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 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...
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 | Jan 29, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Comics, Dim Sum Warriors, Education, Language, Yen Yen
I was working as a Professor of Education in New York when I started looking for a solution to teach my daughter Chinese (You can find Part 1 of that post here). I really wanted to raise a bilingual and bi-literate kid! And I didn’t want my daughter to merely be able...