I started this post about 7-8 months ago but decided that I really needed to wait to see if what I tried worked before posting. I’m
Category: Mandarin
Picking the right level books for Astroboy and Thumper was a difficult task until recently, when Thumper has finally read through multiple levels for me
Age：5.5 Grade Level: 0-6 yrs old (read to) Pages: 31 Sage Level: Level 3 (orange series) completed Author: Donald Crews About a month ago, I had a chat with
Two weeks ago, I convinced a friend to try Skritter with her child and went through the installation process with her. I thought I’d document reasons for
Our homeschool has been going really really well the last two weeks with my revamp of the kids’ work plan. (Well, we’ll pretend that Astroboy
Updated May 2020: Finally, after 4 years, I’ve just uploaded everything to Teachers Pay Teachers for easy management. You can check out all the materials. Finally,
I’m sure you’ve come across New Taipei City Educational Dept’s 生字簿 user-generated character practice sheets website. Well, that website doesn’t work on Macs. Threw a wrench into
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
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