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Recent Posts: Motherly Notes
Book Review: 「查理和蘿拉」系列 Charlie and Lola Collection
Book Review: 國語日報 孩子的第一套節日讀本！(Chinese Holidays Bridge Set – 8 Books)
Book Review: 過年立體書 New Years 3D / Pop Up Books
Step 2: Teaching Chinese Beyond First Few Hundred Characters- Learning Curriculum Before Second Grade
TaoBao Agent vs. TaoBao Direct Cost Differences Example
How To Navigate 淘宝 Taobao Checkout
Book Review:小熊咕噜噜的冒险之旅 Little Bear’s Adventures (Simplified , 简体书)
Book Review: 爱之阅读桥梁书 Love Reading Bridge Books Simplified Set 简体书
Book Review: 企鹅机动队套书 – Marching Penguins (简体书) Simplified Chinese
CiPu 喜舖 Kids Ergonomic Backpack (3 in 1) – It’s like Tumi for Kids!
Category Archives: Big Kids
CiPu 喜舖 Kids Ergonomic Backpack (3 in 1) – It’s like Tumi for Kids!
Here’s my introduction video: I recently started using this backpack for my older child (6 years old) and she just absolutely loves it! The straps and back are researched and designed to be ergonomic for kids so it redistributes the … Continue reading
Posted in Big Kids, General, Kindergarteners, Reviews of Books, Toys, Etc.
Tagged Backpack, CiPu, 喜舖, 書包
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How I Taught My Toddlers Math (Ages 2-5)
Math is something that my husband and I are pretty focused on. My goals were to achieve the following: Before Age 3: Count to 100, know shapes and colors including harder shapes like rhombus, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, isosceles triangle, … Continue reading
Using Heart Attack As a Game to Learn New Chinese Characters 用“心臟病” 的遊戲來認國字
There are many card games that are used in our Facebook group and I decided to use one on a daily basis with my two kiddos. To my surprise, it hasn’t gotten old yet. Many people use the game heart … Continue reading
Using “Build Up” Method for Flashcards (20 Characters in 20 Minutes) – 如何用識字卡來認國字
Everyone does flashcards differently. I do a “Build Up” method that’s shown on the video and the steps are listed below. I led the example with my four year old in the video: Do a once over. Go over each … Continue reading
Posted in Big Kids, General, Kindergarteners, Reading (Chinese), Teaching Methods, Toddlers
Tagged flashcard method, learn chinese
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Zoob to the Rescue on a Winter Storm Day
We are snowed in today and the kids are home. This means I have from 6:30am in the morning until about 8:30pm. That’s a long time with the kids at home! I always take out open ended toys when they … Continue reading
Posted in Big Kids, General, Kindergarteners, Toddlers
Tagged early childhood education, Open Ended Toys, toys, Zoob, Zoob Junior
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Doodle the Day Away & Improve Motor Skills While You’re At It!
We love this pen. We love this pen. It’s not some new product but we love it. I forgot about this until I looked at our old photos. You melt plastic from a pen and they stick together to form … Continue reading
Learn Your First 2400 Chinese Characters
In efforts to help everyone in my Facebook Group track their progress of their children’s Chinese study, I’ve compiled the most frequently used 2400 characters. If you can’t read independently after this list, I’ll be very surprised! Some people may … Continue reading
Get Your Child to Teach You Something Using a Whiteboard!
I’m always thinking of more ways to make learning more dynamic because it helps with memorization and internalization of the material. Luckily, I found my kids to love “teaching” me stuff because it makes them feel empowered with their knowledge. … Continue reading
Posted in Big Kids, General, Kindergarteners, Toddlers
Tagged Dry Erase Board, early childhood education, learn chinese
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Brain Game for Kids (and Adults): Think Fun Hoppers
Age: 5+ (or for those who don’t eat toys anymore) You can buy it on amazon: Think Fun Hoppers Game We have had this game for over two years now and it’s one that repeatedly gets taken out because it … Continue reading
Posted in Big Kids, General, Kindergarteners, Toddlers
Tagged Brain Games, early childhood education, educational toys, Hoppers, Hoppers Game, Think Fun, Thinkfun, toys
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Learning Chinese Characters With Stickers
One of the moms on our Facebook group showed a video of her daughter putting stickers on a Chinese character chart. How “wonderful” is that? Stickers + Kids = WIN. I used to give them stickers for everything. Did you … Continue reading
Posted in Big Kids, General, Kindergarteners, Toddlers
Tagged early childhood education, learn chinese, learn mandarin
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There’s No Other Way Around Knowing How to Write Chinese!
