Chinese Curriculum Content for Little Reader

Abi, am I allowed to request for this as Nadirah's 2-year-young birthday present? :-D

I'm drooling.

About the Product:

Simplified Chinese Curriculum Content for Little Reader (Semester 1+2)
The Little Reader Chinese Curriculum will help you teach your young child to recognize thousands of Simplified Chinese characters, understand their meanings, and to learn to speak Mandarin.

During the 12-month duration of the course, your child will progress from learning single characters all the way up to complete stories. Using Little Reader's Pattern Phonics™ system, the Chinese Curriculum will also familiarize your child with the pinyin system (Mandarin phonetics), setting the foundations for further learning of Mandarin in the future.

	12-month curriculum (5 days a week, once or twice a day)
	Over 3,800 Chinese characters and 1,200 pinyin items in over 350 subject Categories (includes some repeated characters or items)
	Uses vocabulary and style of Mainland China
	Neutral Mainland China pronunciations (female, male and child voices)
	7 Chinese font styles (4 common and 3 cursive)
	Includes over 3,000 pictures, 6,000 audio files, and 460 videos

Teaching Nadirah Mandarin

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I've started teaching Nadirah Mandarin since last week. Our first topic is "Family." We bought a tool-kit to teach baby mandarin when we were in China last month. It's really helpful because the concept is very much like the latest Quran technology that comes with the magic pen. The only different is, the books are full of pictures so that it can capture the toddler's attention.

I'll take pictures of the kit and put them here soon Insya-Allah. I think I'm enjoying the lesson even more than her. :-) Although the pen speaks mandarin very clearly and fluently, but at times it can be very confusing so I always double check with my mentor@my colleague for the correct pronunciation.

I attended a course about our great brain in Sri Kembangan last month. From there I learnt that when we were born, all the knowledge in the world is already installed in our unconscious brain, including languages. It's a matter of time and how you utilize the knowledge within you and so that you could actually extract the things you already know from your unconscious mind and apply it in our life. So that makes me feel more confident to start something fresh and knew. For example ventures into new hobby, start learning new language. Ageing is now something is the past. Your brain is your future.

So this week, this is what Nadirah learnt these 8 words: (hopefully)

 + daddy + mummy + grandpa + grandma + uncle + aunty + brother + sister +

Looking forward for our next lesson and Insya-Allah I'll update the progress here. 

Science of Learning a Foreign Languages
Learning a foreign language is easier, such as Chinese, when understanding how you learn. The science of learning is based on several theories and include: multiple intelligences, right-brain/left-brain/whole-brain, and brain-based learning. Understanding how you learn new information becomes the keystone to effective study patterns and habits. Many people who attempt to learn a new language give up, primarily because they pick a program that does not fit their learning style. These people unknowingly try to fit their learning style into a program. From MyChineseLesson