Barnes & Noble Summer Reading
It's almost summer! If you have children from 1st to 6th grade, you can sign them up for the summer reading program at Barnes & Noble. Kids can earn a designated book for free when they read 8 books & turn in a Summer Reading Journal between May 26 & Sept 7, 2009. Pretty cool!
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We had our session with our Chinese tutor tonight and showed her the eReadbook pen and some books (Little Red Riding Hood, the English Chinese Dictionary, and 600 words books) and she said that the speaking was very good, the accent is good as is the choice of words/grammar. She is from Beijing. I am glad to have a native Chinese speaker's positive opinion.
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Hi!
Glad you took the plunge to try the pen! It is true that it speaks rapidly in mandarin, but I haven't found that to be a huge problem re the instructions as at this point we are just pointing to listen, not doing the included games.I didn't have the startup problem that you did, in that I bought the pen through http://bigreach.ca, and I requested that they upload the files for me onto the pen before sending it with the books. My pen was ready to go right out of the box, so we just had to turn it on, touch and listen. I carefully checked out the books on their website (there are video samples as well as page examples for each book) to choose which books would be best for our level (my son is a prereader fluent in English who understands a bit of mandarin, I am just past beginner in Chinese and can read some characters and pinyin).
We chose the 600 Words books (set of 3) which is for learning characters and has pinyin and English for every character, as well as the English Dictionary, which has pinyin, and also English translations for everything the pen says, both the sentences and the images (the images speak). You are right, the Fairy Tales are a real challenge. Though I am finding that at my level I can understand a lot of it by listening over and over, and starting with stories I know well, ie Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs, instead of the Happy Prince and Pinocchio. It is great for hearing common ways of speaking, as every wee animal and character drawn on the page "talks"! "Da hui lang lai le!" (the Big Grey Wolf is coming!) "Xiao Hong Mao, ni mama zai jiao ni ne!" (Little Red Riding Hood, your mama is calling you!)
Anyone interested in a bit more customer support can look at my blog for info on bigreach.ca and also use my Pen ID # to get a $10 off credit for their next purchase (after buying the pen). Congrats on your purchase! I'll try to get a proper review done in the near future!
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Oh those dragon dancers are so cute!
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These are the cutest. I need to take a class on working with marzipan so I can figure out how to make all of this cuteness. :-)
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my favorite is the dragon decor. perhaps I'm partial because I was born in the year of the dragon.
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We love Summer Reading program!
This is a great program! Thanks for sharing. Also check your local library for similar program. Our library has similar program that allows kid to log in their summer reading to earn free book for their school. Have fun reading! :)
That's great. I'll have to
That's great. I'll have to pass this on to my friend's with older kids.
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I love these kinds of programs because it really encourages reading which was a passion of mine when I was little - I'm getting back into it. Have a stack from the library. Boo is too young but like Amy mentioned, I signed her up w/ the library program b/c that includes preschoolers.
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