by Yen Yen | May 10, 2022 | Blog, Bilingual, Books, Child Development, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Creativity, Diversity, Drawing, Education, Global Competence, Parenting, Reading, Yen Yen
How I found a new way to Learn Chinese Online — Natural, Creative, Bilingual Jacqueline is the mom of 7-year-old Isaac. I spoke to her and this is her genuine feedback about the difference Dim Sum Warriors has made to Isaac’s attitude towards learning Mandarin....
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,...
by Yen Yen | Jan 7, 2022 | App, Bilingual, Blog, Books, Child Development, Chinese, Creativity, Education, Parenting, Yen Yen
Cosplay: Meaning For Our Immigrant Family 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. Since moving to New York,...
by Yen Yen | Jan 3, 2022 | Bilingual, App, Blog, Books, Child Development, Chinese, Comics, Creativity, Dim Sum Warriors, Diversity, Education, Global Competence, Imagination, Language, Reading, Yen Yen
Many classrooms employ reading levels charts for their students, but up-to-date research is showing that this way of regulating students’ reading doesn’t have strong scientific evidence to support it. This is why we have deliberately shied away from...
by Yen Yen | Jan 3, 2022 | App, Bilingual, Blog, Child Development, Chinese, Comics, Creativity, Dim Sum Warriors, Diversity, Drawing, Education, Global Competence, Imagination, Reading
Dear Teachers of Chinese ELLs or Emergent Bilinguals: I have bilingual stories that will be great for your students and I want to get these stories to your kids——FREE! Please get in touch with me as soon as possible at yenyen@dimsumwarriors.com. Chinese ELLs or...
by Yen Yen | Dec 10, 2021 | Child Development, Diversity, Education, Parenting, Yen Yen
How to Raise Kids With Empathy As I was stressing in front of my computer over an app update that went wrong the other day, my 12-year-old quietly brought me a cup of tea with some honey and flower petals. I didn’t notice it at first, but when I did, my heart was...
