Teaching Chinese at Home

[lizuan76]

Hi Tarmind,


Thanks for introducing us http://www.dangdang website. I received my books last night. It really worth buying.

[tamarind]

lizuan76:

Hi Tarmind,


Thanks for introducing us http://www.dangdang website. I received my books last night. It really worth buying.

lizuan76,
You are welcome

[tamarind]

pokemon:

Tks tamarind for your tips. I also agree that kids in china are reading much higher standard than our kids here, i saw 1 kids abt 5-6yr old in our library,reading a chinese fairytales n all pages are filled with chinese characters. OMG!! :!: mayb because chinese is their first language.

pokemon,
It is a matter of exposure. They start to teach their kids to recognize Chinese characters from 2 to 3 years old, or may be younger. So by the time the child is 5 or 6, he/she would be able to read books with many Chinese characters.

My girl, who will be 7 years old next month, is also able read books like that very fluently on her own. We do not speak Mandarin at home at all. I also did not spend many hours teaching her Chinese, she spends less than 15 minutes a day reading Chinese books (no hanyu pinyin) since 4 years old.

I believe that Singaporean kids can be as good in Chinese as China kids, if we adopt the same resources and methods, and start very early

[Daddy D]

tamarind:

lizuan76,

You are welcome

Hi Tamarind,
Off topic a bit.... came across a news article on u... abt the maid thingy.... power..... what's the website?

[tamarind]

Daddy

tamarind:

lizuan76,

You are welcome

Hi Tamarind,
Off topic a bit.... came across a news article on u... abt the maid thingy.... power..... what's the website?

http://singaporemaid.blogspot.com/

Please feel free to comment

[phankao]

autumnbronze:

phankao:

[quote=\"autumnbronze\"]
I just bought the odonata series oready from Popular Marine Parade (only this outlet seems to order from elmtree). Got discount wif m'bership card.

I just bought from Popular Bras Basah this afternoon. I think set 1 S$28 for 8 books. Oh well, my 17mo can read all of it. I should hv bought set 2. ;(

Phankao,

Don't despair, put it up for sale here lah ...

I am sure it'll be snapped up in no time

ps: 17 mths and can read the whole set - :salute: :ugogirl: :D[/quote]Ok... anyone wants to buy?

Set 1: 8 books plus 1 CD? Can *pm* me. Not suitable for my baby - imagine that.

[autumnbronze]

phankao:

Ok... anyone wants to buy?


Set 1: 8 books plus 1 CD? Can *pm* me. Not suitable for my baby - imagine that.

Adoi .... I waited for a while ... hoping you will respond ... then I went and bought a set

Post in the market place also lah :idea:

[phankao]

autumnbronze:

phankao:

Ok... anyone wants to buy?


Set 1: 8 books plus 1 CD? Can *pm* me. Not suitable for my baby - imagine that.

Adoi .... I waited for a while ... hoping you will respond ... then I went and bought a set

Post in the market place also lah :idea:

I tried to read with him again, mah - but he's bored with all the repetitions. So it's been used like 1.5x.

[dimsum]

tree nymph:

I used the DBS Amex card to pay for my order. Just an update, I placed the order in Jan, after verifying the first four and last four digits of my card, the order was shipped out on 30 Jan 2010. I received them on 22 Feb 2010. I believe there is a slight delay in the shipping due to the Chinese New Year public holidays.

So if there's anyone interested to order, you can use DBS Amex card. Should be ok.

Hi tree nymph,

Need to check with you. When you entered your amex card credit card number, did you enter only the 15 digit card numbers shown on the front of the card? Or do we need to also enter the more P&C cvc numbers (4 digits)?

I just entered the 15 digits and a message appeared to say it was not successful and the order status is reflecting 等待到款.

[tamarind]

dimsum,

I tried yesterday with my new DBS Amex card. It also said unsuccessful.

Then today I received an email saying that they have received the funds !

How many times did you try ? If you tried more than once, better cancel the other orders.