<![CDATA[P1 Preparation - Chinese]]>Hi ChiefKiasu, KL, ctcc & Mrs Nai,


Like to share with you - I was chit-chatting with my girl’s kindergarten form teacher yesterday regarding the preparation for Primary One. She is very encouraging to say that most children have no problem adapting to the transition period from K2 to P1. But one problem she shares is that many parents are complaining that the Kindergarten Chinese teachers are not training the children for P1 Chinese.

I do not know whether are your facing the same problem too? What I found out was that my girl’s Kindergarten has only 40 minutes each day for chinese lesson and she is still not familiar with Hanyu Pinyin. She is also not good at remembering and recognising chinese character words. The form teacher has even suggested me to enrol her into chinese enrichment school.

May I have your view, please? Thank you.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/842/p1-preparation-chineseRSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 09:41:06 GMTTue, 19 Aug 2008 01:10:22 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:04:14 GMT]]>Hi All parents,


Recommend you to read this tips to teach Chinese in this link :
http://www.chinese-artword.com/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=1153521

I also want to recommend you to download the ipad/iphone teaching app from Chinese-Artword Academy. I'm still using it. I think this app will help you to prepare your children for P1 Chinese.

http://www.chinese-artword.com/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&rid=1153507

You can download the free app first, if you find it is useful and informative, then download the paid app for more characters.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/814623https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/814623Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:04:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:05:48 GMT]]>

eileenksj:
I'm looking into enrolling my daughter for chinese enrichment classes. My \"english potato\" daughter is studying P1 higher class next year.

Berries offers course structure for higher chinese but not Tien Hisa.
I personally preferred Tien Hisa.
Which will you all recomend Berries or Tien Hisa?
Can ask for trial lesson? I think you could bring your girl to both schools to take a look at the environment & course materials. Both are popular schools with good reputation.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/801538https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/801538Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:05:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:46:10 GMT]]>

Blessed Homemaker:
So what is the proper pronunciation for \"who\" in Chinese? Shei or shui?
http://i41.tinypic.com/20qltl1.jpg\">
http://sapgrp.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=476_98_100_107&products_id=679

I refer to the above book, on page 42, it states that it is shei(2) πŸ˜„

Hope this helps πŸ˜„

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/734500https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/734500Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:46:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Sun, 25 Mar 2012 06:48:31 GMT]]>So what is the proper pronunciation for \"who\" in Chinese? Shei or shui?

ChiefKiasu:
Champion:

Hi,
Can anyone enlighten me? The hanyu pinyin for chinese word - \"who\" should be \"shei\" or \"shui\"? :roll:

Thank you.

According to http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html... apparently both are acceptable.

I love the website. You can enter either English words or Chinese characters and it will tell you the equivalent with Chinese characters and hanyu pinyin

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/734464https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/734464Sun, 25 Mar 2012 06:48:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:19:09 GMT]]>

nms1:
Champion:

http://i40.tinypic.com/2w2ehzc.jpg\">

http://www.popular.com.sg/jsp/product/product_detail.jsp?vca001=2001&vpd001=64130#

Hi All,
Saw the above dictionary as an optional reference in the 2012 P1 Book-list for some primary schools (eg, Pei Hwa Presbyterian; White Sand Primary; Maris Stella High Primary etc) πŸ˜„

Like to hear from parents who have purchased or child has used it - what is your opinion? Do you recommend? πŸ˜„

:thankyou: :grphug:

My daughter had English & Chinese dictionaries on her book list for this year and they are both untouched!


I bought because of the Chinese vocabulary that is useful for my DD during her P1 Oral. My understanding is she should be able to said this like swing/ popcorn ..ect given the oral subject.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/653334https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/653334Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:19:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:14:20 GMT]]>I’m looking into enrolling my daughter for chinese enrichment classes. My "english potato" daughter is studying P1 higher class next year.

Berries offers course structure for higher chinese but not Tien Hisa.
I personally preferred Tien Hisa.
Which will you all recomend Berries or Tien Hisa?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/652514https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/652514Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:14:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:59:39 GMT]]>Looks like no need to buy dictionary then! I'd rather use the iPhone dictionary πŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/631808https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/631808Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:59:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:55:30 GMT]]>

Champion:
http://i40.tinypic.com/2w2ehzc.jpg\">

http://www.popular.com.sg/jsp/product/product_detail.jsp?vca001=2001&vpd001=64130#

Hi All,
Saw the above dictionary as an optional reference in the 2012 P1 Book-list for some primary schools (eg, Pei Hwa Presbyterian; White Sand Primary; Maris Stella High Primary etc) πŸ˜„

Like to hear from parents who have purchased or child has used it - what is your opinion? Do you recommend? πŸ˜„

:thankyou: :grphug:
My daughter had English & Chinese dictionaries on her book list for this year and they are both untouched!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/631801https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/631801Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:55:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:48:30 GMT]]>http://i40.tinypic.com/2w2ehzc.jpg\">

http://www.popular.com.sg/jsp/product/product_detail.jsp?vca001=2001&vpd001=64130#

