Mandarin Immersion Parents Council

For parents with iPads:

There’s an app that will read stories in Mandarin, with either simplified or traditional character subtitles. The apps are between $2.99 and 99 cents each. Great for car rides and a guilt-free way to let your kids get on the computer — they’re working on their Mandarin…

They’re from Taiwanese educational software company 5Q Channel.

To find them, type “5qchannel” in iTunes store to search them.

There are two icon colors, blue is for apps using traditional Chinese characters, red for simplified characters.

You can also find them at:

http://www.5qchannel.com/ipad/indexs.htm

or on Facebook(english) :

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chinese-Reading-Apps-on-iPad/134328633285931?v=wall

Here are the simplified apps:

1. Chinese Reading – Generous Grandmother and Evil Grandmother 善惡婆婆 :
Language : simplified Chinese(with pinyin) & traditional Chinese(with bopomofo)
Release Date : Nov 14, 2010
Price : $1.99

2. Chinese Reading – The Tortoise and the Hare 龟兔赛跑
Language : simplified Chinese(with pinyin) & traditional Chinese(with bopomofo)
Release Date : Nov 18, 2010
Price : $0.99

3. Chinese Reading – Frog and Sea Turtle 井蛙和大海龜 :
Language : simplified Chinese(with pinyin) & traditional Chinese(with bopomofo)
Release Date : Nov 18, 2010
Price : $1.99

4. Chinese Reading – Bird Lifts the Sky 小鳥舉天
Language : simplified Chinese(with pinyin) & traditional Chinese(with bopomofo)
Release Date : Dec 6, 2010
Price : $0.99

5. Chinese Reading – The Snake Deity 蛇神
Language : simplified Chinese(with pinyin) & traditional Chinese(with bopomofo)
Release Date : Dec 6, 2010
Price : $0.99

6. Chinese Reading – Dragon Borrows Horns from Rooster 龙向鸡借角
Language : simplified Chinese(with pinyin)
Release Date : Dec 23, 2010
Price : $0.99

7. Chinese Reading – Fox Borrowing the Awe of Tiger 狐假虎威
Language : simplified Chinese(with pinyin)
Release Date : Dec 23, 2010
Price : $0.99

8. Chinese Reading – The Lamp Keeper 灯猴
Language : simplified Chinese(with pinyin)
Release Date : Dec 23, 2010
Price : $0.99

9. Chinese Reading – Chinese Fables 1 寓言1：鹬蚌相争 + 没水的鱼
Language : simplified Chinese(with pinyin)
Release Date : Jan 2, 2011
Price : $0.99

10. Chinese Reading – Nian is Coming 年来了
Language : simplified Chinese(with pinyin)
Release Date : Jan 2, 2011
Price : $0.99

11. Chinese Reading – Peach Wood Charms 桃符
Language : simplified Chinese(with pinyin)
Release Date : Jan 10, 2011
Price : $0.99

12. Chinese Reading – The Legend of the Lantern Festival 元宵节传说
Language : simplified Chinese(with pinyin)
Release Date : Jan 10, 2011
Price : $0.99

13. Chinese Reading – The Timid Hare 胆小的兔子
Language : simplified Chinese(with pinyin)
Release Date : Jan 10, 2011
Price : $0.99

14. Chinese Reading – To Stand by a Tree Stump Waiting for a Hare 守株待兔
Language : simplified Chinese(with pinyin)
Release Date : Jan 10, 2011
Price : $0.99

15. 中文动画书 － 六个新年动画故事 Six Stories of Chinese New Year
Language : simplified Chinese
Release Date : Jan 16, 2011
Price : $2.99

5Q Channel plans to have an iPhone app out in March.