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Comment by DK 大牛 on March 28, 2011 at 11:33am

Thanks! Two is enough to get started for now.

Comment by The Mandarin Review on March 28, 2011 at 1:25am

DK:

I don't know if there are translations or pinyin for whole series.  Following are the two of them with English subtitles that I know:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CPrdhfA36w Good teacher,

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTk1ODAyNjEy.html The start of new term.

Comment by DK 大牛 on March 28, 2011 at 12:25am

Are there translations or pinyin for these anywhere that you know of?

Comment by MandMx on March 26, 2011 at 11:44pm

This was great!  Thanks for sharing this.  very unique cartoons... but still fun and very cultural.  Thanks!

Comment by The Mandarin Review on March 25, 2011 at 8:57am

Yes, I totally agree with you. And I think it is a good idea to read kids materials with pinyin as readying complement although the content might be childish.  

Yes, it is good to start with a few things, short sentences and with a lot repetition.

As a nativer Chinese speaker, even I got scared by looking up at the first lesson from most adult text books, too many characters,the sentences are too long, then complicated grammar before the students 'digest' few character.

Founder Comment by Brandon on March 25, 2011 at 6:36am

Thanks for posting.  I usually like using kids learning materials when first starting out.  I feel like too many beginner materials for adults try to teach everything under the sun rather than focusing in on a few things and being repetitive.  What do you think?