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Category Archives: Bridge Lower Elementary
“懂了” 識字卡！ (简体 + 繁體）Dongle Flashcards Simplified and Traditional – 2,346 Cards
I’m super excited to introduce this set of flashcards. You can purchase through Taobao or through their own company. Their website has a lot more items you may be interested in purchasing… Dongle 懂了: http://www.idongle.cn/ This is a set of … Continue reading →
Book Review: 小小兵有絕招(一套12本+2CD) Little Soldiers’ Smart Tricks (12 Books, 2CD)
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! You can purchase this at Books.com.tw: 小小兵有絕招 -Little Solders’ Smart Tricks This is a really neat set of books. There are 12 books and 2 CDs. … Continue reading →
Book Review: 低年級雜誌，幼兒雜誌介紹：未來兒童，康軒Top945，巧連智，小行星，星期八，小小牛頓。Magazine Preview from Kindergarten Level to Lower Elementary in Traditional Chinese
For more information and group discussion on this topic, join our Motherly Notes Facebook Group by clicking on this link. I wanted to do a piece about the different types of magazines that are out there. I have a couple … Continue reading →
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Tagged Chinese Children Bridge Books, Chinese Children Magazines, Chinese Children Picture Books, Top945, 小行星, 巧連智, 幼兒雜誌, 康軒雜誌, 新小小牛頓, 星期八, 未來兒童
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Book Review: 愛挖耳朵的國王 Ear Picking King
Age: 4+ with parent, 6+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 愛挖耳朵的國王 The Ear Picking King This book is part of the Ferris Wheel Collection Book Review: 故事摩天輪系列 Ferris Wheel Bridge Book Series. It belongs in the lower … Continue reading →
Book Review: 啊！睡覺的時候最幸福 Oh! The Joy of Sleeping
Age: 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! Purchase link: 啊！睡覺的時候最幸福 Oh the Joy of Sleeping! Although the book is labeled for lower elementary, I think an avid kindergartner can read this just fine. It has very very … Continue reading →
Book Review: 南瓜弟弟忘東西，南瓜弟弟去遠足 Pumpkin Forgets His Stuff, Pumpkin Goes Hiking
Age: 6+ Independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 南瓜弟弟去遠足 Pumpkin Goes Hiking 南瓜弟弟忘東西 Pumpkin Forgets His Stuff This is a set for lower elementary students to read. It’s very much a first grader type of book. The book I … Continue reading →
Book Review: 冰箱放暑假 Refrigerator Takes a Summer Vacation
Age: 6+ Independent Join our Facebook Group for more information and worksheets on this book! You can buy on 博客來： 冰箱放暑假 Refrigerator Takes a Summer Vacation This is a book about a refrigerator who decided not to be cold because … Continue reading →
Book Review: 直映认字教材 Picture Guided 1500 Character Learning Set (Simplified,简体）
Age: 2+ Join our Facebook Group to learn more from other crazy parents! This is a very very affordable set and teaches a lot of characters. It has 6 books with 11-13 lessons in there and for each lesson there … Continue reading →
We Finally Graduated from 注音 (Zhuyin)
歡迎來加入我們的瘋狂虎爸虎媽團，一起分享教小朋友中文的心得呦！ Join our Facebook group to know more about how more moms and dads are teaching their children Chinese! I never knew how many characters my big one knew. After she was born, I went with the flow of what … Continue reading →
Book Review: 小小地球人 Little Earth 36 Book Set
Age: 5-10 Please join our Facebook Group for more information!!! I want to mention that I said this is for age five and up because I feel that children can still benefit from looking at the photos and absorb a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Chinese Children Book Sets, Chinese Children Bridge Books, Chinese Children Magazines, Chinese Children Picture Books, Chinese Children Science Books, early childhood education, learn chinese, Little Earth Books, 小小地球人
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Book Review: 新小小牛頓 高幼版 + 南門書局寄到美國 unboxing of Nanmen Bookstore Package
Age: 5+ So I finally got my magazines!!!! These are one step harder than 小幼 version of the magazines and they are all science related!!! YES!!! I have a lot that includes stories coupled in with science but these are … Continue reading →
Book Review: 大偵探奈特系列1-6 Nate the Great Detective Series
Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 大偵探奈特系列 1-3 – Nate the Great Books 1-3 (消失的圖畫 Nate the Great, 夜間任務 Goes Undercover, 遺失的清單 The Lost List) 大偵探奈特系列 4-6 Nate the Great Books 4-6 (恐龍郵票 the Sticky Case, 消失的鑰匙 Missing Key, 雪地奇案 Snowy Trail) This is a … Continue reading →
Book Review: 屁屁偵探讀本 (1-3) Butt Detective Bridge Book Series
Age: 6+ Independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 屁屁偵探讀本 (1-2) – Butt Detective Books 1-2 黑影竊盜團入侵 – Butt Detective Book 3 This is a set of bridge books for lower elementary grades in Taiwan. It has some harder terms … Continue reading →
Little Fox Chinese – Reading System For Native AND Non-Native Chinese Learners (Simplified Chinese)
Please join our Facebook Group for more details, information, and recommendations! I rarely rarely rarely recommend web apps, tv programs or online learning… until now. This site was brought to our group’s attention by Vincent B. so I really really … Continue reading →
Posted in Big Kids, Bridge Books - PinYin/ZhuYin, Bridge Lower Elementary, Chinese Books Review, General, Kindergarteners, Picture 0-5, Picture 5+, Picture Books, Reviews of Books, Toys, Etc.
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Reading “Short” Essays with Kids Daily to Develop Confidence, Patience, and Comprehension
I’ve heard it many times before. Bridge books are scary. They’re long. They have less pictures, etc. There’s a constant issue of kids not wanting to read with their parents or do not want to move on to the next … Continue reading →
Book Review: 螢火蟲 美德易開罐 – Firefly Book Set: Morals
Age: 8+ For more information, please visit our Facebook Group. This is a set of bridge books that I think is relevant for second grade and up not because the words are hard (because they’re not) but because of the … Continue reading →
Book Review: 螢火蟲 無奇不有的魔法學校 – Firefly Book Set: Magic School
Age: 7+ independent For more information, please visit our Facebook Group This is a set of bridge books for first graders. It’s a set of 12 books based on funny stories. The stories are all written by well known authors … Continue reading →
Book Review: 巧連智， 小一版裡面內容有什麼呢？ , Qiao Hu First Grade Magazines
Age: 7+ I am only reviewing the magazines in this review and didn’t review any of the toys and other workbooks that usually come with the set. I bought a set of these magazines “used” and I am using them … Continue reading →
Book Review: 天才認字王套書, 成語書苑 Genius Chinese Character Reading Pen Learning Set , Idioms Set
Age: 3+ independent or with parent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 【智點】 基礎語文認知套組(含新型點讀筆) 天才認字王套書 Genius Chinese Character Reading Pen Learning Set 【智點】成語書苑點讀學習套書 – Idioms Set There’s a slight correction for the stuff said on video. There are 1200 … Continue reading →
Book Review: 幼幼小百科- 動物，食物，常識，健康 – Children’s Encyclopedia of Why (Animals, Common Food, Knowledge, Health)
Age: 3+ with parent, 5+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 動物-幼幼小百科 – Animals 食物-幼幼小百科 – Food 常識-幼幼小百科 – Common Knowledge 健康-幼幼小百科 – Health I like this set of books that ask “why” questions. There are 47 questions in each book … Continue reading →
Book Review: 漢字說故事Ⅰ自然篇， 漢字說故事Ⅱ物象篇，漢字說故事Ⅲ人事篇 – Stories Of Chinese Characters Learning Set
Age 2+ with parent, 6+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 漢字說故事Ⅰ自然篇 – Nature 漢字說故事Ⅱ物象篇 – Objects 漢字說故事Ⅲ人事篇 – People I was hesitant to put the topics of each book on there because truthfully, the words are all from differing … Continue reading →
***Chinese Bridge Books Sale (Buy Out of Print Books From Taiwan***
3/26/2018 The following books are for sale. Prices are listed in TWD and will be converted by the exchange rate the day the books are purchased from the seller from our contact in Taiwan. Most of these are lower elementary … Continue reading →
Book Review: 勇敢的贝雅和她的朋友 – Beya and Her Friends (简体书，Simplified)
Age: 8+ Independent Each of these books has over 10,000 characters. However, each page is full color! Lots of characters but very fitting for a second grader in maturity or maybe a tad higher. It’s definitely a book after you … Continue reading →
Book Review: 劳拉的星星 Laura’s Star Series (简体书，Simplified)
Age: 6-9 Years Independent This is set of cute readers from a German author translated and it’s not hard to read after you have your first 500 characters down. It will add more characters to your vocabulary as well. It’ll … Continue reading →
Book Review: 大人不知道的小秘密 Secrets Adults Do Not Know Series (简体书，Simplified)
Age: 5+ independent I’ve finally found an easy reader set in simplified and where the stories are not dead boring. You can read this after you know about 200+ words. Sentence structure is easy and only a few lines on … Continue reading →
Book Review: YES！也算是小超人 Yes, Supergirl!
