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Showing posts with label learning chinese for children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label learning chinese for children. Show all posts
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Mandarin for Children: Happy Children Illustration Books (6 books + 6 audio CDs)
Come with a beautiful book box. Perfect as a gift.
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Saturday, 30 January 2010
January 2010 New Chinese Books
New Chinese Books at Xihaha Chinese Bookshop
Chinese Mandarin Children Short Stories
4 bilingual with PinYin Chinese English stories illustrated in lively pictures, with bilingual and pinyin to help you and your children to read and enjoy the stories together.
The Monkeys Fish out the Moon (Bilingual with Pinyin) 小猴子捞月亮（汉英对照）
Little Bear Learned New Skills (Bilingual with Pinyin) 小熊学本领（汉英对照）
Greedy Puppy (Bilingual with Pinyin) 贪吃的小狗（拼音版）双语童话
Increase Chinese Mandarin Vocabularies
These books are an abridged version of short stories and novellas written by contemporary Chinese writers, reflecting everyday life of ordinary Chinese people. The book contains around 3000 Chinese words based on the 1033 words of Level A and 2018 words of Level B listed in the HSK (The Chinese Proficiency Test) outline
Graded Chinese Reader 2 Selected Abridged Chinese Contemporary Short Stories (CD included) 汉语分级阅读 2
Graded Chinese Reader 3 Selected Abridged Chinese Contemporary Short Stories (CD included) 汉语分级阅读 3
Reading Stories and Learn Chinese (CD included)
Chinese Mandarin Learning for Adults Learner
Gateway to Business Chinese Regular Formulas and Etiquette (Paperback)
Advanced Business Chinese - Social Gatherings, Office Work, Day-to-Day Operation (Paperback)
Gateway to Business Chinese Daily Communication (paperback)
Confidence Chinese Volume 1 - Getting Started (with CD)
Confidence Chinese Volume 2 - Living in China (with CD)
Popular Chinese Expressions
Chinese 101 in Cartoons (For CEOs) (with Free MP3)
The Way We Think: Chinese View of Life Philosophy
The Way We Communicate Volume 1
The Way We Communicate Volume 2
Chinese Calligraphy & Chinese History
Want to learn about Chinese History? This hardcover "Five Thousand Years of Chinese Nation" show the Records of the Historian was written by Sima Qian (145-90 BC), a great historian of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-25 AD) who dedicated his whole life to the book. China's first historical work centering on people rather than events, it presents a general Chinese history of some 3,000 years, from the legendary Yellow Emperor to 122 BC - the first year of the Yuanshou reign of Han Emperor Wu.
If you want to understand more about how written Chinese developed from picture drawn to record events, check this book "Gate to Chinese Calligraphy". Generally speaking, over the last thousands of years writing styles have moved form complexity to greater simplicity, pacing changes in society.
New Chinese Books at Xihaha Chinese Bookshop
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Learning Chinese by rote a mistake
"the way to correct this was to get children interested in the language, regardless of their linguistic ability, he said, because, with interest in the language, they will have it for life."
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Thursday, 24 September 2009
How to Choose a Chinese Learning Book for your Children?
Age 0 - 2 Books for Babies & Toddlers
It is never too soon to introduce babies to books. Child experts believe that babies and toddlers who love books tend to read earlier which can give them an edge at school. By introducing your baby to books, you are creating a reader for life.
Books that are small and indestructible - board books and cloth books are perfect for them. Wordless books can also stimulate them, and encourage them to create their own stories.
Choose:
- A book with bright colours, with big and clear pictures
- A book with familiar pictures such as animals, transports, babies and food
- A book with simple text, good rhymes, songs and lullabies
Some Recommendations:
Age 2 - 4 Toddlers & Older Children are more interested in understanding the words than just looking at the pictures. They are able to concentrate for longer periods of time, so you may want to look at books with short sentences. According to the child expert, the most important periods for learning and development is between the ages of 18months and 6 years. Therefore, this is an important stage of your children’s learning life.
Choose:
- A book that depicts familiar objects and hold a child's attention. E.g. Favorite Characters, Animals, nursery stories
- A book that is fun like pop-up books, flip books and activity books
- A book with rhymes and repetitions
- A story-telling CD which the children can listening to
Some Recommendations:
Age 5- 8 Some children start reading before the age of 5, but the majority begins during and after their Year 1. This is an exciting time for young readers! They are being introduced to lots of books at school; but they also need lots of encouragement and support at home. Reading with and to children is very important at this age. It helps to improve their language development skill.
- Choose a picture book with strong storylines and characters development. Illustrations will help them to understand the text.
- Choose a book with short chapters or classic stories
- Choose story books with lots of humour and fun with familiar figures
- Let the children have the chance to choose what they like to read
- Encourage book reading by providing a range of story books for the children
Some Recommendations:
Age 9 - 11 This age is the stepping stone between childhood and teenage.
When you choose a book, consider your child’s personality traits and personal preferences and make decisions with your child in mind.
Information books such as encyclopedia or classic stories
Some Recommendations:
Chinese Classic Story (5 coloured books)
Yu Gong Moves the Mountains
Adventures of the Monkey God Vol. 1-4 (Bilingual)
Legends of 10 Chinese Traditional Festivals (Bilingual)
The Biographies of 12 Successful Men (12 Books)
The Complete Book of Activity Paradise (9 volume)
Chinese Classic Story (5 coloured books)
Yu Gong Moves the Mountains
Adventures of the Monkey God Vol. 1-4 (Bilingual)
Legends of 10 Chinese Traditional Festivals (Bilingual)
The Biographies of 12 Successful Men (12 Books)
The Complete Book of Activity Paradise (9 volume)
Age 12 + Your children are becoming mature readers at this age.
Choose (together with your child):
- Books that have strong story lines
- Family stories
- Humorous books
- Historical fiction
- Fantasy books
Some Recommendations:
Culture Cubs - Hand in hand, let’s learn Mandarin!
Introducing CULTURE CUBS™! Hand in hand, let’s learn Mandarin! is a new bilingual DVD tailored to children 2-8 years old who are learning Mandarin. It’s a fast-paced, 30-minute show filled with animation, songs, dance, vibrant art, kung fu stunts and much, much more. Theme song, "Hand in Hand, Let's Learn Mandarin" by Joyce Lee Lok Si.
Popular series:
Culture Cubs - Time to Eat (DVD)
小龍與小克 (DVD)
Culture Cubs - Time to Meet the Animals (DVD)
小龙與小克 - 亲亲小动物(DVD)
Culture Cubs - Time to Swim (DVD)
小龙與小克 - 乐游游(DVD)
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Popular series:
Culture Cubs - Time to Eat (DVD)
小龍與小克 (DVD)
Culture Cubs - Time to Meet the Animals (DVD)
小龙與小克 - 亲亲小动物(DVD)
Culture Cubs - Time to Swim (DVD)
小龙與小克 - 乐游游(DVD)
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