by Ching | Jan 10, 2024 | Blog, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Home, Language
5 Essential Chinese Songs that Chinese Kids Know What are essential Chinese songs and rhymes that Chinese kids grow up singing, the equivalent of songs like “Wheels on the Bus”? Engaging in children’s songs and rhymes in a second language provides...
by Ching | Dec 29, 2023 | Blog, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Home, Language, Parenting
New Year’s Resolutions in Taiwan and Chinese-Learning Activity The new year is coming. Have you made your New Year’s Resolutions? We’ve found that in Taiwan, “跨年” (kuà nián) or “stepping into the new year” marks an especially important moment to properly...
by yenyendotnet | Nov 8, 2023 | Home, Bilingual, Blog, Education
What’s “Sticky” About Learning Chinese the Bilingual Way? By Dr. Woo Yen Yen: Did you know that the English word “wear” is expressed in different ways in Mandarin, depending on what you’re wearing? As someone who grew up not being strong in Mandarin...
by yenyendotnet | Oct 11, 2023 | App, Bilingual, Blog, Books, Child Development, Chinese, Creativity, Education, Parenting, Yen Yen
Halloween Family Fun With Cosplay! Coming from Singapore, I didn’t really care about Halloween – to me it was just a highly commercialized holiday involving too much candy that was celebrated mainly by expatriates and poseurs. Who knew that Halloween...
by Colin Goh | Aug 30, 2023 | Doodle Date, Bilingual, Blog, Child Development, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Creativity, Diversity, Drawing, Education, Events, Food, Global Competence, Imagination, Language
Join Our Mid-Autumn Festival Doodle Date! Throw your ideas for loony lunar cartoons at our cartoonist, then draw them along with him as you learn useful Mandarin terms and fascinating facts about the Mid-Autumn Festival like: 🐸 Did 嫦娥 Cháng’é become a toad? 🐶...
by yenyendotnet | Aug 30, 2023 | Bilingual, Blog, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Drawing, Education, Events, Food, Imagination, Language
Why do we eat mooncakes during 中秋节 the Mid-Autumn Festival? Eating mooncakes 月饼 (yuèbǐng) and pomelos 柚子 (yòuzi) while sipping tea as you admire the full moon 赏月 (shǎng yuè) are the most traditional things you can do during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The most...