四五快读 Methods

[laughingcat]

Hi rukia,


You do not need to follow so strictly. Actually Tamarind did not follow the book pertaining to the number of words to be taught.

What I do is to follow according to my children’ pace. If he can absorb and recognise the given set of words, I just move on. There is no one curriculum to fit all children. It really depends on the child’s ability, love for languages etc…and also depends on the person who delivers the lesson as well.

For both my boys, normally can complete 1 book per month.

[totoro]

Mine took almost 2-3 months to complete book1.

Need the child to have to right mood to teach.
Sometimes he will reject it, saying that he doesn't want it ....

[laughingcat]

totoro:

Mine took almost 2-3 months to complete book1.

Need the child to have to right mood to teach.
Sometimes he will reject it, saying that he doesn't want it ....

Doesn't matter if the child took 2-3 months to complete 1 book. It will be disastrous if they don't want to continue.

Try to make the learning fun which is more important. For me, once i see my DS loves it......i will not stop. I just gently \"push on\". That is why it is important to go with the child's pace. Be flexible.

[Wan]

I feel pace is not impt but consistency is. We do 1 chapter per week but read other books.

[piglet and calf]

my gal also took 3 months to complete one book…but most impt, she starts to love chinese and will attempt to read some words in the chinese storybooks.

[totoro]

laughingcat:

totoro:

Mine took almost 2-3 months to complete book1.

Need the child to have to right mood to teach.
Sometimes he will reject it, saying that he doesn't want it ....

Doesn't matter if the child took 2-3 months to complete 1 book. It will be disastrous if they don't want to continue.

Try to make the learning fun which is more important. For me, once i see my DS loves it......i will not stop. I just gently \"push on\". That is why it is important to go with the child's pace. Be flexible.

Feel very sad when he rejects it.
Then I think, i should not give up
If I don't teach, then nobody will.
It will be sad if kids of next generation speak only english.

[laughingcat]

Hi totoro,


Jia you ya :rahrah:

I am sure you will succeed if you perservere. Don't give up. :love:

[rukia]

Thanks everyone for the reply...


I have started on this book chapter one...
Hopefully i have the patient to complete the whole set... :xedfingers:

It is really not easy to teach children nowadays....

[Confucius]

Totally convinced that our kids should read more advanced Chinese classics. Not just learning Hanyu Ping Yin too, Chinese is about character recognition. Reading Chinese classics is definitely a great way to bring depth and interest for the language.

[toddles]

totoro:

Mine took almost 2-3 months to complete book1.

Need the child to have to right mood to teach.
Sometimes he will reject it, saying that he doesn't want it ....

well, the book advises to go along the pace of the child. esp if they are young. I think laughingcat's son is extraordinary! not every child has that interest or aptitude at that age.

my daughter started around 3, and has learnt the first few lessons but I go at her pace, and once she loses interest, i stop. no need to force at this age. what's impt is not to kill the joy of learning mandarin. once it becomes a chore or something they resent, it'll all the more be an uphill task to get them to learn anything in this genre ever after!

So don't be anxious! not every thing is instant noodles. go slow and keep the interest alive. glad that right now my kid initiates learning mandarin words, asks how to say \"XX\" in mandarin, on her own initiative chooses ipad mandarin apps to play, and brings mandarin books to me to read. that's good enough for me.