Happy Mother’s Day! In Chinese, that’s 母亲节快乐 (mǔqīn jié kuàilè)! For this special day, we’ve made a list of 成语 (chéngyǔ) Chinese Idioms for Mother’s Day along with interesting short clips that you and your kids might enjoy! 6 Chinese Idioms for...
April 22nd, 2022 – Earth Day in Chinese is 地球日. Protecting the earth has, until this point, always been something that many of us are all a bit too casual about—we try to do something when we remember and don’t feel too bad when we don’t. This year, our actions...
Lunar or Chinese New Year for Kids: Celebrating is Hard Work! 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...
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...
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...
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...