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...
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...
by Colin Goh | Mar 9, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Comics, Dim Sum Warriors, 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...
by Colin Goh | Mar 2, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Dim Sum Warriors, Education, Food, Home, Imagination, Language
How do you say “Funny Fish?” or “Confused Bak Kut Teh?” or… other silly combinations of food and adjectives? Check out our video of yet another crazy Dim Sum Warriors Bilingual Doodle Date—where our artist Colin draws the wacky things...
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
When 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 back in...
