10 Reviews done for September! Don't forget that there's $100 at stake every month for the Review of the Month Contest.
We
are happy to announce that ChildBook's new look is finally up! It needs
polishing here and there but it's looking good :) We hope you'll like
it too. We are even open for your suggestions.
Let's continue with more Moon Festival Celebration that's why I am giving more sale on Moon festival related products.
Read my usual blog posts on Chinese related news and events (plus my two cent). More below!
Our Moon Festival calendar
is now being updated for 2009 events. See the calendar if there are
already scheduled moon fest activities in your area. This is updated
regularly so please do visit it for more information. Below is an
upcoming Moon Festival Event.
Celebrating
Moon Festival is one way of getting your kids interested in learning
Chinese. Show them the beauty of Chinese culture and they will surely
learn to love the language as well.
Moon Maiden SALE Moon Festival mania is really in the air! I can even smell moon cakes!*yummy* This week, we offer another batch of Moon Festival related products. Have fun!
Chinese Bakeries all over USA, Canada and other countries Note: Please call first to confirm availability. ChildBook is not, in any way, connected to these bakeries. These are just compiled for the convenience of ChildBook friends.
Chinese Treasure Chest - Volume 1 (Simplified Chinese characters)
Lesson Plans included teacher-guided activities
Ready-to-use games, songs, craft projects
Book is organized by month
This is a very useful book for teacher
By Cindy Liu from NJ on 9/2/2009
Pros:Entertaining
Best Uses:Entertainment
Describe Yourself:Avid Reader
Bottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
There
are lots of games, art products and coloring stuff. I do not need to
warry how I can find them. And every month there has some Chinese
culture and stories which I can introduce to my students.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Cindy! We hope to help more with your teaching skills. ---Ray
Reviews are very much appreciated! As well as rate the review!
Moon Festival Events
in US and Canada
Compilation Now Released for Public Use
September 14, 2009; Rowland Heights,
Calif., USA
– A Chinese bookstore for kids is offering to the public a listing
of Chinese Moon Festival events in the different US
states and some areas of Canada.
The Chinese Moon Festival is always held on the 15th
day of the 8th month in the lunar calendar.This year 2009, the Moon Festival will be on
October 3.It is the signal of the end
of summer, and the beginning of autumn.It is also a day for thanksgiving and for family to join together.
There are about 3 million Chinese-Americans celebrating the
Moon Festival in the US.Usual organizers of events are Chinese trade
associations, schools, museums and parks.
Among those that have already announced their events are different
organizations in California, New
York, Illinois and Vancouver.
ChildBook.com has been providing for several years compilations
of Moon Festival events and other Chinese special holidays, such as the Chinese
New Year and the Dragon Boat Festival.This
listing is provided for the convenience of interested families to participate
in Chinese celebrations in their local communities.Besides the 3 million ethnic Chinese, about
55,000 families have adopted kids from China.There are also less than 2 million Chinese
immigrants in the country today.A big
proportion of this number is expected to celebrate the Chinese Moon Festival.
Currently, the listhas about 50 Moon Festival Events and is continually being updated.Expect more Moon Festival events to be posted
through the weeks.
Besides compiling a calendar of US-wide events, ChildBook also provides
additional free resources that can be used by teachers and students to learn
more about the Moon Festival.Moon
Festival lesson plans, coloring pages and worksheets are free and printable
from ChildBook
“New Practical Chinese Reader” Available at Special
Prices for the Start of the School Year
September 10, 2009; Rowland Heights, Calif., USA - The
Practical Chinese Reader textbook, a familiar learning-Chinese textbook used by
student in the 1980’s, is now updated with a new edition.Combining several learn-Chinese textbooks and
edited by Liu Xun, the “New Practical Chinese Reader” is gaining popularity
with students studying the Chinese language at home or in school.In line with the start of the school year,
ChildBook.com offers a special introductory price of $18.99 for all levels of
New Practical Chinese Reader Textbooks the whole month of September.
The New Practical Chinese Reader has been updated so that
today’s students are able to relate more to the lessons.The style of teaching Chinese language has
also been updated.When before, memorization
is the key to learning Chinese, this new series combines the different styles
of teaching Chinese.Students will focus
not only on conversing in Chinese, but also learn about language structure and
Chinese culture.Thus, with the New
Practical Chinese Reader, students are trained to be able to converse, read,
write and understand (through listening) the Chinese language.
