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Step1 Cantonese and Mandarin Nursery Rhymes
In Chan Shuk On Nursery Rhymes and Lots of Fun in Singing, parents convey warmth and love through eye and body contact; it enriches children's imagination, and get to appreciate the fun of singing and chanting nursery rhymes, the rhythm of language and the beauty of children's literature. While in Greenfield Nursery Rhymes, by reciting the beautiful nursery rhymes aloud and listening to the CDs, children develop vocabulary and grasp the meaning of words, this way learning Mandarin naturally.
Step2 Repeated Sentence Patterns and Whole Language Approach to Reading
Using the whole language approach to write picture storybooks, children learn reading skills - guessing the meaning through the illustrations and story context; recognizing a large number of Chinese characters and sentence structures, which are helpful for oral sentences, and can also make sentences by playing with the word cards; learning by listening to the CDs in Cantonese and Mandarin. The I Can Read , I Love Reading and Magic Box series have a total of 216 books, 1088 words and 2149 phrases.
Step3 Word Formation Rules Mental Vocabulary
Through poems, nursery rhymes and stories about Chinese characters, learn the rules of character formation, radicals, character components, strokes and other concepts. Understanding the relationship between form, sound and meaning will help children guess the pronunciation and meaning of new words. Integrated and Comprehensive Approach in Learning Chinese Characters Series introduces psychological vocabulary (oral vocabulary that can be spoken and used), expands the scope of literacy, and helps writing.
Step5 Shared Discussion
Through reading various types of children's literature and sharing discussions, we can improve children’s listening and speaking skills, carry out emotional education, and cultivate independent thinking and develop creativity.
Greenfield Sunshine Balanced Literacy Programme
Step1 Nursery Rhymes
Use CDs to enhance the chances for infants and young children to listen to authentic English.
Greenfield Sunshine Balanced Literacy Programme
Step2 Children’s Whole Language Reading
Multimedia materials written in repetitive sentences and with English subtitles encourage children to listen to authentic English, read aloud more and try to imitate it.
Greenfield Sunshine Balanced Literacy Programme
Step3 Phonics
Systematic teaching of phonics, mastering the pronunciation of English alphabets, analogy of phonics, syllables and other key phonics principles, which is helpful for decoding and spelling unfamiliar words.
Greenfield Sunshine Balanced Literacy Programme
Step4 Level Reading
Read storybooks and non-fiction books written according to the level of vocabulary and sentence structure to strengthen reading skills and recognize vocabulary and writing in different styles.
Greenfield Sunshine Balanced Literacy Programme
Step5 Grammar
Aids in reading comprehension and self-correction of errors in dictation and writing. Primary 1 and 2 learn simple grammar naturally through conversational games and repetitive sentence patterns: Primary 3 to 6 systematically learn and apply
Chinese Alphabet
Learn to string out the 21 Chinese Alphabets to write all Chinese characters. Combining the multi-sensory methods of using hand and arm movements, visualizing, voicing out alphabets and spatial sense, it can help children in writing, dictation and writing compositions more effectively and interestingly.