Yay! The semester is over and I survived! November and December summary will be short on summary and pics. We all retreated upstairs to work on our dining
Month: January 2016
Monday morning, I woke up at 8am to a just made cup of oolong tea and the children having already eaten their breakfast of heated milk and scrambled eggs, cooked
As the semester progressed last Fall, I started feeling more and more unhappy because Astroboy was fighting the work period. I would too if my
Beginning January, we added a history portion to our coop. We’re following the book used in the Classical Curriculum, Story of the World 世界的故事 by Susan Weiss.
This is Part 6 of my Building a Chinese Library for the Kids series. In Parts 1-5, I gave some background on children’s books and how we pick them, and
The short story is, we’re considering staying in Taiwan for 3 months like we did 2 years ago and I’m starting the planning process. The
This is Part 7 of my Building a Chinese Library for the Kids series. As I mentioned in my last post, which might not have been
Age：8 (Thumper) & 6.75-8 (Astroboy) Grade Level: 5-6 yrs old (read to), mostly 1st-2nd, some 3rd Publisher: 天下雜誌／親子天下 Last September, when Thumper started reading, I told her
Two months ago, while I was researching Anki, I re-tried Skritter and Chinese Writer for the writing characters part. Unfortunately Skritter required a subscription. So I dropped
This is Part 4 of my Building a Chinese Library for the Kids series. In Parts 1-3, I gave some background on children’s books and how we pick them, and did