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 17, 2023 | Bilingual, Books, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Creativity, Diversity, Doodle Date, Drawing, Events, Language, Reading
Are You A Chinese Ghost Expert? How Many Do You Know? Have you heard of the Chinese Zombie, also known as 僵尸 (jiāng shī)?Are you aware of the Chinese Mer-people, referred to as 氐人 (Dī rén)?Do you know about the Mountain God of Chaos, known as 帝江 (Dì jiāng or Morris in...
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 21, 2023 | Bilingual, Creativity, Diversity, Drawing, Education, Food, Imagination
We all know that the best way to bridge differences and make friends is with food! We were very tickled to have been invited by the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (Toa Payoh) Primary School to commemorate Racial Harmony Day. Uncle Colin read “Your Relatives...
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 2, 2023 | Bilingual, Blog, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Diversity, Education, Events, Food, Global Competence, Language
Rice Dumplings—ZOMG! Zongzi! 粽子！ 粽子Zòngzi—often called ‘rice dumplings’ in the West or some variation of “bak chang (肉粽)” in Southeast Asia—are a quintessential part of Duanwu, even though Chinese people eat these packets of rice and various...
