.016762com]

Hi Tamarind,

Have been trying to order the 四五快读series from Dangdang but they have been OOS for the past week. The website also doesn’t allow me to leave an order or email with them such that when stock arrives, we are notified to make payment.
Have you encountered this problem or is it me who doesn’t know how to use the website? I checked with the customer service who said apparently can leave an order.

[RAchelmum]

Thks for sharing the good books, Tamarind.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

U are helping DangDang to boost their book sale in a way :lol:
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As parents, the best part is that we can progress acc to our children's pace without having to wait or chase after anybody. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t
No other enrichment class can be compared to home where the ratio is 1:1 or 2:1; a little quality time is better than no time with them.
Learning with the kiddo is also an upgrading program in parenthood.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
It is premium & priceless!\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
I like the idea of contextual learning in the article. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
U see, u smell, u touch, u hear, u will remember!

[tamarind]

JY:

Hi Tamarind,

Have been trying to order the 四五快读series from Dangdang but they have been OOS for the past week. The website also doesn't allow me to leave an order or email with them such that when stock arrives, we are notified to make payment.
Have you encountered this problem or is it me who doesn't know how to use the website? I checked with the customer service who said apparently can leave an order.

Hi JY,
I am also not aware of any feature in dangdang that notifies me when stock arrives. May be other parents who have ordered before can advise ?

[tamarind]

RAchelmum:

Thks for sharing the good books, Tamarind.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

U are helping DangDang to boost their book sale in a way :lol:
\t\t\t\t\t
As parents, the best part is that we can progress acc to our children's pace without having to wait or chase after anybody. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t
No other enrichment class can be compared to home where the ratio is 1:1 or 2:1; a little quality time is better than no time with them.
Learning with the kiddo is also an upgrading program in parenthood.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
It is premium & priceless!\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
I like the idea of contextual learning in the article. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
U see, u smell, u touch, u hear, u will remember!

Dangdang is one of the biggest online shopping website in China They don't even need to sell overseas, they are earning more than enough selling inside China. I am just sharing with other parents where to buy good and cheap Chinese books Our local bookshops are really very pathetic.

Thank you for posting that excellent article.

I totally agree with your views about learning at home. I read all the books that I bought for my kids and I totally enjoy them. Learning with kids at home is also an excellent way to bond with them