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 Colin Goh | Aug 24, 2023 | Child Development, Blog, Creativity, Drawing, Education, Global Competence, Imagination, Parenting
The Creative Child When YB (short for ‘Yakuza Baby’, my daughter’s nickname) was in first grade, she came home crying one day, because all through her school day, she had been dreaming up an experiment to turn the dried leaves she had collected in the...
by Colin Goh | Aug 5, 2023 | Bilingual, Blog, Child Development, Creativity, Dim Sum Warriors, Diversity, Doodle Date, Drawing, Education, Events, Food, Global Competence, Imagination, Language
Celebrate Singapore’s National Day In Multiple Languages! What do children think are uniquely Singaporean activities? Can you imagine Singaporean food characters “choping” a seat at the kopi tiam? See what imaginative and delicious...
by Colin Goh | Jul 13, 2023 | Doodle Date, Bilingual, Blog, Child Development, Creativity, Drawing, Education, Global Competence, Imagination, Language
This National Day: Join Our Multilingual Doodle Date! Let’s get creative with all things Singaporean in this special Doodle Date. Throw crazy Singapore-themed prompts at our artist and we’ll learn what to call your creations in English, Chinese,...
by Colin Goh | Jun 29, 2023 | Child Development, Comics, Creativity, Diversity, Drawing, Education, Home, Imagination, Parenting
It really takes a village (at the very least) to nurture the right conditions for creativity! And we at Yumcha Studios are very honoured and privileged to have played our part by organising the 2023 Singapore Dreaming Comics Competition for Young Creators together...
by yenyendotnet | Jun 7, 2023 | Home, Child Development, Creativity, Education
Extracurricular activities for kids – when are they too much, and when are they just perfect for growth and learning? How do we choose? Extra- or co-curricular activities in and of themselves might not be good. If you find that you have to bribe or threaten your...