Doodle Date 20210501: Can You Name Various Jobs in Chinese?

by Colin Goh | May 4, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Child Development, Chinese, Comics, Creativity, Drawing, Education, Food, Language

Can You Name Some Jobs in Chinese? Here’s another crazy Dim Sum Warriors Bilingual Doodle Date—where our artist Colin draws the wacky things kids suggest, while former professor Yen Yen and certified Taiwanese schoolteacher Teacher Hsiao help to translate them...

Doodle Date 20210417: Can you name various animals in Mandarin?

by Colin Goh | Apr 26, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Child Development, Chinese, Comics, Creativity, Drawing, Education, Food

How do you say “Swiss Roll Mouse” or “Bittergourd Godzilla”? Or other silly combinations of food and animals? Check out our video of yet another crazy Dim Sum Warriors Bilingual Doodle Date—where our artist Colin draws the wacky things kids suggest, while former...

The Story of Our Children’s Art

by Yen Yen | Apr 15, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Child Development, Comics, Creativity, Dim Sum Warriors, Drawing, Education, Imagination, Language

How do we keep our kids inspired and motivated to draw? Last week I received a tremendous number of responses from readers about my blog post “Why is Drawing Important for Children’s Development”. Several parents asked the question, “How do we keep our children...

DOODLE DATE 20210403: Food and Holiday Activities

by Colin Goh | Apr 6, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Child Development, Comics, Creativity, Dim Sum Warriors, Drawing, Education, Food, Language

How do you say “Sushi in a hot bath” or “Pie sleeping”? Or other silly combinations of food and holiday activities? Check out our video of yet another crazy Dim Sum Warriors Bilingual Doodle Date—where our artist Colin draws the wacky things...

Why is Drawing Important for Children’s Development?

by Woo Yen Yen | Apr 6, 2021 | Bilingual, Child Development, Comics, Creativity, Drawing, Education, Imagination, Language, Yen Yen

Making Something Out of Nothing My daughter loves to draw.   (Her nickname is Yakuza Baby—or YB for short– because she was born while my husband and I were watching a Japanese gangster film. It’s really quite a story for another time.) Her drawing journey...

DOODLE DATE 20210306: Food and Sports

by Colin Goh | Mar 9, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Child Development, Comics, Creativity, Dim Sum Warriors, Drawing, Education, Food, Imagination, Language

How do you say “Hamburger playing basketball” or “Ramen skiing”? Or other silly combinations of food and sports? Check out our video of yet another crazy Dim Sum Warriors Bilingual Doodle Date—where our artist Colin draws the wacky things kids...