Teaching Chinese at Home

[dimsum]

schellen:

k1r31:

Just read \"tamarind\" post regarding Sage books from Popular. Looks like http://www.popular.com.sg don't sell these books anymore. Found the website from HK instead:

http://www.sagebooks.com.hk/component/option,com_virtuemart/page,shop.browse/category_id,7/Itemid,26/

They are selling 1 book at HK$109, so 5 books total HK$545 (S$98.0376). Wow....quite exp (compare to popular selling at S$5.9 each?)

Anyone knows where to find this book in Singapore? Thanks....

According to Popular, this book has been on the market for quite some time already and the publisher has decided not to print anymore. Therefore, what you see on the shelves at Popular and on their website, is what you can get. I guess maybe you can try trading forums and online auctions?

Tamarind, just want to say a big THANK YOU for recommending the Sage books in this thread. Flashcards (he hates them!), wink to learn DVD and the readers recommended by Schellen all couldn't make my boy (just turned 3) recognise and read chinese characters. But the Sage books are amazing, in about 3 mths, he completed the 5 books in the Beginner series, that means learning his 1st 100 characters! He loves the cute illustrations in the books and the large word size helps to encourage reading.

I am currently residing overseas and bought the books directly from the HK publisher. The HKD 109 price includes delivery and shipping costs regardless of the destination. Asked them why Popular is able to sell them at S$5.90 but they didn't respond on that. The funny thing was the books are retailing at HKD 48 in HK!

There are altogether 5 levels (5 books in each level). I am eager to purchase the subsequent levels. Unfortunately, they do not publish simplified version for them. I wonder why

[tamarind]

dimsum:

Tamarind, just want to say a big THANK YOU for recommending the Sage books in this thread. Flashcards (he hates them!), wink to learn DVD and the readers recommended by Schellen all couldn't make my boy (just turned 3) recognise and read chinese characters. But the Sage books are amazing, in about 3 mths, he completed the 5 books in the Beginner series, that means learning his 1st 100 characters! He loves the cute illustrations in the books and the large word size helps to encourage reading.

I am currently residing overseas and bought the books directly from the HK publisher. The HKD 109 price includes delivery and shipping costs regardless of the destination. Asked them why Popular is able to sell them at S$5.90 but they didn't respond on that. The funny thing was the books are retailing at HKD 48 in HK!

There are altogether 5 levels (5 books in each level). I am eager to purchase the subsequent levels. Unfortunately, they do not publish simplified version for them. I wonder why

dimsum,
You are welcome It is amazing that your boy who just turned 3 is able to complete the 5 books ! He is very bright. I think children are more interested to learn from books with complete sentences, as compared to flash cards or learning individual words.

I am trying to get the following series of books from http://www.dangdang.com. I have never seen it before, but there are excellent reviews. My credit card cannot work with http://www.dangdang.com, still looking for ways to buy this series.


幼儿快速识字阅读法
http://product.dangdang.com/product.aspx?product_id=20645179



本书亮点：
　　1　全国最早进入自主阅读的一套教材
《壹嘉伊方程》系列教材中的“四五快读”识字阅读教材是经过十多年的教学实践、积累和修改，十易其稿而成的。它不同于普通的幼儿识字教材，是边学汉字边根据已学汉字进入阅读词组、句子、短段、长段、短文章直至故事、童话。“四五快读”的含意是“学习四、五十字就进入自主阅读”，它是全国最早进入自主阅读的一套教材。
　　2　全国最好的识字阅读教材，孩子们爱不释手的书
自2004年出版后，受到广大家长和孩子的喜爱和肯定。因为书中的每一个字，孩子都认识，每个词、每句话、每个故事，孩子们都懂，而且学会第六册后，孩子就可以读懂普通报纸的大部分内容，从而增强自信心和成就感，并从小打下喜爱阅读的好习惯，为一生的学习奠定坚实基础。不少家长盛赞此书为全国最好的识字阅读教材，孩子们爱不释手的书。　　
　　3　循序渐进学习汉字，轻松快乐进入阅读和学校学习
　 在孩子学会了最基本的16个字：人、口、大、中、小、哭、笑等之后，就开始学习词语“大人”、“大哭”、“大笑”等。
在学会32个字后，开始学习短句，例如：“我有好爸爸、好妈妈。”、“天上有太阳、月亮、星星。”、“地上有土、石、山、水田等。因为加进了常用虚词，“有”，便可以组成句子，也就开始了阅读。
在学会了88字（第一册）后，学习的句子更长。在第二册，就由阅读20～30个字的短段进入60～70个字的长段。第三册，就可以读200字左右的短文。第四、五、六册就读400字左右的故事了。
“四五快读”的汉字与小学课本同步，坚持半年可学完本套书，可以认识近千汉字，4000余词语（含130成语、俗语）。孩子入学后，即可轻松进入学习状态。