Hi All,
Saw the above dictionary as an optional reference in the 2012 P1 Book-list for some primary schools (eg, Pei Hwa Presbyterian; White Sand Primary; Maris Stella High Primary etc) πŸ˜„

Like to hear from parents who have purchased or child has used it - what is your opinion? Do you recommend? πŸ˜„

:thankyou: :grphug:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/628997https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/628997Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:48:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:15:25 GMT]]>As a Chinese teacher myself, i really don;t encourage kids to learn HYPY instead of Chinese character. Personally, i think this is not helping and in fact make the kids feel more difficult in learning Chinese afterwards.(either they confused with English phonics and the change of HYPY to character scared them off)


Becoz of that, i dare not teach my gal HYPY, scare she will confused with phonics…:<

I am keeping my fingers crossed that those ppl up there will change their mind before my gal go P1…^_^

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/625810https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/625810Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:15:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:56:17 GMT]]>

Koolmama:
matrix0405:

my girl mispronounce panda bear in chinese and sounded like chest hair.


LOLOLOL.... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

:yikes: ... xiong (2) mao(1) becomes xiong (1) mao (2)... πŸ˜†

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/569088https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/569088Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:56:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:22:27 GMT]]>following this thread. Thanks

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/566899https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/566899Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:22:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Sat, 04 Dec 2010 23:17:04 GMT]]>

matrix0405:
my girl mispronounce panda bear in chinese and sounded like chest hair.

LOLOLOL.... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/309157https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/309157Sat, 04 Dec 2010 23:17:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:36:53 GMT]]>

CalMat:

Wow... I'm impressed!

I feel that to learn Chinese well, Hanyu Pinyin may not be the best way..
Frankly, I was a bit disappointed when I realised how the teaching methods have changed so much in Pri Sch. (since when I was in school lah). Hanyu Pinyin is helpful to some extent but it becomes sort of like a crutch... and students can't recognise Chinese characters as well.
I ever came across a post by a parent... she was initially so proud that her kid could read a Chinese book out loud to her... then when she looked at the book, she realised that the kid was just reading Hanyu Pinyin and couldn't read the Chinese characters without Hanyu Pinyin.

My friend in the childcare industry ever made a comment that young kids are also getting confused btw Hanyu Pinyin and English phonics. (sorry.. can't remember her example) And that MOE realises that they really need to revamp (again) how Chinese is taught in schools.

So, Champion, give your child a pat on her back... think she's doing great.. but of course, she'll still have to learn her Hanyu Pinyin... cos the education system requires it...and it is helpful lah.
Recognizing chinese character is more important than learning hypy. hypy is just a tool that help children to read independently if they meet unfamiliar words. I would postphone teaching my child hypy as late as possible and focus on words recognition first.

I have a taiwanese neighbour whose daughter is in p1 @ st. hilda. She was able to read simple chinese book without hypy before going to p1. After going to p1, the teacher is focusing too much on hypy, in the end, the girl only reading hypy instead of the words. I am not sure if MOE using the best approach to learn hypy only in the first half of the year.
learning hypy without words is just like eating shell without peanut.

Actually MOE is not encourage pre-school to teach hypy, e.g. PAP kindy is not teaching hypy. The demand is from our kiasu parents who want to prepare everything for the child before p1. so I feel there is no need to worry that your child hasn't master hypy before primary, they will catch up very fast.

my 0.02

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/8179https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/8179Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:36:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:50:36 GMT]]>

ChiefKiasu:
Champion:

Hi,

Can anyone enlighten me? The hanyu pinyin for chinese word - \"who\" should be \"shei\" or \"shui\"? :roll:

Thank you.

According to http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html... apparently both are acceptable.

I love the website. You can enter either English words or Chinese characters and it will tell you the equivalent with Chinese characters and hanyu pinyin

Thanks, ChiefKiasu πŸ˜„

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/8135https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/8135Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:50:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:42:00 GMT]]>

Champion:
Hi,

Can anyone enlighten me? The hanyu pinyin for chinese word - \"who\" should be \"shei\" or \"shui\"? :roll:

Thank you.
According to http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html... apparently both are acceptable.

I love the website. You can enter either English words or Chinese characters and it will tell you the equivalent with Chinese characters and hanyu pinyin

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/8134https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/8134Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:42:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:24:21 GMT]]>Hi,

Can anyone enlighten me? The hanyu pinyin for chinese word - \"who\" should be \"shei\" or \"shui\"? :roll:

I was going thru the \"LITTLE PROFESSOR HANYU PINYIN BOOK 2\" published by Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd with my girl when we came across this word. The book prints as \"shei\".

Thank you.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/8133https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/8133Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:24:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:15:29 GMT]]>Hi CalMat,

Thanks for the encouragement! Yes, I agree with you that she still has to learn her Hanyu Pinyin... cos the education system requires it...that why I am abit worried for her and am still considering whether to put her into the enrichment class. I do teach her Hanyu Pinyin at home but just worry it might not be sufficient 😒

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/7601https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/7601Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:15:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:38:39 GMT]]>[quote]Recently, my girl keeps reciting something repeatedly and I am wondering what that she is reciting. Then I realise what she is reciting:\" 木 子=李, ζ—₯ 月=明, 小 倧=ε°–....\"I ask her do you understand what you are reciting and she says yes. So I ask her to explain to me and she actually did that correctly
[/quote]Wow... I'm impressed!

