Teaching Chinese at Home

[phankao]

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Hi Tamarind,


Seeking your advise.

I just bought a subscription of PAN ASIA publishing books. They have different category. I bought the 25 Chinese books kind. And each month, they will send you a chinese book. It cost about $158 for 25 copies.

What do you think their books? :?

They also have other Chinese books, but I didn't buy them. Not sure if they are good though.

I happened upon this PanAsia books today at the mall. I bought this set bc I thot they were all within my 2yo's reading ability with the exception of several new words.
http://www.shop.panasiabooks.com/product_info.php?products_id=249&osCsid=cfa0be1d413409c52bad09d13d66729d

Wah, but the concepts quite *cheem*. haha. We went through this \"fei ji\"(aeroplane) storybook tonight and while he was rapt with attention the whole story (which was way too long), I'm not sure he understood it bc it went into the water cycle as well as air pollution! So many concepts in one storybook. Must approach with caution. haha. I guess an older kid will have an easier time grasping the complexity of the story.

[smurf]

Hi Tamarind,


Hmm, it's from the same company, but I meant these:

http://www.shop.panasiabooks.com/index.php?cPath=2&osCsid=525d5954d18bad0b0360da0ba670aa2e

Hi Phankao,

You mean your 2 year old can recognize chinese words?
:shock:
U must have taught him well!

[phankao]

smurf:

Hi Phankao,

You mean your 2 year old can recognize chinese words?
:shock:
U must have taught him well!

Yes, my 2yo can read quite well. Vocabulary should be beyond p1 level already, since i notice he could manage all those p1 word cards.

I didn't really teach him. All thanks to flashcard dvds, he could read both chinese & english before 1yo.And we've just continued reading and reading more and more. Before this baby, my chinese was at quite a horrible standard, but I've learnt together with him and have improved. haha! But i still need to check dictionary !

[smurf]

Erm, just to check, he can read words, but does he understand the story?


Why I ask this is because My boy can read long English chapter book, But I noticed that he does not understand the story. When I ask him question about the story, he couldn't answer me and he is 6 already. Needless to say, his Chinese is worse than English.

Your 2 year old is smart! Can say what DVDs are u using? I also wanna buy...hee...

[phankao]

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Erm, just to check, he can read words, but does he understand the story?


Why I ask this is because My boy can read long English chapter book, But I noticed that he does not understand the story. When I ask him question about the story, he couldn't answer me and he is 6 already. Needless to say, his Chinese is worse than English.

Your 2 year old is smart! Can say what DVDs are u using? I also wanna buy...hee...

Yes, most stories he can understand. Generally we don't read stories that are too long. But yes, some stories can be too complicated for him to understand - like the \"aeroplane\" story I was commenting on earlier up on this thread of discussion.

Wei, Chinese is not like English - english he can read just phonetically and possibly not know the meaning of the word at all, but Chinese must know the words, leh.

Used WinktoLearn for Chinese and English, and also babycanread for english. Your boy too old for these already. Nowadays so convenient - last time don't have, must do the manual way, so troublesome.

[smurf]

No lah, i wanted to give to my 2.5 year old one...

[phankao]

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No lah, i wanted to give to my 2.5 year old one...

oh, ok. Not sure if 2.5yo would kuai kuai sit for 2mins to watch 1 lesson?

[smurf]

Erm, for book he won't, but for TV, ask him to sit for 1 hr also no problem!

[phankao]

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Erm, for book he won't, but for TV, ask him to sit for 1 hr also no problem!

i'm sure mine can't sit to watch TV for 1hour!

[smurf]

Too long at tv no good lah, it’s good that ur boy can sit long to read book instead of tv…