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 12, 2022 | Blog, Bilingual, Chinese, Creativity, Diversity, Education, Global Competence, Language
We translated the traditional song “The 12 Days of Christmas” into Chinese, so you can finally know how to say “partridge in a pear tree” in 中文! You’re welcome! THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IN CHINESE! On the 12th Day of Christmas, my true...
by Colin Goh | Sep 19, 2022 | Bilingual, Blog, Child Development, Comics, Creativity, Film, Global Competence, Home, Imagination, Language
We know how your child Can learn Chinese creatively, because of our unique approach and experience. Complaining About Creativity The lack of creativity and imagination is a subject we keep hearing people complain about. The system just churns out drones and robots....
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 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
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...