by Colin Goh | Feb 24, 2023 | Bilingual, Blog, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Diversity, Education, Events, Home, Kung Fu, Language, 功夫
Introducing 5 amazing women in Chinese legend and literature for International Women’s Day! Some like to characterize Chinese culture as being supremely patriarchal and 重男轻女 (zhòng nán qīng nǚ, meaning to favour sons over daughters), yet Chinese history, legend...
by Colin Goh | Feb 9, 2023 | Bilingual, Blog, Chengyu, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Diversity, Drawing, Education, Events, Global Competence, Language, Reading
What Chinese idioms can I use for Valentine’s Day? February 14th is Saint Valentine’s Day, which in Chinese is the much more transparent 情人节 (Qíngrén jié), as it translates to “Lover’s Festival”. It should be called...
by Colin Goh | Dec 28, 2022 | Bilingual, Blog, Chengyu, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Creativity, Events, Home, Language
Are you looking for Chinese New Year greetings for the Year of the Rabbit that are a little funkier than traditional ones like 恭喜发财 (gōngxǐ fācái: Wishing you prosperity) or 新年快乐 (xīnnián kuàilè: Happy new year)? You’ve come to the right place! DON’T BE...
by Colin Goh | Sep 6, 2022 | Bilingual, Child Development, Education, Events, Global Competence, Parenting
6 Takeaways (& a video recap!) from our recent Translanguaging Pedagogy webinar Thank you to everyone who signed up for our Translanguaging webinar on 1 September 2022! We attracted participants from more territories than we ever expected: the US, Canada, the...
by Colin Goh | Sep 4, 2022 | Bilingual, Blog, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Drawing, Education, Events, Food, Imagination, Language
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 中秋节快乐！ (Zhōngqiū jié kuàilè) The Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 (Zhōngqiū jié) is one of the most important festivals in Chinese culture. It’s called “Mid-Autumn” because it is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month...
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
8 questions that were put to the 4 mommy-blogger panelists during our recent Instagram Live session on the topic “Raising Bilingual Children (Without Resentment)”. The footage above was edited from the Instagram Live session on the Dim Sum Warriors...
