Teaching Chinese at Home

[Wan]

Hi, just to share on bras basah having book fair at it’s atrium during this march hols. Stocked up some Chinese books

[lizuan76]

Would like to recommend the below mention book:


http://product.dangdang.com/product.aspx?product_id=20068817

I find that it is a very touching book. Can refer to my blog how my elder girl react after reading the book.


http://www.16122000.blogspot.com/

[tamarind]

lizuan76:

Would like to recommend the below mention book:


http://product.dangdang.com/product.aspx?product_id=20068817

I find that it is a very touching book. Can refer to my blog how my elder girl react after reading the book.


http://www.16122000.blogspot.com/

Thank you so much for sharing ! It is really a very touching book. Please share more good Chinese books that you come across

[pokemon]

Wan:

Hi, just to share on bras basah having book fair at it's atrium during this march hold. Stocked up some Chinese books

tks for sharing, i was thinking of popping by bras basah to search for some chinese books esp those w/o hanyu pinyin. Better do it fast.

[pokemon]

tamarind,


looks like i cant get hold of any books fm dangdang web esp si wu kuai du, cos my hubby dont trust china web therefore refused to use his citibank card (which i dont hv) Guessed i will hv to scout locally for some reading materials.

[laughingcat]

Wan:

laughingcat,

do u go thru page by page or use it like a dictionary? How many words do u teach per day? I was wondering if I should read some short stories b4 referring to the book as a dictionary n act out the words to reinforce. How old is ur child?

Hello Wan,

So sorry for the late reply. Hehehehe I have been so busy lately.

I tried to teach the common words first like 我的 etc so that I can form a a short sentence for repeatability. Just like what Berries is also doing. In fact, books like Odonata also have this concept. In fact some of the English readers are also using this concept. So this is not very new lah. :lol:

I try to introduce at least 2 or 3 new words per week. Each time do with lots of games and sing lots of silly songs which we invent ourselves. :idea:

[laughingcat]

tamarind:

Actually there are lots of reviews, as well as pictures of the pages for most books.


For example :
http://product.dangdang.com/product.aspx?product_id=9213954

I look for the total number of reviews. 不一样的卡梅拉 has 16414 reviews, and the overall rating is 5 stars. So it must be good

I buy all the books that have hundreds or thousands of good reviews. I always read the reviews to find out whether the books are worth buying.

Parents who are not able to understand the reviews, can always check out my recommendations in my blog.

As for whether it is suitable for P1, note that our P1 Chinese standard is very low compared to China. I bought many books in the 3 - 6 age group : http://book.dangdang.com/children/3-6, I think many of our P1 kids will find the words in these books very challenging.

If the books are too difficult, I just keep them until my kids are older.

You can also look for books for age 7 - 10 :
http://book.dangdang.com/children/7-10

But note that kids at this age are already reading long novels in China.

Tamarind, THX! I will take note of the review.

[Beikiasu]

feeling very tired i need to teach both dds two languages at the same time.i need to teach dd2 K2 to read Enligh, she stil not yet able to read by herself. i hardly read any Chinese books to her. As for dd1 P3,i have to improve her Chinese if not she is going to fail her chinese soon. i need to read P3 standard chinese to her than she read to me everyday. Why i have t read so many things…

[fristrom]

Beikiasu:

feeling very tired i need to teach both dds two languages at the same time.... Why i have t read so many things.....

I read with sympathy (and understanding). Seems that you need some help. If you don't have anyone in your household that can help, have you consider engaging a private tutor?

[laughingcat]

Beikiasu:

feeling very tired i need to teach both dds two languages at the same time.i need to teach dd2 K2 to read Enligh, she stil not yet able to read by herself. i hardly read any Chinese books to her. As for dd1 P3,i have to improve her Chinese if not she is going to fail her chinese soon. i need to read P3 standard chinese to her than she read to me everyday. Why i have t read so many things.....

Poor mummy.

Perhaps you can planned out some timetables for yourself to follow.
Target which readers you would like to do.
Then you will not be so stressed.

Yeah totally agreed with fristrom, get someone to help out in the household
chores and you just focus on your kiddies.

That is what I do everyday. After dinner and allow my elder plays a little while,
and then we hit the reading at 8pm and stop by the time 9pm.