by Colin Goh | Sep 4, 2022 | Bilingual, Blog, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Drawing, Education, Events, Food, Imagination, Language
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 中秋节快乐! (Zhōngqiū jié kuàilè) The Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 (Zhōngqiū jié) is one of the most important festivals in Chinese culture. It’s called “Mid-Autumn” because it is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month...
by Colin Goh | Aug 25, 2022 | Bilingual, Child Development, Creativity, Education, Imagination, Language, Parenting
Bilingualism is a super-power! Neuroscientific studies show that bilingual kids can parse and handle more complex situations because they’re used to interpreting multiple linguistic and social cues. Here’s a useful video from PBS explaining just how and...
by Colin Goh | Aug 18, 2022 | App, Bilingual, Blog, Books, Child Development, Chinese, Comics, Creativity, Diversity, Drawing, Education, Imagination, Language, Parenting
Guest blogger: Lim Swee Pei is a mother of 4 and she is homeschooling her kids in Singapore. She shares her experience with competitive parenting, homeschooling and struggling with Chinese. (Her kids are members of the Dim Sum Warriors Club.) Introduction We have a...
by Colin Goh | May 25, 2022 | Bilingual, Blog, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Diversity, Education, Events, Food, Global Competence, Language
端午节: Dragon Boats, Drowning, Dumplings, Demons and Disease 8 Essential Things to Know About the Dragon Boat Festival! Think you know all about the Dragon Boat Festival? Dumplings, dragon-shaped boats and poets tossing themselves into rivers? There’s so much...
by Colin Goh | Jan 7, 2022 | Bilingual, Blog, Child Development, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Creativity, Education, Film, Global Competence, Imagination, Language, Parenting
Chinese animation movies are great for helping kids who are learning Chinese get immersed in the language while having fun! We chose these five movies because many kids in the Chinese-speaking world have watched these films. If your children are learning Chinese,...