Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[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

[janet88]

Hi E3,

Is there a simpler version for P1 ?
I must encourage both my kids to pick up reading even more…English is getting tougher every year and reading more will help with the vocab.

[Trapwithin]

E3:

The Usbourne classics are written in simplified English for children, but the story plots are still very close to the originial Old English versions. After reading Jane Eyre, my dd loves it so much, she re-read it again. What Katy Did and The Penderwicks are sweet stories suitable for girls. Another one I forgot to mention is Chinese Cinderella. My dd reads many such stories with coming-of-age young girls in which she could connect to and learn from. It gives her a great sense of satisfaction at the end of each story.


Like what IJJ had suggested, Roald Dahl's stories are good and full of imagination.

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.

She loves Roald Dahl (her favourite author now).. prob finished half of its books. Recently she started on Horrible Science and enjoy it too. I am currently trying to encourage to alternate between Fiction and Non-fiction book. Might try her on some classic after her exam.

[Trapwithin]

E3:

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)

Thanks again.

[Trapwithin]

E3:

markfch:

[quote=\"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.[/quote]Mary Poppins is fun and 1 read them when I was young.

[Trapwithin]

janet_lee88:

Hi E3,

Is there a simpler version for P1 ?
I must encourage both my kids to pick up reading even more...English is getting tougher every year and reading more will help with the vocab.

Rainbow Fairy series might be a good start. My dd start her reading from this series and picked up her interest. Prior to this, was the more \"pictures\" books.