by Woo Yen Yen | Jul 18, 2022 | App, Bilingual, Blog, Chengyu, Child Development, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Comics, Creativity, Dim Sum Warriors, Diversity, Doodle Date, Drawing, Education, Global Competence, Imagination, Language, Parenting, Reading
Guest contributor: Jocelyn Sara Lim-Tan is a seasoned teacher and education researcher and the mom of Jude and Joshua. In this piece, she shares her tips for building a daily routine to boost Chinese language learning for her bilingual children. Tip #1 What We...
by Woo Yen Yen | Jun 28, 2022 | Bilingual, Blog, Books, Child Development, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Comics, Creativity, Diversity, Drawing, Education, Events, Food, Global Competence, Home, Imagination, Language, Parenting, Reading, Yen Yen
Raising Bilingual Children Without Resentment: 8 Questions for 4 Moms The footage above was edited from the Instagram Live session. Introduction We know that being bilingual or multilingual confers great advantages in our globalised economy. Yet, we also know that...
by Yen Yen | Jan 11, 2022 | App, Bilingual, Blog, Books, Child Development, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Comics, Creativity, Dim Sum Warriors, Diversity, Education, Events, Global Competence, Language, Parenting, Yen Yen
Lunar or Chinese New Year for Kids When we were living in New York City and feeling very homesick around Chinese New Year, I found myself looking for a funny picture book featuring the activities and traditions of Chinese New Year for kids that I could read to my...
by Woo Yen Yen | Jan 4, 2022 | Chinese, Bilingual, Blog, Books, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Comics, Dim Sum Warriors, Diversity, Education, Events, Language
Introduction Growing up, the most exciting part of Chinese New Year for me was always the Chinese New Year Red Envelope or Red Packet—the 红包 hóngbāo! On the eve of Chinese New Year, it is a common practice for families to gather to have 团圆饭 tuányuán fàn or reunion...
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...
