Hi all,

My daughter is just 26 months and has stop taking her naps during the day. It has been 3 days and I am exausted! I never knew it would be so draining keeping up with her activities...I feel sooooo old! She used to have 1.5 hrs nap everyday which gives me an opportunity to turn on the tv, have a cup of tea, relax and put my feet up. Now I am sooo tired and would be in bed by 9.30-10pm or fall asleep on the couch when I should be finishing a movie on dvd!
Any other parent in the same boat? When did your tot stop taking naps?

At the moment my daughter loves threading and beading . She will spend quite awhile threading different shape beads, making  her necklace. She spends 10-15 minutes to herself. Also sticking different precut shapes on her scapbook using glue. Those are the activities that keeps her busy beside spending quite a while in her room flipping pages and sometimes talking or reading books(I think). Also wooden puzzles are good for this age as well.

Well... they kind of look cool on screen..in a creepy way. Also my daughter is fascinated by them.

ok, maybe this baby photo when she was 7 months, less hair and easier to distinguish from the background...I hope.

ohhh ok, here's my little one. This was taken when she was approx 22 months. So just under 2.

There you go Mandi Quiring...Karma for you and everyone I can see on this screen!

Btw how can I give someone else karma?

Not too sure what this karma thing is but please karma me!

This is really an excellent site! Thank you!   

I actually got the whole box set of Wink to learn dvd's. Yes it is fantastic! Atm I am browsing for entertainment chinese DVDs. I previously bought Little Pim which she now loves to watch all the time. 
I purchased all three box set at http://www.childbook.com/SearchResults.asp

texaslady22 many thanks for your review, I am now thinking about introducing her to Dora the explorer in chinese!

Max and Mei series sounds good, not too sure about books as yet. I am illiterate in chinese and currently learning with my daughter. 

Any reviews for Follow Jade learn chinese or Early Start Learn Mandarin chinese?

Hi,

I am currently looking for more chinese DVD's for my daughter. I have found this site :
http://www.language-tree.com
-Chinese for Kids. Has anyone purchase these DVD's? Would love to know what your opnions are.

I have purchased these wink to learn chinese cd's. They are excellent! The pictures used are very clear. The chinese characters are large and coloured. The one thing that I dont get is that after each lesson,  beautiful pictures are shown of birds or flowers or scenery. By then my daughter lose her concentration. One thing I love is that there's a segment that has all the lessons on the cd all in one and played at a faster speed. Its fantastic for right brain learning. Although it is intended for revision. Overall it is worth the every $$ spent.

Thanks KL! LM is awesome!

Hi KL,

In the Learn Math-Multiplication. I find that these equations are so predictable. I tried 1 to 100 range for the multiplication. All I get is equations like 1X84, 2x35, 54x2, 67x1. They either start with a 1 or 2 or ends with a 1 or 2 equations!! I played these for approx 15 times!
I have tried setting the number of equations = 50 and playing it . There are limited variations to these equations. I get so many of the 1X and 2X and only one 3X and that was it.

If the setting is ranged from 0 to 100. I get the equations 0X and 1X most frequently and dont see other variations.

Can I make my own mulitiplation equations instead of the preset generated equations?

Hi there KL,

Yes it is in the math mode. If the number range from is equal to 2, the range to will move to 50. From 3, then to equals to 33. Also regardless of what the number input is, if
I type the number in the field and save it. The numbers go back to the range as mention above.

Yay!! I spotted a bug or something!