Foundations

This is my first blog entry ever.  And well it's a little intimidating.  But mostly to record my thoughts, sayings, and share links with my own family so that over time we can enjoy and recall on things.

So this is dedicated to you Chi and K.  Love you!

Just so I don't forget my conversation with K tonight.  On our trip to Target it began to rain.  K says it's sure wet out there.  I say, "I wonder why God makes rain?" K replies, "Because we need to drink water." Well of course I was deeply pleased with the response.

Moving on to my original thoughts....

For the past year I've been researching how to get my hands on good foundational educational materials that are simple, effective, high quality, easy to use, and something that could be used over time.  I'm pretty sure it's not luck, but in the course of speaking to friends and family, I really stumbled upon some really good stuff out there.  Not to mention Funnix is free until the end of January 2011.

The area's I've really wanted to nurture K are in the Bible, Reading, Chinese, and Math maybe science later.   Mind you none of these are my forte.

The Educational Program at Home:

For the Bible two great books (recommended by a dear friend):
The Big Picture Story Bible and The Jesus Storybook Bible
English Reading and Phonics:
Starfall and Funnix online materials.  Book "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons".
English Vocabulary:  Learning Chocolate
Math:  Pre-K Excercises
Chinese Video's:

巧虎 Qiao Hu and more + Miffy and more + The Adventures of Hello Kitty Friends
Qiau Hu Games

水果冰淇淋 or Fruit Ice Cream 

Chinese Worksheets:  http://www.hanlexon.com/index.htm
Chinese Books:  http://www.sgshinekids.com/index.html
Dang Dang Chinese Books 
Literacy Center
Popular Taiwan Candy Story
The Bible by Candy Story
Chinese Tang Poems:  Sing and Learn Tang Dynasty Poems
Number and Operations:  Virtual Manipulatives
Piano:  Virtual Interactive Keyboard