My five year old writes Chinese. We’ve started her on 康軒國語課本（一） Kang Xuan First Grade Material this year and their writing worksheets are okay for a five year old but for my three year old who sooooooo eagerly wants to … Continue reading
Why Using Textbooks To Teach Chinese May Not Be the Most Efficient Way To Teach Reading
Chinese textbooks bore me to death and they will surely bore my kids to death. Do we do it? Yes, for the worksheets. Do we read it? Not really. We jump straight to worksheets to practice some writing. Plus, their … Continue reading
Citiblocs Provides Multi-Age Learning
Most of you who know me figured I never like toys that are one ended or targeted towards only one age group. If I get bored with my kids, I’ll never appear lively. I think the number one reason we’re … Continue reading
One Hour Project with Your Kids with Broken Crayons
I found this nice idea to use your old crayons and make them new again. I found this from this site that explains how to do this. The only thing different I did was find cuter molds off Amazon! You can … Continue reading
Posted in Big Kids, General, Kindergarteners, Toddlers
Tagged art, child development, children, craft, crafts, crayon, early childhood education, education, Kindergarteners, parenting
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Teaching Your Child Geometric Shapes and Math Through These Manipulatives by Learning Resources
By now you probably know I’m not a sit down type of mom who likes to do everything from the books. Whenever I have a “building toy” that’s open ended, I dive for it. When I saw this set, I … Continue reading
Posted in Big Kids, General, Kindergarteners, Preschool & Kindergarten 3-6, Toddlers
Tagged children, early childhood education, education, geometric shapes, kids, kindergarten toy, Kindergarteners, Learning Resources, learning resources geometric shapes, Math manipulative, parenting, toddler toy
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How to Trick Your Children into Practice Writing Letters (Chinese and English)
Children waste paper. Children waste paper. Children waste a lot of paper. There’s also miscellaneous paper they love throwing everywhere. There’s the frequent folded up paper they said it’s a “letter” to someone found under the bed, under the table, … Continue reading
Create Your Own Puzzle (How to Kill 2 Hours on a Rainy Day With Your Kids)
My children were into a puzzle phase (I’ll do a review of the puzzles we have later) and it turned to a point where it’s not enough to just do the puzzles at home. I always like to spark their … Continue reading
Using Legos as an Educational Tool with Preschool Children
Everyone loves legos. It keeps the kids occupied and they get to explore their creative side. I had no issues with Legos but found it annoying that they came in these boxes with pre selected parts and how to put … Continue reading
Posted in Big Kids, General, Kindergarteners, Lower Elementary Grades 1-3, Preschool & Kindergarten 3-6, Toddlers
Tagged Duplo, early childhood education, Gears! Gears! Gears!, Learning Resources, Lego, Lego Dacta, Lego Duplo, Lego Machines, Lego Tech, Lego Tubes, Legos, Preschool Education, Tubes
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You Don’t Always Have Time to Prepare an Art or Craft Session for your Kids, Here’s the Solution!
Using boxed science craft kits to save time preparing a project for your kids to do. Continue reading
Why the Word “No” is Detrimental to the Development of Your Baby
I’ve heard many types of “no’s.” Stern: “No! Stop doing that! You stop it right now you hear?” Softly: “No no dear, that’s not for you sweetie…” Playfully: “No no no no no no no no no” (with a singing … Continue reading
Posted in Big Kids, General, Kindergarteners, Newborns, Toddlers
Tagged child development, child education, education, parenting
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How to Make Your Child Fall in Love With Reading and Writing
I had a chance to spend the entire week with my cute nephew who is 7 years old. His school is highly academic and they usually read 1-2 grades higher than their current grade level. Therefore, the test scores of … Continue reading
Posted in Big Kids, General
Tagged children psychology, elementary education, parenting, reading comprehension
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Logic and Reasoning with Your Children
It’s never too late to reason with logic with your children. I had the “pleasure” of teaching my nephew how to do a book report today. I would say his personality is the opposite of easy to deal with. Frequently … Continue reading
Infants should NEVER watch TV. Educational videos slows down your child’s brain.
As I’m reading through all these books, one recurring theme is the effect of media on the child’s brain. The more I read, the more agitated I get at these companies making educational videos for babies and saying it’s good … Continue reading
Posted in Big Kids, General, Kindergarteners, Newborns, Toddlers
Tagged baby brains, cartoons and infants, child education, children, infants, media and children, parenting
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Teen’s Rebellious Nature and What You Can Do
Teens lie no matter whether you’re strict or not. Darling did a study on teens showing that parents believe that being more lax and rules would institute teens to tell them more about their lives but the opposite happens. Not … Continue reading
