Letter Land

marieyuen

唔知有無媽媽想自己用letterland試下教小朋友phonics呢？
我一年前都有在此講過幾個letterland的故事，唔知大家覺得有無幫助，我有少少想開個topic，慢慢續一講下 lettlerand 的拼音故事，o甘樣大家回家可以跟住講比小朋友聽，方便好多。
不過最怕o甘樣會有版權問題
因為我想我會post埋圖及sound出來的，點算好呢？

ljsze

ppz3

can you fax to us ?  my fax is 2610-0801

HappyYammie

Hi marieyuen,

若你有時間可以分享,真係太好呢!!    
當然要攪清你所担心的版權問題.

我一直都有留意你這年來的分享,不過我囡仲細,得歲半,好似未教得phonics住...加上我英文程度好差,所以都担心教letterland會攪唔掂,到時書買了一大堆而又用不著...
  

我好欣賞你教囡囡的用心態度同耐性,真的要多多請你指教.   

marieyuen 寫道:
唔知有無媽媽想自己用letterland試下教小朋友phonics呢？
我一年前都有在此講過幾個letterland的故事，唔知大家覺得有無幫助，我有少少想開個topic，慢慢續一講下 lettlerand 的拼音故事，o甘樣大家回家可以跟住講比小朋友聽，方便好多。
不過最怕o甘樣會有版權問題
因為我想我會post埋圖及sound出來的，點算好呢？

chingchingb.ma

Hi marieyuen,

I think you are very great   , but I am not so sure about the licensing problem as well.  I would like to teach my bb (17 months) phonics, not sure if letterland is good or not.  Could you pls kindly provide me information on this via pm or email?  My email is [email protected].

Many thanks.

hoeve

marieyuen
謝謝你一路以來的分享，我已看過parent gudie但太淺，打算再買埋teacher guide，想請問以你經驗，幾多歲教會合適d呢? 因為我們母語唔係英文，會唔會無咁好呢？

hybb

我前幾日收到letterland寄過黎的一些資料, 還有一本雜誌

好老實, 佢果本雜誌真係同幼稚園果d英文書差唔多, 所以我諗可能會太深, 但係我諗住星期六上太古城睇下

marie,

我都差唔多睇晒呢個topic所有post, 你真係好有心機同我地分享, 我更加欣賞你對女女既付出....

我之前都pm過你, 見你用letterland用得咁好, 真係好想買黎比亞仔睇下! 我呢幾日都有拎本letterland既雜誌係度扮睇書, 亞仔都好有興趣咁走埋黎睇埋一份....我覺得扮睇書呢個方法幾work, 可以吸引小朋友願意睇書....

真係好多謝晒你既發表, 多謝多謝!!             

TIKTIKMA

Dear Marie,

You are a such good guy !
It is good for all mummy like me, cannot spend the money to buy this expensive series. Unfortunately, I can only borrow a few letterland storybooks from library.

kittylock

Dear Marie,

100% support you!!   

marieyuen 寫道:
唔知有無媽媽想自己用letterland試下教小朋友phonics呢？
我一年前都有在此講過幾個letterland的故事，唔知大家覺得有無幫助，我有少少想開個topic，慢慢續一講下 lettlerand 的拼音故事，o甘樣大家回家可以跟住講比小朋友聽，方便好多。
不過最怕o甘樣會有版權問題
因為我想我會post埋圖及sound出來的，點算好呢？

marieyuen

kitty：
多謝你support我，但係如果因為o甘野上版權問題點算呀？
我都幾驚呀，見而家度度都話會告人侵犯版權....
大家一齊o念o念計啦！

kittylock 寫道:
Dear Marie,

100% support you!!   

kittylock

ppz3,

Any discount on letterland products?

kkwchow

ppz3,
Can you send some info about letterland to me?

AugSun

MarieYuen
I stronly feel you are a very good mum and your talks and your products are very pro.  I am still reading this topics and I know that this topic is long for a while.  Do you still have the magnetic file.  Can you please pm me.   Many thanks   

enidchiu

Hi, Marie Yuen,

My son is 3 years. I plan to start using Letterland to teach him phonics. What is the price of the preliminary set? What are included in the set? Is the teacher's guide helpful?
What's the difference between the teacher's guide and parents' guide?

kin-etc

請注意：這是最後警告，在討論區進行未經站方批准的商業活動將會被封鎖帳號。

hlbaby2004

kin-etc

pls check pm tks

hlbaby2004

marieyuen

enidchiu：
你把此topic選「舊的在前」看page2，有寫到：
1.ETC介紹的preliminary 包括甚麼
2. 一頁 page example of ABC book
3. 其中1個parent's guide的example
4.點樣用ABCparent's guide 及ABC book來 start letterland

