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Curriculum Zhuyin

[Zhuyin Curriculum] Zhuyin Big Pocket 康軒 ㄅㄆㄇ大口袋

September 25, 2021September 25, 2021 Guavarama

TLDR: Good off the shelf curriculum for the parents who don’t want to think or plan too much and doesn’t mind more traditional workbook method.

So what don’t I like? Well, there’s that lack of Montessori phonics colors that kind of drive me bonkers. But whatever, this isn’t a Montessori phonics program.

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Boardgames Zhuyin

[Board Games] 決戰ㄅㄆㄇ Zhuyin Showdown

September 24, 2021September 25, 2021 Guavarama

This is the second zhuyin game I have used in the zhuyin classes I have taught. I succumbed to the game because it follows Montessori phonics colors.

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Boardgames Zhuyin

[Board Games] 注音High客 Zhuyin Hacker

August 28, 2021September 24, 2021 Guavarama

In recent years, there has been a lot of new board games out there for learning zhuyin. Zhuyin High客 is one of my favorite. I like this game a lot and think it is a great tool for Chinese teachers as well as homeschoolers who want to add some fun to their zhuyin curriculum.

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Books Curriculum Reading

[Chinese Curriculum] Greenfield Rainbow Reading Series 青田彩虹閱讀系列

August 24, 2021September 24, 2021 Guavarama

Suitable for: 6+ (lower elementary and up) What better time to review your curriculum than when you’re selling them? I wrote about Greenfield series years

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Library

So You Want to Build a Chinese Children’s Library

July 24, 2021April 3, 2022 Guavarama

I have a 2000-3000 book library collection spanning from ages 0-18.  Books often cost 250-350 NT list price.  At that cost, that’s $17000 – $37000.  

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Library

Chinese Hyread eBooks Libraries in Taiwan 台灣 Hyread 線上圖書館

July 21, 2021August 27, 2021 Guavarama

This is part of my series on Building Your Chinese Library.  It is not an exhaustive list of Hyread libraries in Taiwan because I ran out of

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Library

Where to Buy Chinese Books Online in the US

July 10, 2021July 21, 2021 Guavarama

This is part of my series on Building Your Chinese Library.   I didn’t really want to write this post for years. Everyone else has written a

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Assessment Mandarin Reading

Tool for Estimating Number of Chinese Characters You Know

May 19, 2021May 20, 2021 Guavarama

I stumbled across this tool years ago but never got around to actually testing the kids. Once we got over the first 1000 characters and

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Assessment Mandarin Reading

Chinese Reading Fluency Test

May 17, 2021June 8, 2021 Guavarama

When the kids were just learning to read, I was anxious whether or not we’re doing enough. On the one hand, I seldom tested how

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Reading Technology

Adding Zhuyin Font to Kindle Paperwhite

June 21, 2020May 16, 2021 Guavarama

For many years, I used Calibre to convert books I found on the web to books with zhuyin. I don’t know why it did not

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