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by cfisher6
Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:57 pm
Forum: Activities and Games
Topic: Using You Tube in China
Replies: 5
Views: 6473

Youtube is blocked, but can be accessed over a proxy. Most free proxies are hit or miss and VERY slow. You can get a subscription to a VPN service that will allow you unfiltered access, but in my experience it's also too slow for classroom work. Baidu is good as a previous poster mentioned, but also...
by cfisher6
Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:36 am
Forum: Preschool Education
Topic: Kindergarten Phonics Videos/Songs
Replies: 7
Views: 26513

Alex, Yeah that would be handy. This is only a temporary job though. More importantly the objective of the course is to convince the kindergarten to buy these books for future courses. Since I'm kind of demonstrating them, I can't really use an entire outside system. Sally, Thanks for the links, som...
by cfisher6
Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:49 pm
Forum: Preschool Education
Topic: Kindergarten Phonics Videos/Songs
Replies: 7
Views: 26513

Thanks, I've checked those out. We're using a set of books and flashcards called Itty Bitty Phonics Readers from Creative Teaching Press. They're American designed for use in America with American kindergarteners--not exactly ideal for young Chinese students learning to speak for the first time. The...
by cfisher6
Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:30 pm
Forum: Preschool Education
Topic: Kindergarten Phonics Videos/Songs
Replies: 7
Views: 26513

Kindergarten Phonics Videos/Songs

Hey everyone. I've recently been thrust into teaching phonics to a class of kindergarten aged Chinese children and am having trouble keeping them focused. My Chinese assistant teacher thinks we should introduce more songs in class, but I'm having a tough time finding what I'm looking for. Dream Engl...