I'm thinking that this may be an issue... maybe I am subconsciously trying to get her to read books that are more "real" :001_huh: She loved the Kids' Art series by Laurence Anhalt (I do believe we read it together, though), but our library only had 2 books from it, and I can't say I want to shell out $10 for each of however many books... though I am thinking about it...

Thanks everyone for suggestions. I don't know why she doesn't like them, as she always says that she does... I just inferred that she doesn't by her behavior i.e. not reading them on her own. It seems that quite often she prefers to do/read things that are significantly below her ability (it took her over a year to admit that she could read, only when she was around 1st/2nd grade level of reading did she admit to it and was able to read in front of someone other than me or my husband)... similar situation with other activities... she seems to not want to do something (or at least not in front of anyone [sometimes I can be the exception, thankfully]) unless she's 110% sure that she'll succeed :( She likes the Magic School Bus series (we got some old books that are based on the TV series from my sister), and she was reading one by herself today... I also got her a MSB chapter book, and she was excited, but again, wasn't reading it on her own (though it was on her level)... maybe lack of pictures? or poor paper quality (compared to the "normal" book she's used to)... I'm also having a hard time figuring out what she's interested in specifically... we generally read non-fiction books, and only now are starting with fiction... but I can probably count only a handful of times when she said that she didn't like something or wasn't interested in something... she does seem to prefer things that have to do with bodies/anatomy to those having to do with, say, animals/dinosaurs, and she prefers pirates to princesses ;)

I was wondering if anyone can recommend some books for reading for a 4 year old. She's reading the Magic Tree House series, the first book in the series is very easy for her (she has a hard time with maybe 1 word per page), the ones closer to the end of the series are a bit harder... BUT, the problem is that it doesn't seem that she's finding them interesting... She thought Junie B. Jones was kind of funny, but again, didn't seem to be very interested in it (though it was easy for her to read)... I really am stumped, as I'd like her to keep going in her reading, and to develop a liking for reading on her own, but the books at her reading level seem to be out of her interest range :( does anyone have any suggestions :confused:

Quick question for those with tutors... how do you evaluate them if you don't know Chinese?

Thanks everyone. I do have DD signed up for a program once a week starting in September, but I was wondering if anyone's doing this alone... Guess I made the right decision...

Do anyone's kids study Mandarin at home? What materials did/do you use? Do you know the language, do you have a tutor or do you figure out the tonal pronunciation on your own? Thanks for any info :001_smile: