KD 4/21/2012

 Hi parents,

 
This week, we will use about 15 minutes to take a quiz. Then, we will review similar vowels u,ü, üe, un,ün ei, ie, iu, ui, ou,uo, er, ao, review the rules to mark the tones, and review some Chinese characters.
 
Liying

KD 4/14/2012 materials

 Hi parents,

 
From this week, we will review what we learned.
I will  help kids with the ones that they might be got confused, such as gua, guan, guang, or xi and shi. Hope after these weeks, kids will master all the pinyin and can read comfortably with books mark pinyin.
I create a document, which I learned from a book, which has all the Chinese characters without pinyin. And I use those Chinese characters that they learned to create some words. Please let them read the words as many as they like. After they read the words, hope they will feel comfortable with the Chinese characters. I hope when there are both pinyin and Chinese characters, our kids will read the Chinese characters first, not just read the pinyin. Pinyin is just a tool to help them to read the Chinese characters.  I will distribute the document in the following weeks. If you want it ahead, just let me. And I would be very glad if you can help me to improve the document.
 
This week, I will emphasize on lesson 16,17, and 18. We will review both pinyin and Chinese characters. I prepared two games also.
 
This video may help the kids review what we learned.
 
Liying

KD 4/07/2012

 Hi parents,

 
I am sorry for sending this so late. Because of the track and field event, this week I will only teach 40 minutes. We will review ang, eng, ing, ong and learn ying, yong, and iong. And I will play a short game with them. The field event will start around 10:15, but our class will be end at around 10:00 for assembling. And please dress proper clothing and shoes for the event.
 
Liying

KD 3/31/2012

 Hi parents,

 This week, we will learn  ang, eng, ing, ong, and ying. It is a little difficult for them. They might be confused these pinyin with an, en, in and yin. So if you have time, let them watch videos and try to practice more. 
 
The videos are,
ang
eng
ing
ong
 
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The optional video is
 
This is a game related to ang, eng, ing, and ong.
 
This week’s song Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
 
After this week, kids will know all about the pinyin. And I will review the difficult ones and the confused ones with them. I will let them read more and practice more. And I hope after the semester, EVERY kid knows all of the pinyin and can read stories with pinyin.
 
Liying