Topics are widely covered, from the more personal – about
the usual greetings, asking around and family – to the more social.Talking about China’s events such as family
planning, China’s aeronautics program plus more are also tackled.Each lesson has a familiar structure to guide
students.These will always appear in
every lesson:New Words, Notes,
Conversation Practice, Reading Comprehension, Phonetics, Grammar, Characters
and Cultural Notes.
The New Practical Chinese Reader promises a comprehensive
learning of the Chinese language using textbooks, workbooks, audio CDs for
textbooks, audio CDs for workbooks and instructor’s manuals.Available online at ChildBook.com.Free shipping option for US orders worth $25
above.Satisfaction guaranteed or your
money back.
Visit
http://www.childbook.com/New-Practical-Chinese-Reader-s/267.htm to see the
textbooks.Introductory sale ends on
September 30, 2009.
Free Teachers’ Book
on How to Effectively Teach Children Mandarin Chinese
Teachers can now avail of free 4-level Lesson Plans to teach
Mandarin effectively.Available at
ChildBook.
Rowland Heights, CA, USA – 28 August 2009 – Teachers and
parents looking for books on how to teach Chinese effectively to children can
now get another guide from an online bookstore for kids learning Chinese.
Childbook.com is pleased to announce that Practical Chinese
series of textbooks now has teacher’s guides available.While some Learn-Chinese teachers’ guides are
for sale, the Practical Chinese Teachers’ Guide is available for free.
Practical Chinese textbooks help children learn Mandarin
Chinese easily through a guided.Practical Chinese lessons also stress learning about Chinese culture to
enhance children’s learning of the language.Exercises gradually progress from writing characters with the correct
stroke order, translating words into Chinese, asking and answering questions
according to real life situations, translating sentences, and performing oral
presentations. Students are also taught how to read Pin Yin.
Available materials from Practical Chinese are 8 levels of
textbooks, workbooks and audio CD or cassette.The free teachers’ guides are for the first 4 levels only, as of this
date.All materials are available in
Simplified and Traditional Chinese.
The lessons taught in Practical Chinese Series follow a
curriculum approved by the Association of Chinese Teachers Foreign
Language.The curriculum is also a good
review program for SATs and other Chinese proficiency test.
Practical Chinese books were written by Ms. Wendy Lin,
initially to help her 3 children learn Chinese.The author then designed Practical Chinese
to specifically cater to those who intend to use Chinese as a secondary
language.Wendy has taught at WestWindsorMiddle School, the HunSchool
in Princeton, and MarlboroMiddle School. She also
wrote the Chinese curriculum for the Marlboro school district. Currently, she
is tutoring individuals and adoptive families other than writing, and teaching
in Chinese school.
Practical Chinese is being used in schools in the US, Guam, Canada, Australia,
Israel, Hong Kong, China
and more.
Copies of Practical Chinese Teachers’ Guides Levels 1 through
4 may be downloaded from www.childbook.com.
6 Hour Program to Learn Bo Po Mo and
Pinyin? New Product Release at Kids’ Bookstore
August 27,
2009; Rowland Heights, Calif., USA
– A learn-Chinese bookstore for children is pleased to offer the public
Champion Chinese, a program that claims to have students learn the 37 sounds of
Bo Po Mo in 2-6 hours, instead of the usual 55 hours.
Champion
Chinese is an interesting teaching and learning system of the Chinese
language.It is an interactive learning
program based on the principles of "Multiple Intelligences" and
"Whole Language".This
learning Chinese system is especially suited for those who want to start
learning Bo Po Mo. It can also be used by those who already know some Bo Po Mo
but also want to learn Hanyu Pinyin.
The
Champion Chinese System was devised by a concerned parent, Ms. Pei-Pei
Champion.Ms Champion took her then
3-year old daughter to Chinese class and was horrified at how the children were
uninterested in learning Chinese.This
motivated her to study the Bo Po Mo characters, until she found connections in
the sounds and the images of characters.Later she developed simple mnemonic devices that let the children easily
understand and connect the characters to the pronunciation.