A very cute customer review :

第一册买回去以后,妻子先看了看,觉得这本书很好,当天晚上就开始给宝宝上课了,按照书上要求的内容.宝宝一开始就觉得很好玩,听得非常认真,表现出浓厚的兴趣.第一堂上完以后,宝宝兴趣不减,嚷嚷说我还要认字.妻子坚持不再教了,我问为什么,妻子悄悄给我说,书上说的要在孩子最感兴趣的时候停止,这样才能保证第二节课的效率.我才知道,这套书有比较科学的辅导宝宝认字的方法.但是,宝宝不知道这些,坚持还要再学习认字.当被我们拒绝以后,他突然放声大哭,大声叫\"我要读书,我要读书,我要认字,哇....\".宝宝4岁半了,我当爸爸的还是第一次看见他为了学习而哭得这么伤心,以前都是向我要吃的东西,或者玩具才这样.我和妻子当时又高兴,又好笑.无奈之下,只好又教了宝宝几个字,他才满足.
现在我们每天坚持学习几个生字,宝宝的兴趣也不减.尤其是和我一起玩一些认字的游戏,他非常开心,有时主动要和我一起复习学过的字.效果非常好.
宝宝第一册快学完了,我期待着六本书全部学完以后,宝宝能够自我阅读的日子.

[radiantmum]

tamarind:

I realized that it is best not to let her read books with hanyu pinyin because she may become too dependent on it.

Ditto. I never borrow Chinese books with hanyu pinyin for mine. & I pride myself for his strong word recognition due to this

& for kids with phonics background - hanyu pinyin is a breeze to pick up.

[dimsum]

tamarind:

I am trying to get the following series of books from http://www.dangdang.com. I have never seen it before, but there are excellent reviews. My credit card cannot work with http://www.dangdang.com, still looking for ways to buy this series.


幼儿快速识字阅读法
http://product.dangdang.com/product.aspx?product_id=20645179

Hi Tamarind, for S'pore issued credit cards, dangdang only accepts citibank. This is because only citibank card offers this visa/master card secure code thing. I had ordered from dangdang before (once). Then blur like sotong me cancelled my citibank card few mths ago, forgetting that this is the only card that I can purchase from dangdang. I LOVE the wide collection of chinese books from dangdang too. Thanks for your recommendation above. Yeah, the reviews are so fantastic. Now, I am keen to get it too but too bad, I don't have citibank card now

[tamarind]

dimsum:

tamarind:

I am trying to get the following series of books from http://www.dangdang.com. I have never seen it before, but there are excellent reviews. My credit card cannot work with http://www.dangdang.com, still looking for ways to buy this series.


幼儿快速识字阅读法
http://product.dangdang.com/product.aspx?product_id=20645179

Hi Tamarind, for S'pore issued credit cards, dangdang only accepts citibank. This is because only citibank card offers this visa/master card secure code thing. I had ordered from dangdang before (once). Then blur like sotong me cancelled my citibank card few mths ago, forgetting that this is the only card that I can purchase from dangdang. I LOVE the wide collection of chinese books from dangdang too. Thanks for your recommendation above. Yeah, the reviews are so fantastic. Now, I am keen to get it too but too bad, I don't have citibank card now

Aiyah I also canceled my Citibank credit card a few years ago. OK I will apply again.

[tamarind]

radiantmum:

Ditto. I never borrow Chinese books with hanyu pinyin for mine. & I pride myself for his strong word recognition due to this

& for kids with phonics background - hanyu pinyin is a breeze to pick up.

That's right hanyu pinyin is very easy for kids who knows phonics.

In fact, kids should be trained to use hanyu pinyin only to look up words in the dictionary, not for reading entire books.

[Charmaine_chong]

Hi Dimsum,


May i know how much is the courier charge?


Hi Tamarind,

Do you know where i can look for sample pages for 四五快读? Very keen to buy. child can master up to 1000 words upon completion of the whole series.

[apple79]

HI Charmaine,


I think its 50% of the book price to ship to SG

[Charmaine_chong]

Hi K1r31,


Hey, thanks for that. A great saving. I bought RM5.50 each book from Harris JB.

Will try to get from the agent. 25% is a quite a lot of saving.

Hi apple79,

Thanks. I am very keen on this set of books too but couldn’t find sample pages.

I got to check any bp on dangdang.

Thanks

[dimsum]

Charmaine_chong:

Hi Dimsum,


May i know how much is the courier charge?

Hi Charmaine, yes apple79 is right. About 50% of the before discount book cost. It's listed on the shipping/delivery section of the website. May seem steep, but even after taking into consideration, I see many books still cheaper than buying from S'pore bookstores.