Monday, February 6, 2012

Chinese Language Program:

I have to confess that both me and my DD we just love Mandarin Language! I love it so much that I am taking a challenge to teach my DD to read in Chinese.
We have been doing the program for a week and I have to say that all of my family is enjoying it :) !

This is my DD reading Chinese Characters: ( DD surprised me by recognizing the characters on the third day of the program, so I decided to take a video) She did not mastered them yet, but we have a solid start :)



The materials that we are using so far:
1 Little Reader Chinese curriculum.

The LR software is an amazing tool in teaching a child!
You can click here to download a free 14 days trial of Little Reader Software and Chinese Curriculum to it here (no credit card or future billing required)


We love Little Reader Chinese curriculum! 
"The Little Reader Chinese Curriculum will help you teach your young child to recognize thousands of Simplified or Traditional Chinese characters, understand their meanings, and to learn to speak Mandarin.
 Fully customizable lessons progress from single characters all the way up to complete stories. Using Little Reader's Pattern Phonics™ system, the Chinese Curriculum will also familiarize your child with the pinyin system (Mandarin phonetics), setting the foundations for further learning of Mandarin in the future."
I do not mind that images and videos are the same that in English curriculum. Actually I think that it helps to make a connection between the languages. I tell my DD to say the certain word in Chinese and she understands what I am asking her and has no problem answering. It is even easier when using flashcards. Baby A is just being exposed to the program at the moment.

2. We are using Wink to Learn Chinese:


Some reviewers do not like the fact that sometimes the picture, used to represent word in this program , is not exactly matches the word. For example: you hear " eye" and see the picture of two eyes. But I think it is not bad. it is very natural to see a picture of 2 eyes for a child and parent can make  clarifications for a child. I would understand the complains if there would be some unnatural images, like 3 eyes or 3 feet :) ...
So, DD loves this program as well, especially because some of the lessons have children's songs at the end.

3. I Can Read Series 1 (130 Word Cards)

The thing that I like about this program is that it is organized in certain manner.
There are 5 levels:
Level 1 consists of 130 large flashcards of Chinese characters with a cute picture  in the back of it .
My DD loves to use this flashcards, we are not using them for flashing but for reviewing.

I am very excited to continue the Chinese Language Program with my DD.

I will be posting updates.






3 comments:

  1. Wow such quick progress. My son and I loved watching this together, he said I though it was the Do Re Me girl. Lol

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  2. Lol,
    Yes, she is my Me, Me, Me girl :)

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