Read Around the World Summer Reading Series: What Was It Like, Mr. Emperor Read Around the World Summer Reading Series What Was It like, Mr. Emperor? Life in China’s Forbidden City Follow Read Around the World Summer Series and discover cultures in our amazing world! In this book, readers will go on an adventure to learn about the life of the emperor living in the Forbidden City in China. Do you know the emperor is supremely
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Chinese cartoons for kids is featuring 15 Chinese Cartoons for children! Stories are wonderful for target language teaching and learning. A good and simple story contains repeated words, expressions, and a fun storyline to keep the attention of children. By using cartoons in small parts to deliver a lesson can be a very effective way to reinforce Chinese language learning and see some cultural elements at times. In addition to Chinese Cartoons for kids, I will be
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Disclaimer: This post was sponsored by App Masters for “Miao Mi” APP. All opinions are my own. It is difficult for parents in North America to find quality Chinese language learning resources for their kids,” said Todd Miller, CEO of Celestial Tiger Entertainment, a leading media company in Asia that creates and operates popular channels focusing on Asian entertainment, including “Miao Mi.” “We created Miao Mi to give parents a wide range of entertaining and educational programs
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Teach Your Kids Chinese: The Ultimate Resource Guide! Online and offline Chinese resources for parents who are non-native speakers. You are learning Mandarin as a family and you can make it happen! 2020 update. This post has affiliate links. Thank you for your support! Teach Your Kids Chinese as you are learning Mandarin at the same time. Teach Your Kids Chinese: The Ultimate Resource Guide! When I first started teaching Mandarin Chinese almost all of my students
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d The Best Kids Apps for learning Chinese! Mobile devices have become a part of our learning in or out of our home or in the classroom. I like the flexibility and the variety that apps provide. Here I have picked 18 Chinese language learning apps that are educational and entertaining for your bilingual child. I kept the non-native speaking parents and children in mind when I made the selection. Many of the Chinese language learning apps
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By: Chontelle Bonfiglio “Mummy, how do you say caterpillar in Spanish?” asks my four year old. Something I never thought I would ever hear. I don’t speak Spanish, and had to quickly send his teacher a voice message to ask her! I actually had to translate it into Italian so she could understand me, then wait for her reply to let us know what it means in Spanish. My son would not go to bed until he
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Pi in Many Language! Multilingual children celebrate Pi day in Chinese, French, Italian, Russian, and Spanish in this video! Hop in and join us! Pi π Day is on March 14 and it is celebrated all over the world. Pi (π in Greek) is a mathematics symbol. 3.14 is usually what we use when working on the simple calculation of a circle. For children who are learning languages this day can be a fun day for reading
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Wonders of Raising A Bilingual Child “Wow! You are raising a bilingual child. It must be easy for you because you speak the language…” a lady on the playground once told me. Is it easy? What do you think? Easy is definitely not the word to describe the journey of raising a bi/multilingual child. I go with adventure. ADVENTURE is the word for parents who are on the journey to raising bi-/multilingual children. Parenting is exciting, but
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Love and laughter are a wonderful part of the bilingual journey. Along the way, I’ve discovered these secrets of bilingual kids! Here are 6 things I love about bilingual kids 1. Bilingual children are curious about two languages. When they see something new they always want to know more about it, what to call it, and why in both languages. 2. Their sense of humor is doubled – at least. They tell jokes
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A celebration is always a joyful time. Festivals and holidays add excitement to language and culture learning. Add playful learning to Valentine’s Day with music, songs, and Valentine’s day free printables! Song to Sing for Valentine’s Day “Treasure My Precious” is an adorable Chinese song written by a Dad to his baby son. It is a song and a story of the early years of parenting. You will hear the phrase, “to treasure, precious-bǎo béi-寶貝|宝贝” in the
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