Let it be known that I like to take the long and painful way to do something. I’ve been spending the last 2 days going
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“Mama, I love reading!……when I’m in the mood.” Thumper said the other day after our visit to the local Chinese Library. I guess I will
Ooohoo. Thumper and Astroboy finished their respective Sage books in March. Thumper finished Pink Series book 4 and Astroboy the Blue Series book 2. I racked my
Last week, I had a crazy idea that I would take the 20 characters in Sagebook Blue Series book 1 and make up a new
Things got a little crazy after we started on Sagebooks. I started researching on teaching stroke orders, character layout, character components, and then started school.
One of the anxieties for me is wondering if the kids are hitting “grade level” in their Chinese characters knowledge. In the past teachers have refused
This is the third week that Astroboy is on Sagebook’s first book. He seems to be having a lot of trouble with the “concept” characters
This week, we continued our work in Sagebook. Those flashcards are making learning a bit easier because there are so many uses for them. For
This semester I’m focusing my attention on making Chinese materials. Why Sagebooks Even before we started homeschooling I knew I wanted to use Sagebooks to