Useful website for Chinese teaching

 

It is not easy to find ideas and worksheets online in teaching Chinese language. This may because most of the Chinese parents prefer to buy workbooks from bookstore rather than prepare themselves as what Western countries did. Home schooling seems not that common in Malaysia, most of my friends decided to send their kids to nursery school or kindergarten since age of three. I am very impressed on homeschooling or tot school in Western Countries. Kids are not force to study but enjoy to study.. no pressure in doing home works, interesting study methods and materials. I do appreciate the way they teach English, Geography, Bible study, Art, Music, etc, but still feel that mathematic subject are better to teach in Chinese as what I learned in my school time.

There are not much materials or printout available online for Chinese and Mathematic (in Chinese)subjects, but gladly found some website that are quite useful and interesting:

1. 学乐 （小学华文教材数码教学资源）

http://xuele.moe.edu.sg/xuele/slot/u107/index.html

Created by Singapore’s Ministry of Education, Chinese lessons according to their primary and secondary school syllabus. Having articles and songs which you can choose to read for you or read it yourself.

2. e知识网

http://www.ezhishi.net/index.asp

Also according to Singapore syllabus.This is a online study website that encouraging home based learning, provide supplement study materials. If you want to have full access then you will need to pay some price, however there is free trial that allow you to view and access part of the materials. It is more computer based study, utilising animations as  teaching tools.

It looks good, however, I personally do not hope my kid put too much time in front of the computer, especially when she is still a toddler, and animations can be improved.

3. 教育资源吧

http://www.edu888.net/

Lots of teaching plan and materials on teaching all sorts of subjects and animations of stories and words writing. There are many advertisements in the website, so have to be patient in searching for the download button.

4. 悟空识字

http://gongfubb.com/

Learning Chinese words in interesting and fun ways. Available as Ipad Apps and is totally free of charge. Love the animations .. looks pretty cute and fun. ^_^

5. 康乐华小爱心图书馆 & SJK(C) Peay Min

http://e-library-sjkctc.weebly.com/kssr.html

http://peaymin.blogspot.com/2010/08/1-bahasa-cina-i-httpwww.html

These are two Malaysia primary school website. In the link above, it contains lots of useful links but some links are no longer available.

6. 儿童文化馆

http://children.moc.gov.tw/garden/

This website is to promote arts and culture to children, provide some lovely pictures books to read online (in animation) and games. Highly recommended

Interesting Paper toys Websites

Recently browse around looking for some materials for teaching geography, and found some interesting website that provide free printable of paper toys.
(sample of paper toy -  Eiffel Tower from papertoys.com)
Resource: http://papertoys.com/

There are many different paper toys printable, easy and fun for craft work materials for children, useful in illustrating the objects we teach. It is not just free, but also simple making: just Print, Cut, Fold and Glue… It also provide facts about some of the printable objects at the bottom of the page.

I will keep these paper toys printable for later use, in geography lesson… hope she will like it ^_^

Another interesting website, The Ginghams Paper Doll Book

These recall my lovely childhood memory…I love playing paper doll and I guess lots of girls do like paper doll too… changing beautiful dress and hats for the lovely little paper girl doll…haha….

You can make some paper toys for your children, but required a lots of time and patience in preparing, especially cutting out…I WILL TRY my best… hopefully i do have the patience ~_~

First Book from Book Depository – Kumon Let’s Color!

Finally… waiting nearly a month after I had made my order, finally got my Kumon Let’s Color Book. As from Book Depository website, it said country like Malaysia only need two weeks time for delivery. But after two weeks time I still haven’t received the order, so I thought maybe there was any delay or probably because I am staying in East Malaysia. At the end of 3 weeks time, I send an email to their customer service. What I appreciated was their kind customer service and prompt replies.

They provide alternative solutions for me in case I didn’t get my book: refund or resending another copy. After waiting for few more days, still no news on my order, the Daddy was wondering whether the website was trustable (with little blaming on me >_<)… so I decided request for another copy from them..just a day after I send my email… Ding Dong… here was the postman!! Yes, my book… finally… So I sending another email to them and luckily they able to stop the second copy sending out.



I just can’t wait to let Baby Debo use the book..so do she ^_^ … she was excited and curious what Mama buy for her. So here is it… our first lesson – Breakfast Time !!



Is that looks good? Well, according to the book, kids scribbling before they know how to colour (fill colours in the blank area)… so I would say her drawing was AWESOME !!   ^_^

FREE SHIPPING @ Book Depository

 

Wow.. so excited to find a place to buy book with FREE SHIPPING… !!!

I had been looking around for some good books for my little princess, and hopefully that is some offers or discounts. I went to some bookstores,  big bookstores with many choices and offers but still can’t find the books I had looking for. Time and petrol wasted, even there had the books but priced high. So I search online and from a mama forum I found a online book store --- Book Depository.

 

This is a great way to buy book for people like me, staying far from big city. The Book Depository provide many choices mostly English books, with discounted rate plus FREE SHIPPING. After converting into Malaysia Ringgit, it was even CHEAPER than purchasing in local bookstores!!!!! I don’t need to drive long way to the big book stores, using half of the day searching the books I want and hopping it having some discounts ~~ Wow… Just sit nicely at home, drinking tea while browsing the website, click click click… that’s all… books will be send directly to my house. Simple and easy.

 

But one point to mention here: You will need to wait for weeks & above to receive your orders. I had purchased a Kumon Colouring book.. just one…for try ^_^ … will share here once I go my order ~