In HK, you may get 10% off on listed price in both Idea and Greenfield if you're their VIP member. Once I got 15% off during Commercial Press grand sale.
In SIN, as the ORT listed price is relatively much lower, actually you can buy the books at any SIN bookstore at around 3X%~4X% off on HK listed price.
I know you may also try to order thru' Popular sg website, but I haven't tried it and cannot comment la.
Almost gar la. Still have 3-4 packs of Stage 1/1+ first word/first phonics/more pattened stories missing jar..... and just placed order for stage 4C with Ms. Square. Got full set from Stage 2 - 9 already
btw, my son have just finished reading stage 7 (incl more stories A & B) la.
Really, my son loves Gordon too. It is his most favourite engine. My son is 5 yrs old now.
BTW, I know from other forums that there is a BK member called Silver who can get some discount for ORT. However, I am not sure if her discount is more attractive or not.
Let me check if I have written down her contact somewhere. I shall get back to you if I can locate the info.
Honestly, I really enjoy reading the daily conversation among you, Gloria, Bluestar and a number of mums here. Wish you all another fun year in BK.
My piglet is recently obsessed with games downloaded from yahoo like a panda.
So we installed some shareware ==> he cannot access, and got so bored he took a nap at noon.
Christmas then CNY holidays, too long, no mood for school.
I've enrolled some CNY workshops for my son, so his holiday can be filled up with some activities ..... actually it is better than staying with bun-miu all day long at home la.
Gordon_No_4,
You're most welcome la!
Actually I found bluestar is very "攪笑"!! Everything seems to be more funny with her presence la!!
As I can recall, your son is now studying P1. Do you need to read to him everynight? Can he read Chinese books by himself? My girl is now 7. She reads a lot of English books herself but not Chinese. She is so lazy to recognise Chinese characters.
Dear kittylock,
Your son is a superboy. ORT stage 7 already? As far as I know, the content and context of stage 7 books are getting complicated. Can your son of just age 4 understand the humor then? Do you need to explain to him? To me, I think I have to explain to my son till all of my saliva has been dried up. He always asks why.
BTW, have you sent your boy to attend Phonics course or any English courses before? Any recommendations?
My son has just turned 7, but he was born in Jan so is now in P1 not P2. You have often seen me complain that he is lazy - I still need to read to him, not every night but only on those night when he manages to finish his homework and practising the paino at a reasonable hour. Both in Engl and Chin. - Worse, he is lazy to recognize both Engl and Chin words / characters.
So your girl is already much better if she reads Engl books by herself.
Sometimes my son borrows books from his class library that are long-winded. I complain cos I have to do the reading and my mouth gets so tired afterwards.
Re: reading eng books, I also found the same problem with my boy!!
I've got both Eng and Chin version "Something about Vicky (亮亮)". At the beginning I just read with him the Chin books and he liked them so much. As I need to work, so I instructed my bun-mui to read Eng version with him at home. Once he saw there's Eng books, he didn't want the Chin one anymore!! :-( :-(
Re: ORT, my son likes to read aloud on his own, but I know he cannot fully understand the stories. So sometimes I will accompany him in reading and give out explanation.
Re: Phonics course, yes I do. My son learns letterland.
Red Light, Green Light (Blue Ribbon Book) (Hardcover)
by Margaret Wise Brown
All day and night the traffic signal blinks its messages of stop and go.
A very special story. Soothing and quiet!
My Friend Rabbit (Paperback)
by Eric Rohmann (Illustrator)
A story about a clumsy but well-wished rabbit friend of a little mouse! Hilarious!
The Stray Dog (Paperback)
by Marc Simont (Illustrator)
33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
Love at First Sight, February 15, 2001
Reviewer: Roz Levine (Virginia) - See all my reviews
One Saturday a very nice family of four go to the park for a picnic and find a straggly stray pup. They name him Willy and spend the day playing with him. When it's time to pack up and go, the children want to take Willy home with them, but their parents tell them no, Willy probably belongs to someone else and they sadly leave him behind. The next week is excruciatingly long and whole family spends it thinking about Willy. When Saturday comes, they go back to the park on the pretense of another picnic, but are really hoping to find Willy. Just when they think they'll never see him again, he appears, in the dog catcher's net. Happily, the family claims him...Willy's found a new home and they've found a new pet..... Award winner
Ella Sarah Gets Dressed (Hardcover)
by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
Young children will easily see themselves in Ella Sarah's fierce defiance, and they'll delight in her gleefully bold fashion statement. A perfect read-aloud for the dress-up crowd.
Young kids do have their own 'style' and 'taste' in fashion!!
Knuffle Bunny : A Cautionary Tale ((Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards (Awards)) (Hardcover)
by Mo Willem
On a father-daughter trip to the Laundromat, before toddler Trixie "could even speak words," Daddy distractedly tosses her favorite stuffed bunny into the wash. Unfortunately, Trixie's desperate cries ("aggle flaggle klabble") come across as meaningless baby talk, so she pitches a fit. Once home, however, her mother quickly asks, "Where's Knuffle Bunny"? Back runs the whole family to the Laundromat where, at long last, the beloved bunny is recovered and Trixie says her first real words.