Learning Chinese - Messing with their brains?

Oh it is called building cognitive infrastructure....

copied here from kiasu the links to Petunia's posts.

I figured out a way to help my son in Chinese. I am not sure it'll work but am happy to share. Do share with me how you do it too. I'm kinda desperate.

Part 1: Starting Out
http://petunialee.blogspot.com/2010/12/ ... inese.html

Part 2: Getting Results
http://petunialee.blogspot.com/2011/01/ ... -part.html

Part 3: Reaching Tipping Point
http://petunialee.blogspot.com/2011/04/ ... -part.html

Part 4: Reaching Tipping Point
http://petunialee.blogspot.com/2011/09/ ... -part.html

Here is a blogpost written specially for Potato Parents and Potato Kids...
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/conte ... potato-way

Part 5: Reaching Tipping Point
http://petunialee.blogspot.com/2011/11/ ... -part.html

Part 6: Reaching Tipping Point
http://petunialee.blogspot.com/2011/11/ ... rt_25.html

Part 7: Transiting from Potato Chinese(TM) to Composition Writing
http://petunialee.blogspot.sg/2012/07/p ... iting.html

Here is a reference for the Compendium of 1000 Chinese Compos from China. This is better than what I use because it is organized into different levels. P3. P4. P5. P6.