Age: 6+ independent This is such an interesting bridge book. They got me right on the first page. It’s another monster’s book. There are monsters at the school and in this city. The cute monster looks cute but then … Continue reading →
Use This To Practice Reading Characters When You Can’t Find Better Books
When you cannot find the right books for your kids to read in Chinese without phonetic help, you can try using Post Its! Post It’s has a “Labeling and Cover Up Tape.” It doesn’t harm the book, perfectly removable and … Continue reading →
Book Review: 小熊貝魯和小蟲達達 系列 Little Bear and Little Caterpillar Collection
Age: 4+ with parent , 6+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 小熊貝魯和小小蟲達達全集(五冊) – Set of 5 Books for Little Bear and Little Caterpillar 外星來的神祕朋友 – Friend from Outer Space (6th book) This is an extremely cute set. I … Continue reading →
Book Review: 植物大戰殭屍：成語漫畫 系列 Plants Vs. Zombies Idioms Comics Series
Age 7+ Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 植物大戰殭屍：成語漫畫1 Plants vs. Zombies Idioms Comics 1 植物大戰殭屍：成語漫畫2 Plants vs. Zombies Idioms Comics 2 植物大戰殭屍：成語漫畫3 Plants vs. Zombies Idioms Comics 3 植物大戰殭屍：成語漫畫4 Plants vs. Zombies Idioms Comics 4 植物大戰殭屍：成語漫畫5 Plants vs. Zombies Idioms Comics 5 … Continue reading →
Book Review: 公主出任務 Princess Black Series
Age: 6+ independent Please visit our Facebook group for more information! 公主出任務 – 套書組 （共5冊） – The Princess Black Series 公主出任務 01：怪獸警報 – The Princess Black 公主出任務 02：完美的派對 – The Perfect Princess Party 公主出任務 03：飢餓的萌兔怪 – The Hungry Bunny Horde 公主出任務 04：度假好忙 – Takes a … Continue reading →
Book Review: 小妖怪系列書 Little Monsters Series
Age: 6+ Independent reading 小妖怪系列套書 Little Monsters series with 4 books: 海洋裡的小妖怪、森林裡的小妖怪、城市裡的小妖怪、校園裡的小妖怪 Ocean, Forest, City, School 鬼怪不想讓你知道的50個祕密 50 Secrets of Monsters I love this set because my kids love it and they can go at it for a long time “without” me. … Continue reading →
The Battle of the First Grade Chinese Textbooks: China vs. Taiwan vs. States
Out of curiosity, I am going to compare textbooks: 康軒 from Taiwan Grade 1 上海世紀 語文 from Shanghai China Curriculum Grade 1 馬立平 Mǎ lì píng States Curriculum Pre Grade, Grade 1 (and Grade 2) There’s a huge difference in … Continue reading →
Book Review: 念故事給我們聽好嗎？ Can You Read For Us?
Age: 6+ Independent Join our Facebook Group for more recommendations! This is a first grade book and very sweet. Not very long at 80 pages with almost a 1-1 ratio of words to pictures. The language is very sweet and … Continue reading →
Book Review: 紅豆綠豆碰 系列 Red Bean Green Bean Series
Age: 5+ independent I’m so excited to find this series of comics with zhuyin! It teaches good behavior and whatever your child has come across at school, it’ll probably have a story that goes with it. It has topics on … Continue reading →
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Book Review: 小兵童話精選 Little Soldiers Fairy Tales Series (6 Books)
Age 4+ (with parent) 6+ (independent reading) Please visit our Facebook Group for more information! I’m rating this set to be at a higher age for independent reading because it is a lengthier book than regular picture books and has … Continue reading →
Book Review: 閱讀123 / Reading 123 換換書 Change Change Change!