ChildBook.com
is now carrying the starter books of the “Champion Chinese Sounding Systems & Pronunciation.” The starter books
include the Student’s Edition and the Teacher’s Manual.Audio CDs are also included for the
Pronunciation Guide and drills.
Ray Ritchey
of ChildBook says, “We are pleased to go into partnership with Ms. Pei Pei
Champion, the founder of Champion Chinese.Like Ms. Champion, it is ChildBook’s goal to share the beauty of the
Chinese language and culture to the young generation.”
The
Champion Chinese Student’s Edition includes tables of Bo Po Mo to Pinyin and
activity based study of Bo Po Mo.Students will be able to color and do activities to reinforce the Bo Po
Mo and Pinyin learned.Meanwhile, the
Champion Chinese Teacher’s Manual guides parents and teachers how to teach Bo
Po Mo and Pinyin with creative activities, such as writing, conversing in basic
common conversation, singing and playing games.
Towards the
end of the lessons, students are expected to recognize and write basic Bo Po Mo
and Pinyin words.They will also be able
to converse in basic, useful Chinese.Vocabulary is built up with the lessons so the students are expected to
know the basics Chinese colors, numbers, shapes, animals, units of measurement,
plus more.It is also expected that
students will be able to follow the Chinese songs provided.
Ms.PeiPei
Champion is currently teaching at the Champion Chinese Language Institute, The
Greater Hartford Classical Magnet School and the West Hartford Continuing
Education, all in Connecticut.
She also speaks to people in different
places to share the wonder of learning Chinese using her method. She was
awarded "Chinese Teacher of the Year 2001 by the East Coast Association of
Chinese Schools. Ms . Champion
graduated from University
of Hartford with a major
in Early Childhood Education.
A
Chinese bookstore for children is announcing the newest addition of
Chinese translations of the young adult’s novels section, The
Chronicles of Narnia.
ChildBook.com
is now carrying the Chinese translation of the famous book series by CS
Lewis. All Narnia books 1-7 feature the adventures of the Pevensie
children and their friends in the magical world of Narnia. In the
Narnia books, the children will face the evil elements who want to rule
over Narnia and they will help restore peace and order to the land.
All
books are available in Traditional Chinese and more suited for
intermediate and advanced learners. Ray Ritchey of ChildBook points
out that “ChildBook is steadily building its collection of Chinese
translations of popular novels for young people. The thousands of
children learning Chinese that we have served since 1997 are growing
up, and some of them are teens now. Surely there are bigger ChildBook
kids who will appreciate Narnia and our other featured collections in
Chinese - such as Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings Trilogy and the
Eragon Series.”
The
seven titles of the Chronicles of Narnia are: Book 1 – “The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe,” 2) “Prince Caspian,” 3) “The Voyage of the
Dawn Trader,” 4) “The Silver Chair,” 5) “The Horse and his Boy,” 6)
“The Magician’s Nephew,” and 7) “The Last Battle.”
A Learn-Chinese children’s bookstore is pleased to announce
the release of its newest coloring pictures online that children may use for
free.
Childbook.com released today the newest addition of coloring
pictures to its Learn Chinese learning resources – pictures to color about Chinese
Father's Day.In China and Taiwan, Father's Day is celebrated
on the 8th day of the eighth month because the word for 8 sounds
like father, “ba ba.”Besides Father's
Day, August 8th is also considered an auspicious day for
the Chinese, because the 2008 Olympics in Beijingwas launched on
that day.
Along with this, pictures for Chinese Valentines Day and
Hungry Ghost Festival are also posted.Chinese Valentines Day this year is onAugust 20, while the 15th day of the 7th month Hungry
Ghost Festival is on September 2, 2009.
A lot of parents access the net for free resources to teach
their children. ChildBook has been offering through the years an assortment of
coloring pictures and activity sheets to help children learn more about the
Chinese language and culture.Pictures
launched before and still popular with customers are coloring pictures about
Chinese New Year, Dragon Boat Festival and Lunar Mid-Autumn Festival.
Other resources for kids to appreciate the Chinese culture
that can be used by parents are activity sheets, craft instructions and instructions
for games that kids play in China.
