Chinese Made Easy for Kids 2nd Edition

Summary:

Chinese Made Easy for Kids. The basic difference between the old and new editions for both Chinese Made Easy and Chinese Made Easy for Kids:

$5 more
New cover
No CD
Pages slightly reformatted.

Details:

Chinese Made Easy for Kids is one of our most popular series for Learning Chinese.

Area	1st Edition	2nd Edition
Audio	Textbook come with CD	MP3 you need to go to publisher’s site
Length	120 Pages	Same
Publish	2005	2015
Target Audience	Primary school children learning Chinese as a foreign language	Same
Author	Yamin Ma	Same
Teacher’s Edition	No	Yes
Supplemental Material	Flash Cards, Worksheets, and Posters	Same, plus digital resources, Teacher’s Book, and Flash Cards (what is the difference between a word card and picture card?).
Levels	4	Same
Available as of 7/23/2016	Textbooks, Workbooks, Worksheets, Posters, and Flash Cards for level 1 and 2.	Textbooks, Worksheets, Workbooks, and MP3 of materials from CD.

From the Front of the Chinese Made Easy for Kids, 2nd Edition Book

Introduction:

The second edition of Chinese Made Easy for Kids is written for primary school children who are learning Chinese/foreign language.
The primary goal of the series is to help beginners build a solid foundation of Chinese and cultivate interest in learning Chinese. The series is designed to emphasize the development of communication skills from an early age.

Chinese Made Easy For Kids is composed of 4 textbooks (Books 1-4), and each accompanied by a workbook. This series is supplemented by Worksheets, Readers, Teacher’s book, word cards, picture cards, posters, and digital resources.

This series has been written to provide a foundation for the subsequent use of Chinese Made Easy (books 1-7), that is written for secondary and university students.

Design of the Series

The content of this series
The textbook aims to develop communication skills through audio exercises, conversations, questions, and answers, speaking vocabulary and sentences, the games in the Textbook are designed to create a fun learning environment. The accompanying rhymes mainly consist of the new vocabulary in each lesson to aid language acquisition.
In order to build a solid foundation for character writing, tracing and copying characters exercises are included in the Workbook. Exercises such as reading phrases, sentences, and short paragraphs aim to develop children’s reading comprehension skills.
In order to supplement the the exercises in the Workbook, more exercises in the Worksheets are provided. These exercises can be arranged to make unit tests when needed.
Answers to the exercises in the Textbook, Workbook, and Worksheets along with suggestions for teaching and learning are provided in the Teacher’s book.

The characteristics of this series

Since the 1st edition of Chinese Made Easy for Kids was published in 2005, the 2nd edition has evolved to take into account social development needs, learning needs and advances in foreign language methodology.
New vocabulary and expressions included.

Yamin Ma 2014

But, You Can Still Get for a Limited Time the Old Edition...

I still have some of the old edition.
My supplier increased the price by $2 for a list price of $21.95 for the textbook, but for what I have in stock I am keeping at $19.95.
If I don't have stock, the price will be $21.95 and I will need to get from one of my suppliers. The delay in shipment if I don't have stock will be 2-5 days.

Personally, if I was using Chinese Made Easy for Kids I would stock up now on the old edition to save $5 per book.