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
This is Part 3 of my Building a Chinese Library for the Kids series. In Parts 1 and 2, I gave some background on Chinese children’s books and how I picked them,
This is Part 2 of my Building a Chinese Library for the Kids series. In Part 1, I talked about the different types of Chinese
When Thumper was 1, I had no clue. I didn’t even know what a Picture Book was. There’s also the issue that building a Chinese library for kids in the US is a difficult task. I don’t think one should just buy all the books Taiwanese parents recommend.
Oh the pain, the pain. I’m currently working on modifying the beautiful 2015-2016 work plan I had set up last semester for Thumper. How
I finally got my hands on the book 我家就是國際學校 My Home is an International School this afternoon. I devoured it in an hour. It will require
The last 2 weeks, we switched the way we are learning to write Chinese. Probably one of the reasons Thumper is now working mostly entirely
After a few weeks of kids getting sick and not really doing co-cop, this past Wednesday we had a really good one learning about water.
So I wrote this way last year, summarizing a research paper I read about learning to read/write Chinese. Upon re-reading it, I realized how so much