四五快读 Methods

[Chenonceau]

Fristrom, this is awesome!!

[autumnbronze]

Fristom,


You are a gem :love: :love:

:thankyou: :thankyou:

[Kabby]

wow! fristmom, :thankyou:


I don't have the original Chinese book and tried looking for it at the library after seeing tamarind's recommendation. (i also live in JW btw, tamarind, :)) I also tried JP popular but can't find it.

so thanks for the translation! at least I get to read the 1st chapter?

I also read the link where you (tamarind) posted on the games. very interesting. thanks!

[Kabby]

missashley, laughingcat, tamarind and fristmom,


i read this page 4 (translated) and it is really interesting indeed!. like the \"peng\" for friends.

i hadn't thought about some of these, and i have some Qs.

under historical:

fristrom:

(Page 4)

(4) Training of imagination

Chinese characters have a lot of words with profound meanings. We can break these words up to help them to memorize.

Further, we can lead to think of some historical questions. For example, “she(4)” (only one inch tall), should mean “short”, and should read as “ai(3)”, so why is the word read as “she(4)”? The word “ai(3)” (shooting arrow), should read as “she(4)”, so why does it read as “ai(3)”? Also, “chong(2)” can be broken down into “thousand miles”, and should be pronounced as “chu(1)”, “chu(1)” can be viewed as two mountains stack on top of each other, and should be read as “chong(2)”, so it seems like that meaning of these two words should be swapped. Could it be our ancestors accidentally mix up these words? When we analysis these words in details, it helps to train the kids imagination and creativity. I still remember my daughter created a lot of words she found meaningful. These are great tools in developing kids imagination and creativity.

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do any of you know why is this so? is it written in the book?
i have not wondered about this and it is very intriguing to me. can enlighten me? :?

[phtthp]

hi,


Si Wu Kuai Du come in a series of 7 books – volume 1 to 7.

for those who have difficulty buying these books from China and need them urgently, you may borrow from the NIE library (National Institute of Education), located inside NTU (Nanyang Technological University) campus .

all the 7 volume of Si Wu Kuai Du are available for borrowing. They had recently been purchased by NIE library. If you happen to have relatives, cousins, or friends who are currently students at NIE, or who are school teachers, maybe can ask them to help you borrow ? If you are former NTU students, you may also join NIE library, as a library member.

once the lift door opens on level 3 at NIE library, turn right - head for the open shelves, look for the call no: LB1139.5.L35 Y36 (all the 7 volumes are there, unless it’s been borrowed out).

to search NIE online library catalogue for loan status availability, type in the words: Si Wu Kuai Du, you can see the listing appearing:-

Si wu kuai du : you er kuai su shi zi yue du fa
四五快读 : 快速识字阅读法 / 杨其铎. Di 1 ban. 第1版
Yang, Qiduo.
杨其铎.
(7 copies found)
here is NIE website:-
http://opac.nie.edu.sg/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/MAIN/0/123

on level 3 inside NIE library, there are a few photostating machines, located right at the end of the corridoor near the toilet. If you wish, you may zap those relevant pages you need. You may bring along a cashcard (topup with $ ready), in case you want to stand and photostat manually.

actually if you buy from China, it’s cheap. Per book costs only around $3 to $3.60 sgd - if you purchase from Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen or any bookshops in China. Perhaps if got colleagues or friends in China, may approach them to help you buy, then bring books over when they return SG. If not, during school vacation June or December holidays, you may visit China.

but if you go to bookshops like Maha Yuyi or Union bookstore at Bras Basah complex (level 3) to place an order or buy directly (if they have got ready stock) - due to airfreight charges + after their profit margin markup, it’s going to be costly!

[Kabby]

thanks phtthp for the info.


It is kind of troublesome to go through all that to get the book though. I agree it would be easiest to buy from China. I did see the dangdang sprees, but haven't joined. I'll take a look at the translations first.

I have friends who are teachers but we don't meet so often and it'd be difficult to have to meet up with them to go borrow. If I use my NTU alumni status, I have to pay for membership is it?

still, best if NLB has...

[QuiteKSMum]

Hi Mummies,


I've emailed to NLB this morning re: the 四五快读 bks and they've replied :

\"Thank you for your email.

We have highlighted the suggested title to our Collections Department to evaluate and will update you as soon as we can.

Should you have other interesting titles to recommend, we welcome your submissions in the follow steps:-
1. go to http://www.pl.sg
2. click [Just Recommend] at the left of the page
3. complete the online form and [Submit]

Your submissions will be collated and reviewed by our Collections Department as well.

We hope this helps and look forward to your support our libraries.

Regards
Larissa Choong
NLB Helpdesk\"

Cheers!

[Kabby]

QuiteKSMum:

Hi Mummies,


I've emailed to NLB this morning re: the 四五快读 bks and they've replied :

\"Thank you for your email.

We have highlighted the suggested title to our Collections Department to evaluate and will update you as soon as we can.

Should you have other interesting titles to recommend, we welcome your submissions in the follow steps:-
1. go to http://www.pl.sg
2. click [Just Recommend] at the left of the page
3. complete the online form and [Submit]

Thanks for this tip. They are good books to have around. I vaguely recalled tamarind saying that she saw them at the Jurong Point NLB, which is why I went there to browse. But perhaps they were on loan and I didn't check the catalogue for the status then.


Your submissions will be collated and reviewed by our Collections Department as well.

We hope this helps and look forward to your support our libraries.

Regards
Larissa Choong
NLB Helpdesk\"

Cheers!

[laughingcat]

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[MummyThreeStreams]

kabalevsky:

thanks phtthp for the info.


It is kind of troublesome to go through all that to get the book though. I agree it would be easiest to buy from China. I did see the dangdang sprees, but haven't joined. I'll take a look at the translations first.

I have friends who are teachers but we don't meet so often and it'd be difficult to have to meet up with them to go borrow. If I use my NTU alumni status, I have to pay for membership is it?

still, best if NLB has...

There's a local online bookshop (shine kids bookstore) which carries the set http://www.sgshinekids.com/22235201162455535835.html
Costs $41.50 for the set, excl. postage. It's twice the price of what you can get directly from China, but it's convenient. No need to step out of the house and no need to wait months...I've ordered from them twice before and got my orders 1-2 working days later. You can consider this option. They gave me a 5% return customer discount on my second order.