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markfch:
markfch, thanks...if you don't mind, must really take a look.....i have people going over to china every month, can get them to carry back....books are very cheap there, can really save alot....
hi clueless (joking joking :lol: )php:
Trapwithin/markfch, what is 四五快读? clueless...
四五快读 is a series of 7 books popularily used by PRC parents to teach their pre-schooling kids about CL reading. Hence the words 四五cos it's suppose to be for 4-5 yrs old kids.
Since locally our CL standard is nowhere as good, it's equivalent to our 8-9 yrs old standard. It is supposed to contain 80% of the common words that is used by children's storybooks. These books are not easy. Parents have to possess a basic standard of CL in order to teach their kids. At book 3, I have to resort to using the dictionary to learn a couple of the unfamiliar words (no hanyu pinyin).
My gut feel is that if a kid can master all the words in this series by P1, that means the foundation is strong and lower pri HCL will be a breeze. I can show you a few of these books this coming Sat if you're curious.
All thanks to Tamarind's recommendation, she is really a gem. -
markfch:
You should also read up Tamarind's Post at http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3878
hi clueless (joking joking :lol: )php:
Trapwithin/markfch, what is 四五快读? clueless...
四五快读 is a series of 7 books popularily used by PRC parents to teach their pre-schooling kids about CL reading. Hence the words 四五cos it's suppose to be for 4-5 yrs old kids.
Since locally our CL standard is nowhere as good, it's equivalent to our 8-9 yrs old standard. It is supposed to contain 80% of the common words that is used by children's storybooks. These books are not easy. Parents have to possess a basic standard of CL in order to teach their kids. At book 3, I have to resort to using the dictionary to learn a couple of the unfamiliar words (no hanyu pinyin).
My gut feel is that if a kid can master all the words in this series by P1, that means the foundation is strong and lower pri HCL will be a breeze. I can show you a few of these books this coming Sat if you're curious.
All thanks to Tamarind's recommendation, she is really a gem.
and also her blog on bilingualism and chinese reading at her blog
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-raise-bilingual-child.html
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2009/12/teaching-chinese-at-home.html
A lot of infomation there. -
php:
okie dokie this sat
markfch, thanks...if you don't mind, must really take a look.....i have people going over to china every month, can get them to carry back....books are very cheap there, can really save alot.... -
I read the recent posts on teaching chinese. I must say all you parents are on the right track! In Singapore, many kids struggled with Chinese, so if we can get our kids to do well, they will be at an advantage academically.
For my family, we make it a point to speak in Mandarin to all my girls since birth. It is a rule at home to speak in Mandarin. All my dds know that, however I still need to remind my eldest dd to speak Mandarin sometimes cos the older she gets, the more exposure to speaking English with her friends. When she was 5, she absorbed all the Chinese poetry like a sponge (kindy enrichment), now she couldn't remember half of them. However, cos she was exposed to them before, it became easier to relearn them again.
I like Tamarind's posts and I read them a very long time ago and they are very inspiring. However, I did not adopt them cos my dds' kindy are already doing Chinese Reading Enrichment with flashcards. I used to create my own games using these flashcards, e.g. 词语搭配. I started doing daily (weekdays) chinese assessment books with them bet 4yo - 5yo. As it is a disciplined daily routine, they will consistently be exposed to Chinese.
IMHO, I felt we should do something related to Chinese everyday so that it became part of their lives and they will be comfortable with the language and become a natural as they grow older. I am thankful that my dd had a strong foundation thus she is not rejecting the language and enjoying it still. I hope the parents who posted the last few posts will also achieve the same results for their kids in their Chinese learning journey. It will help them greatly in PHPPS.
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Agreed. I remember encouraging my dd to speak Chinese and she protested about the lack of chinese vocab to express herself. So I quickly send her for pre-primary enrichment program to increase her chinese vocab. It has been helpful and now we speak both English and Chinese at home .. though she is still more prone to English
The main reason for using 四五快读 is mainly to inculcate her interest in reading Chinese book. I hope she will be able to read some of the Ji Yong novel next time. -
E3,
Thanks for the well wishes. Besides Tam, you should know that you are also one of our prime motivators here at PH
Trapwithin,
You hope your dd to read 金庸 novels? For me, I'm counting the days when ds will be ready to read 四大名著. Think have to count in terms of years though, haha. -
markfch:
when ds will be ready to read 四大名著. Think have to count in terms of years though, haha.
Does the student edn count? If yes, wld be in upper pri levels provided PH continues to use those titles. -
There is an international school behind Bt Timah CC, think it is Canadian International Sch.
I was on a bus going to Boon Lay the other day and passed by a construction site for Canadian International Sch.
Anyone aware if the current site of the sch is govt owned land? Just thinking aloud whether it is possible for the sch campus to be used as a holding site for govt sch in the MOE sch upgrading programme. -
Jennifer:
Sorry, what's edn? It'll be really great fun if ds can read these novels in upper pri. Being chinese, it''ll be a shame if ds remembers classics of english literature only.markfch:
when ds will be ready to read 四大名著. Think have to count in terms of years though, haha.
Does the student edn count? If yes, wld be in upper pri levels provided PH continues to use those titles.
Just added:
Oh now I got it, edn stands for edition. I actually bought the simplified version of 水滸傳 & 三國演義. They are sitting pretty at ds's bookshelf. Simplified but still too challenging for me to read :oops: . A few hundred pages of small characters with no pictures. -
Jennifer:
That is a state land but unlikely it will be used as holding school. The most likely location is at Toh Tuck, next to Bukit Timah Primary School. MOE has used this location for holding school for many years...RGPS used that many years ago too....But now there is a new location available, previous ITE Clementi....just a street across Bukit Timah boundary which i don't think the school will consider....There is an international school behind Bt Timah CC, think it is Canadian International Sch.
I was on a bus going to Boon Lay the other day and passed by a construction site for Canadian International Sch.
Anyone aware if the current site of the sch is govt owned land? Just thinking aloud whether it is possible for the sch campus to be used as a holding site for govt sch in the MOE sch upgrading programme.
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