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 | 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 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 | May 10, 2022 | Blog, Bilingual, Books, Child Development, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Creativity, Diversity, Drawing, Education, Global Competence, Parenting, Reading, Yen Yen
How I found a new way to Learn Chinese Online — Natural, Creative, Bilingual Jacqueline is the mom of 7-year-old Isaac. I spoke to her and this is her genuine feedback about the difference Dim Sum Warriors has made to Isaac’s attitude towards learning Mandarin....
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...
