by Woo Yen Yen | Dec 28, 2020 | Bilingual, Blog, Dim Sum Warriors, Education, Imagination, Language, Yen Yen
In a previous post, I had talked about how hard it was for me to find suitable Chinese teaching and learning solutions for my daughter when we were living in New York. (See: How do I teach my kids Chinese at home? – Part 1 | Dim Sum Warriors) Experience the Target...
by Woo Yen Yen | Dec 28, 2020 | Bilingual, Blog, Dim Sum Warriors, Education, Imagination, Language, Yen Yen
AmericanWhen we were living in New York, I found myself looking for Chinese-learning materials for my daughter (nicknamed ‘YB’, short for ‘Yakuza Baby’, because she was born while we were watching a Japanese gangster movie). Every time I was...
by Colin Goh | Dec 28, 2020 | Bilingual, Blog, Dim Sum Warriors, Events, Imagination, Language
Happy New Year to all our friends and fans! Wish your family and friends—in fact, anybody!—a very happy new year with these adorable eCards! Available in English, simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese here: Dim Sum Warriors eCards | Dim Sum...
by Colin Goh | Dec 23, 2020 | Bilingual, Blog, Dim Sum Warriors, Food, Home, Language
Merry Christmas to all our friends and fans! It’s always tickled us that in Chinese 圣诞 (shèngdàn: Christmas) sounds almost like 生蛋 (shēng dàn: laying eggs)—which tells you about the kind of goofballs we are! Hope all of you can take a yolk this Yuletide season!...
by Bayu | Dec 9, 2020 | Bilingual, Blog, Dim Sum Warriors
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 professor Yen Yen and certified Taiwanese schoolteacher Teacher Hsiao help to translate them into Chinese. We used...
by Woo Yen Yen | Nov 10, 2020 | Bilingual, Blog, Dim Sum Warriors, Education, Events, Yen Yen
“I TORE UP MY CHINESE BOOK!” or “How to teach Chinese to my own kid when my Chinese is so bad?” by Woo Yen Yen An English teacher’s journey towards getting her daughter to learn Chinese. In this four-part series, former New York-based professor and “ang...
