Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

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Trapwithin:

Btw, do they provide a reading list for P1/P2?

IJJ:

I did not get it, if there is. Will be glad if someone share it here.

I managed to dig out the list my dd received last year, it's the the same as what IJJ had posted, minus the last three books (nos. 62 - 64)

[markfch]

E3:

My dd used to read Gero. S but soon, they couldn't satisfy her craving for a stronger plot. She is not so much into fantasy too. I have been trying to \"tempt\" her into reading The Chronicles of Narnia.

My ds is reading 'The witch the lion and the wardrobe' now and he loves it (though he doesn't understand all the words). Obviously this book has underlaying interpretions and I take care to explain them to him. I guess adventure, fantasy & mystery are his preferred types of genre.

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markfch:

E3:

My dd used to read Gero. S but soon, they couldn't satisfy her craving for a stronger plot. She is not so much into fantasy too. I have been trying to \"tempt\" her into reading The Chronicles of Narnia.

My ds is reading 'The witch the lion and the wardrobe' now and he loves it (though he doesn't understand all the words). Obviously this book has underlaying interpretions and I take care to explain them to him. I guess adventure, fantasy & mystery are his preferred types of genre.

Actually Mary Poppins is a little bit of a fantasy too. Haha. I have a preference for British authors as the style of writing is good and she learns that perambulator is the actual form of pram from Mary Poppins. Although I had told her before, but it was thru reading, then things like these are concretised.

She did start reading the Chronicles actually but mine has all seven books in one so haha...it was rather heavy for her to bring anywhere she likes...so it had sort of been thrown into a \"stationary mode\" as she kept reading other books. She might pick it up again and continue reading during the hols.

[comfy]

E3:

My dd used to read Gero. S but soon, they couldn't satisfy her craving for a stronger plot. She is not so much into fantasy too. I have been trying to \"tempt\" her into reading The Chronicles of Narnia.

When my dd is in P1/p2, she is into Rainbow series, Gero.S, A-Z series. She is not so keen on Enid B. Don't know why?
Now P3, she is into books by Anne Mazer (The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes), Cynthia C. Lewis (Dilly's Diary), Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), Adeline Foo (The Diary of Amos Lee), Ros Asquith (Trixie), Ronald D. and Magic school bus series, winx club and horrible sci/math/geo series.
Recently, one of her classmates introduced her to Planet Earth by Dan Gilpin (science type) and she was so intrigued by it that I had to buy it for her.

She has also many favourite chinese story books.

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comfy:

She has also many favourite chinese story books.

Hi comfy,

Do you mind sharing some titles of Chinese Stories that your dd reads? Mine borrows CL books from NLB, usually from the same authors (to play safe) like 阳光姐姐 - 伍美珍 and 杨红樱.

[comfy]

E3:

comfy:

She has also many favourite chinese story books.

Hi comfy,

Do you mind sharing some titles of Chinese Stories that your dd reads? Mine borrows CL books from NLB, usually from the same authors (to play safe) like 阳光姐姐 - 伍美珍 and 杨红樱.

ok, buit it will take sometime as I have problem typing chinese words. What do you mean by \"play safe\" ?

[janet88]

HI Mummies,

Thanks for the list of books…I’ll try to get my son to start reading more during the hols. This weekend is tough, but will gain my freedom next Friday.

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comfy:

E3:

[quote=\"comfy\"]
She has also many favourite chinese story books.

Hi comfy,

Do you mind sharing some titles of Chinese Stories that your dd reads? Mine borrows CL books from NLB, usually from the same authors (to play safe) like 阳光姐姐 - 伍美珍 and 杨红樱.

ok, buit it will take sometime as I have problem typing chinese words. What do you mean by \"play safe\" ?[/quote]Thanks, no hurry. Playing it safe cos she is already enjoying books from certain Chinese authors, so don't want to risk reading others yet unless I had screened thru them first. It's very delicate cos if I choose the 'wrong' CL book, she'll lose interest in the book, and I have to start getting her interested again. Sigh 用心良苦....

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janet_lee88:

HI Mummies,

Thanks for the list of books...I'll try to get my son to start reading more during the hols. This weekend is tough, but will gain my freedom next Friday.

Janet, some of the books could be suitable for your dd too!

[markfch]

In 四五快读 Book 7, there is a section on commonly used 部首. Since my chinese level is deficient, I can't pronounce half of them.


Fortunately I found this interesting website below that lists 214 of the most commonly used 部首together with meaning & pronunciation. Once again, I am saved by the power of google.

http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/radicals.php