看page 3有寫"What's the difference between the teacher's guide and parents' guide"：

marieyuen 寫道:
.......
我好想話(唔知其他用家同不同意我的講法，唔好意思大膽講句)[size=medium]Letterland並只不是一套教材，佢同其他DWE、Phonics for Kids...等最大的分別是佢注重的是教學的過程同教者的演譯，是一個教學模式。
佢有好多好多產品，多到你覺得好亂，買o西會好貴，但係其實佢並唔係要你o甘做，我覺得香港人(我都是)太習慣買一些一套一套的教材之後回家係o甘播(好似我之前都有買DWE及Mother Goose)但係用Letterland，如果是這樣用的話是沒有甚麼效果的！
我覺得成個課程最主要的是三個stage的Teacher's Guide(Early Years的叫 Handbook，因為其實未必一定要由Yearly Years開始的，大些的小朋友可以由Programme1開始)要明白佢成個教授Phonics的理念，及方式，才可以知道佢其他的各樣東西怎樣運用(Teacher's Guide每一課都有講要用甚麼其他附助產品及可以加些甚麼不一定需要的其他產品)。
好像講佢的story book，Phonic Readers其實係用都比Programme 1的小朋友，有了基本對short sound的掌握，及一定Programme 1的consonant blends、double consonants...之後比小朋友 [size=medium]自己併音讀出來的，因為內容雖然不是很吸引，但佢係包括了很多easily-decodabe words令小朋友學了一段時間的letterland 後有閱讀的成功感。如果當一般故事書的去看，就不能發揮佢本身設計的作用了！

要看有趣的letterland故事書，佢的建議是用At Home Readers，比家長讀給小朋友聽，增加人物的故事性及趣味性，再深o的就用The Leterland Storybooks，每個故事都好長。
Letterland中，有一段說話我覺得好好：
[size=medium]Where is Letterland?
[size=medium]Letterland is everywhere where there are letters and words. Leterland can be in the supermarket, on the bus, at the zoo, in a classroom and of course.... in books! Children are not confused by the logic, as the idea of Letteralnd sprung out of children's imaginations. Instead the concept that the LEtterlanders are present in all wrods is some how reassuring to children as the characters provide the tools they need to help them spell words.
最重要的，是家長本身對letterland的課程認識，去到邊度，都可以用invisible的letterland characters來同小朋友解釋到小朋友不明白的併音問題，並不是一定要用letterland的故事書的。
我昨日去太古showroom的時候，Connie話：『如果家筆想自己用letterland 教，就一定要自己好鍾意letterland先得，如果唔係就好難！』我真是十分讚成！
由於我現在成日在家讀Teacher's Gruide，我個女見到，自然會更加喜歡letterland的人物及歌，因為佢知道媽媽都好鍾意，我又會同佢一齊唱，玩砌圖，多是佢要求我做時我先用，令佢覺得聽letterland的故事是好好，是乖先有的。唔需要做到大家好似成日要上堂，好緊張。
letterland入面會有些伏線，例如"G"的alphabet song第二段唱Her girlfriend makes another sound, another sound....o甘小朋友問，o羊another sound呀？其實係到Programme2個角色先出現，叫Gentle Ginger，係個gymnastic，發g的soft sound，例如：gentle, ginger, agent, genius....好似c的soft sound 的，當g見到e，i，y就會出現.....
o甘由於我看了書，佢問我，我會話，我講小小比你聽，佢(Golden Girl)個女朋友仔係個體操好叻的女仔來o架，，化似你識打慣「關斗」但係重叻過你好多，比小小個樣你睇下啦，不過我現在唔講住，遲o的你再乖o的我先講.....
又例如我個女問我鍾意邊個人物(佢現在只學到h)，我就話係Eddy Elephannt，因為佢有Mr. E - Easy Magic Man帶住佢一齊，成日有魔術睇，佢遲o的重會變好多魔術，好得意o架！（因為我知道programme1 會學到magic e會變slient magic e或將short vowel變long vowel，會幾多變化，所以想佢早o的有心理準備，到學的時後唔會覺得辛苦，而係覺得變魔術)於是佢聽到我鍾意有long vowel man的人物之後，就話自己鍾意Annie Apple，叫我叫佢個名做Annie Apple，爸爸就係take care佢的Apron Man。我聽到就好開心，因為vowel的變化之後會好多，如果佢覺得自己鍾意o個個人物，就會易o的掌握了。

所以我想就算要學o西由Early Years到programme2，一定要買的o野我覺得不會好多，計過都係約二千幾元就得了，之後其他的o野買唔買，其實係自己決定，letterland is everywhere，家長掌握了，小朋友有興趣，你讀甚麼故事書，看到甚麼都會變成letterland。 ABC book最後一版有寫：
[size=medium]Don't forget that Letterland is a secret place. That means all the people and animals are usually invisible. So when they are in words, you will only see their letter shapes. [size=medium]But you'll know who they really are, won't you!
小小的經驗，希望不會令大家覺得太主觀，唔好介意大家講多o的交流下。

我還準備了一些關於letterland內的一些有趣故事，希望再有時間與大家分享！(如果BB重未出世的話)

希望再有其他用家講講自己的意見！

chingchingb.ma

Hi marieyuen,

You are such a great mum.  I am really interested in teaching my girl phonics using letterland.  I already read through all the postings in this topic from the very first page.  You did mention (back in 2004) that there was a CD rom ($330), but I haven't found this in their catalogue.  The only CD rom I found is $775.  Is it the same as the one you mentioned before?  If so, there has been such a big price increase!!  Is it worth to buy?  Pls kindly advise.  Many thanks.

marieyuen

[email protected]：
-Should I play the Early Year Handbook CD to my girl?
如果你女兒的mother touge不是英文，我想沒有必要播給她聽，因為大人聽起來都頗悶的。
- Are all the scripts included in the Handbook?
是，全部scripts都是在early year handbook有的，一模一樣
- Should I buy the Handbook?
如果你小朋友是兩歲或以下，由於可能要等多一年先可以開始programme 1，所以買handbook都可以預習一下先。
但慳錢的做法都係直接買programme 1 teacher's guide。