Teaching Chinese at Home

[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]

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...

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]

smurf:

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]

smurf:

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…

[tree nymph]

tamarind:

tree nymph:

Hi Tam,


Any good books to recommend? I've not bought anything since July last year I think. my bookshelves are bursting!

Hi tree nymph,
I have just added 8 set of books to my blog, check out those marked **

http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-raise-bilingual-child.html

Thanks Tam! will check it out.

[tree nymph]

smurf:

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

smurf,
my almost 2.5yo boy will not sit down to watch winktolearn dvd. he will go to the dvd player, take out the dvd and change it to a Dora one, then sit back and watch!