Reading habit

yamaneko

Magic tree house is another set of good books for boy and girl.

Just got an advise from a book saler, the bananas series, there are 4 levels, blue banana, green banana, red banana and yellow banana.  I find some in the library.  These UK bananas are very funny and my girl loves them.  

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=pd ... BX7DH9ZQV6926ZKXP6N

cherubic

I just order books from Paddyfield.  I will send a cheque today.  Do you know how long it will take for delivery?  Apart from Paddyfield and Greenfield (where I order Oxford Tree Tops books), is there any other good online shops?  Thanks.

cherubic

Thanks.  I order books for my son as well as for me.  I am a book worm.

I buy Oxford Tree Tops because I want to do some guided reading with my son everyday, on top of his self-reading on other books.  Since my son is P.2 now, he needs to improve his writing skill, and I ask him to write book review on those books.  He also needs to do the "read aloud" and retell the story several times to different people on each book.  I know those books are expensive, and I hope the second hand ones still worth something.

cherubic

Does you daughter use putonghua to read?  If she knows pinyin, I know there are some good series.  

[If you want to know those series, please let me know.  I can't type Chinese at offices, but I can do it at home later.]

cherubic

Not because those books are more difficult.  Those books are indeed suitable for those kids learning Chinese using Putonghua, pinyin is given for every word.

If your daughter learns Chinese in school using Putonghua, those books are helpful, at least at the beginning.

To begin with, most parents will let their kid read  亮亮的成長中文版.  These are available in the library.   

原帖由 wootaitai 於 10-4-20 14:31 發表
she reads in Cantonese mostly. but why she need to know pinyin to read those series? because they are more difficult?

thanks!

cherubic

Chinese is more difficult to learn, I think we need to put more effort on it.  I spoke to some experts and they suggest that we should spend more than double of the time on kids, especially in early age.

For Chinese books, I buy several series which have pinyin on every single word.  Since my son learns Chinese using Putonghua, he now can say most of the words, but sometimes he could not understand the content.  I will explain to him one by one.

I also borrow Chinese books from the library.  There are plenty, from picture books to story books.  Start from the easier one first, read with kid everyday, explain to him every difficult word, that's what I am doing now.

There is some progress.