Age 6+ Visit Us on Facebook for More Information! 換換書 Change Change Change! This is a book recommended by one of our members! It’s about changing body parts, changing names, changing even their own moms! Teaches you what it’s like to … Continue reading →
Book Review: 閱讀123 / Reading 123 小東西系列 Little Things Series
Age: 6+ This is one of the really cute series. It talks about the little things we have in life like cups and spoons, etc. and what their lives and viewpoints are. Whimsical stories about the lives of little things. … Continue reading →
Book Review: 閱讀123 / Reading 123 我家有系列 Our House Has Series
Visit our Facebook Page for more information! Age 6+ This is a really educational series where they embed all sorts of science like knowledge in cute stories and in forms that’s easy to understand. The series consists of a Turtles, … Continue reading →
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Book Review: 閱讀123 / Reading 123 – 屁屁超人系列 Fart Superhero Series
Join our Facebook Group for more information! Age: 6+ Yes, I know I’ve mentioned this many times that my kids like all the stuff that’s not high level intellectual material. Anything to do with fart, butt, nose holes, boogers, it’s … Continue reading →
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Tagged Chinese Bridge Books, early childhood education, learn chinese, learn mandarin, 屁屁超人, 屁屁超人與直升機神犬, 屁屁超人與飛天馬桶, 屁屁超人與充屁式救生艇, 屁屁超人與屁浮列車尖叫號, 屁屁超人外傳 直升機神犬1 深夜的功夫奇遇記, 屁屁超人外傳：直升機神犬2校長的「毛」病
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Book Review: 漢聲精選 Han Sheng Collection
This 70 book collection is a BEAST. I was super excited to skim through everything and provide a quick overview. My favorite ones are the Human Body collection that I listed below because my kids are into stuff like looking … Continue reading →
Book Review: 字的童話 Fairy Tales of Words
Age: 5+ You can find this set here: 字的童話 I love this set of books. I’ve been reading my girls stories from this set here and there. There’s a lot of material to learn in here. It’s full of most … Continue reading →
Book Review: 故事摩天輪系列 Ferris Wheel Bridge Book Series
Age: 6-9 (Grade 1-Grade 3) This set of books is really wonderful. Although it doesn’t sort out from easy to hard for you, each box has a variety of easy to harder books. It has a variety of books in … Continue reading →
Book Review: 笨狼的故事 （簡體，简体书）: Silly Wolf Series – Simplified
Age: 5+ Independent , Grades 1-3 (Lower Elementary) This is a simplified bridge book set of 10 books. This is a very easy read, cute pictures and the stories are very cute. I’ve only read through the first story but … Continue reading →
Book Review: 四五快读: 4,5 Quick Read （简体书, Simplified)
I have no clue how to translate that so it didn’t sound stupid. Whether it was quick reading, quickly read, read quickly, … it was driving me crazy so here it is. 4,5, Quick Read. We got this set because … Continue reading →
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Tagged Chinese Bridge Books, Chinese Children Picture Books, Chinese Preschool, education, learn chinese, Simplified Books, Simplified Bridge Books, 四五快讀
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Book Review: 幼童創意橋樑系列 Creative Kinder Bridge Books Collection
Join my Facebook group for more information and free materials: https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ I want to start by saying how much I love this set for educational purposes in teaching Chinese. It has the right amount of words for my 3 almost … Continue reading →
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Tagged Chinese Bridge Books, Chinese Children Picture Books, Chinese Preschool, early childhood education, 蘿蔔回來了：幼童創意橋樑書, learn chinese, 兩只棉手套：幼童創意橋樑書, 六個矮兒子：幼童創意橋樑書, 圓圓與方方：幼童創意橋樑書, 夏天到蟲蟲飛：幼童創意橋樑書, 小熊的魔力電話：幼童創意橋樑書, 小雪人：幼童創意橋樑書, 小蝌蚪找媽媽：幼童創意橋樑書, 春天在哪裡：幼童創意橋樑書, 梅花鹿的樹角：幼童創意橋樑書, 波波的四十雙襪子：幼童創意橋樑書, 亮亮冒險記：幼童創意橋樑書
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Book Review: 水果奶奶好故事 Grandma Fruit’s Stories Collection
Join me on Facebook for more information: https://www.facebook.com/groups/motherlynotes/ 水果奶奶好故事1：什麼時候可以吃冰淇淋？ 水果奶奶好故事2：奶奶不會收玩具 水果奶奶好故事3：琳琳的生氣帽 水果奶奶好故事4：淇淇會讀詩 Age: 3 with parent, 5+ by themselves The pictures are not cute at all. I actually find them repulsive. LOL! I love beautiful things and I love art … Continue reading →
Book Review: 世界經典橋樑書系列 World Classics Bridge Sets 1, 2, 3
Where to buy them: 世界經典橋梁書：低中年級(小學生閱讀小火車) – Lower Grades (K-2nd) 世界經典橋梁書：中高年級(小學生閱讀小火車) – Middle Elementary (2nd-4th) 世界經典橋梁書：高年級(小學生閱讀小火車) – Upper Elementary (4th-6th) Here are 3 sets of “bridge books.” When most people think of bridge books they get scared and think it’s usually too … Continue reading →