I feel that to learn Chinese well, Hanyu Pinyin may not be the best way..
Frankly, I was a bit disappointed when I realised how the teaching methods have changed so much in Pri Sch. (since when I was in school lah). Hanyu Pinyin is helpful to some extent but it becomes sort of like a crutch... and students can't recognise Chinese characters as well.
I ever came across a post by a parent... she was initially so proud that her kid could read a Chinese book out loud to her... then when she looked at the book, she realised that the kid was just reading Hanyu Pinyin and couldn't read the Chinese characters without Hanyu Pinyin.

My friend in the childcare industry ever made a comment that young kids are also getting confused btw Hanyu Pinyin and English phonics. (sorry.. can't remember her example) And that MOE realises that they really need to revamp (again) how Chinese is taught in schools.

So, Champion, give your child a pat on her back... think she's doing great.. but of course, she'll still have to learn her Hanyu Pinyin... cos the education system requires it...and it is helpful lah.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/7599https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/7599Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:38:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:56:25 GMT]]>I agree. Somehow I find that the time allocates for Chinese Lessons in most Kindergarten is comparatively lesser compares with that allows for English/Maths Lessons. So most of the times, teachers would encourage us parents to enrol our children to a chinese enrichment class.


Recently, my girl keeps reciting something repeatedly and I am wondering what that she is reciting. Then I realise what she is reciting:\" 木 子=李, ζ—₯ 月=明, 小 倧=ε°–....\"I ask her do you understand what you are reciting and she says yes. So I ask her to explain to me and she actually did that correctly :lol:

So, I am really wondering is this the right way to learn Chinese? And she is going P1 next year, I still feel that the Kindergarten teacher should prepare them more on the Hanyu Pinyin....


andrew:
same here. the last parent-teacher-meeting i attended with the chinese teacher, she asked me to enroll my son to a chinese enrichment class. my son is currently attending phonic enrichment class and he can already read within 6 months joining the enrichment class. looks like the kindergarten relies on all these enrichment classes too much, makes me wonder what they've been doing all the while :roll:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/7535https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/7535Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:56:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:18:43 GMT]]>

matrix0405:
my girl mispronounce panda bear in chinese and sounded like chest hair.

kekekke... I missed this one.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/7531https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/7531Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:18:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:44:06 GMT]]>same here. the last parent-teacher-meeting i attended with the chinese teacher, she asked me to enroll my son to a chinese enrichment class. my son is currently attending phonic enrichment class and he can already read within 6 months joining the enrichment class. looks like the kindergarten relies on all these enrichment classes too much, makes me wonder what they've been doing all the while :roll:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/7521https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/7521Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:44:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:34:11 GMT]]>

CalMat:
sometimes I lapse into English too (esp when I'm scolding him!). Hee...back when my son was still not talking at 18months, my PD advised me to stop the bilingual environment... :oops: πŸ˜„

I agreed, it is easier for this generation children to learn and speak English. If you take notice. The children now speak to each other in English ALL THE TIME!

And the only time they speak Mandarin is only in their Chinese Classes.
And EVEN during the Chinese Lesson,

Kid will have no choice but to converse with Chinese Teacher in Mandarin.
BUT Kid to Kid = English.

As for the Bilingual Environment, I personally feel that we should not restrict on the language. Expose our kids as young as possible to as many language as possible. Their learning capabilities are like SPONGE! They can absorb many things and even adapt easily. You will be surprised how much they can learn.


But it is important to always speak to them.

I learnt from a mistake.... few years back, whenever I scold my children... I always use Mandarin. (Most of the time, we converse in English).
Then my mom highlight to me that why my kids prefer English. cos' everytime mommy scold us in Mandarin..so we don't like Mandarin / Chinese... :shock:
So...from then on... I have to be very careful....
After few years.... things have improved. They don't seems to dislike Mandarin / Chinese as before.

Recently, I bought a 2nd hand A-Star Han Yu Pin Ying CDs set for my kids to try... I would think this is a good recommendation. It hard to get them to sit down and learn thru books all the time...so every time, we read the book, I will then put on the A-star Cds for them to revised by playing games and the games will also give them scoring.. Kinda of motivate them!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/7379https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/7379Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:34:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to P1 Preparation - Chinese on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:48:10 GMT]]>

ChiefKiasu:


Why did your PD advise you to stop the bilingual environment?
Cos my son was still not talking at 18months and would only say Pa Pa and Ma Ma (in chinese)... in addition I taught my boy sign language from young, so he was signing a lot too! So PD was worried that the bilingual environment was confusing him... and advised that I kept to 1 language till he could talk more... (hee.. but I didn't heed his advise)

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/7371https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/7371Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:48:10 GMT