DIM SUM WARRIORS for Schools
Interest and inspire students
We create Chinese-English resources that tap into kids’ interests and inspire them. We help you get kids to grow in positive feelings for their second language – through comics, drawing, content that’s relevant to kids’ everyday lives and also their creative imagination. Great for students from elementary/ primary to the middle school years learning Chinese or English as a second language and for values education.
Why do schools choose Dim Sum Warriors?
Content interests and inspires kids
Kids are drawn to the Dim Sum Warriors stories right away, not just because they can identify with the storylines but also because the characters, Xiajiao, Baozi, and Shaomai are such adorable dumplings.
The video library features draw along videos generated by kids’ imaginative ideas and it’s the only place in the world where kids get to draw a “Youtiao Pirate (油条海盗)”, “Sushi Snowman (寿司雪人)” and a “Chocolate Velociraptor (巧克力伶盗龙)”.
The drawing experience inspires students to see Chinese not just as a school subject but as a language of creativity and play.
Flexible for teachers
Teachers can use comics and drawing to reinforce the existing Chinese curriculum, encourage reading aloud practice, teach a Chinese idiom, explore a character value, provide new vocabulary, teach about a festival, and diversify students’ reading. The best thing is we can help map the resources to the school syllabus.
But what matters most is that Dim Sum Warriors offers highly creative content of high interest to kids.
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Bridge to families
Because Dim Sum Warriors is bilingual, families that don’t feel confident about Mandarin can use this resource to coach their children and learn with them. Families frequently use the draw-along videos to draw with their children.
The humor and the creative ideas get families to laugh and learn together, generating many discussion topics and positive feelings for being bilingual.
Certified and chosen by the Singapore MOE
The Dim Sum Warriors approach combines cutting-edge research in Multimodalities (literacy development), Translanguaging (applied linguistics), and the Affective Filter (second language acquisition) to offer a novel strategy that successfully encourages children to feel much more enthusiastic about learning their second language through reading and drawing comics.
- Certified for high pedagogical quality by Educational Alliance Finland.
- Chosen by the Singapore MOE’s Senior Management at the nation-wide Student Learning System Pitch Day (2021) as #1 in Content/Resources.
- Award-winner at the Singapore Creator Awards
Affordable
Students love comics and it’s a great way to get them to read more in the second language. But high quality comics are expensive to buy for the classroom. Dim Sum Warriors provides a very affordable, high quality solution so that schools can provide year round comics at varying levels for students – and they can access it at home as well.
What Dim Sum Warriors products are offered to schools?
Special cartooning events
Through livestreaming in Mandarin and English, members of the school community can sketch with our artists—perfect for holidays like the Lunar New Year, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and even Halloween! Equally effective for 100 or 1000 kids!
Mandarin-English Comics App and Video Kit
Students can read humorous comics in both Mandarin and English. Every story has vocabulary review activities and state-of-the-art voice evaluation to promote reading aloud and provide instant feedback.
More than 150 videos get students to create imaginative cartoons while also learning new vocabulary.
Bilingual print books
Already in 1000+ schools and libraries! Our bilingual hardcover books are loved by parents, teachers and libraries. Chinese on one side and English on the other. Bulk discounts available for schools.
Teacher reviews
“Such an incredible tool for our students, not only in supporting their bilingual reading development/ progression, but also exposing them to cultural practices/ traditions. The students are also engaged because they find the drawings cute and the storylines humorous”
Ana Jessica Kim-WongDual Language Teacher, PS 173, New York City
“The students and staff at our school absolutely adore the Dim Sum Warriors…. They are funny, they are bilingual …. Fantastic illustrations, brilliant text, and a must have for all libraries!”
Sarah MounseyDirector of Libraries, Dulwich College, Singapore
“Using the app in class is effortless. Students are captivated by the visuals and humorous dialogue and the word games that are pitched in various levels making learning easier.”
Koh Leng LengAssistant Head of Languages, Anglo-Chinese School International, Singapore
“The Dim Sum Warriors experience gets kids to be endlessly creative and gets them immersed in enjoyment as they are learning languages. 點心俠們的創意無限，讓孩子能在趣味中學習語言！”
Jenny TsaiTeacher, Kaoshiung American School, Taiwan
“We want our students to feel excited and confident in speaking, listening, reading and writing in Mandarin, Dim Sum Warriors is a motivating factor.”
Amy QuinnDirector of Teaching and Learning, Washington Yuying School, DC
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#1 Content/ Resources Edtech Solution at the Singapore Ministry of Education’s Student Learning System Pitch Day 2021
Won Most Public Votes and Merit Award at the Singapore Creator Awards 2021
The schools and cultural institutions we’ve had the privilege of working with
SINGAPORE: Academy of Singapore Teachers (MOE) | Anderson Primary School | Anglo-Chinese School (International) | Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) | Asian Festival of Children’s Content | Canadian International School | Chatsworth International School (Singapore) | Dulwich College | Greenwood Primary School | Haig Girls School | Hong Wen Primary School | Invictus International School | Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism | Maha Bodhi School | Mother Tongues Languages Symposium (MOE) | Qihua Primary School | Quayside Isle Preparatory School | Speak Mandarin Campaign | Singapore American School | Singapore Book Council | Singapore Writers Festival | | Tanglin Trust School | United World College| | VIVITA Singapore | WILD Rice Theatre
HONG KONG: Asia Society, Hong Kong Center (Hong Kong) | INDONESIA: State University of Malang | MALAYSIA: Dwi Emas International School (Malaysia) | Inspiros International School | MAINLAND CHINA: Theatre Above, Shanghai (China) | TAIWAN: Kaohsiung American School | National Central University | USA: Hellenic Classical Charter School (New York) | Public School 173 (New York) | Washington Yuying Private Charter School (Washington, DC)
Dim Sum Warriors for SCHOOLS
Interest and Inspire Students
We create Chinese-English resources that tap into kids’ interests and inspire them. We help you get kids to grow in positive feelings for their second language – through comics, drawing, content that’s relevant to kids’ everyday lives and also their creative imagination. Great for students from elementary/ primary to the middle school years learning Chinese or English as a second language and for values education.
Why do schools choose Dim Sum Warriors?
Content Interests and Inspires Kids
Kids are drawn to the Dim Sum Warriors stories right away, not just because they can identify with the storylines but also because the characters, Xiajiao, Baozi, and Shaomai are such adorable dumplings.
The video library features draw along videos generated by kids’ imaginative ideas and it’s the only place in the world where kids get to draw a “Youtiao Pirate (油条海盗)”, “Sushi Snowman (寿司雪人)” and a “Chocolate Velociraptor (巧克力伶盗龙)”.
The drawing experience inspires students to see Chinese not just as a school subject but as a language of creativity and play.
Flexible for Teachers
Teachers can use comics and drawing to reinforce the existing Chinese curriculum, encourage reading aloud practice, teach a Chinese idiom, explore a character value, provide new vocabulary, teach about a festival, and diversify students’ reading. The best thing is we can help map the resources to the school syllabus.
But what matters most is that Dim Sum Warriors offers highly creative content of high interest to kids.
Bridge to Families
Because Dim Sum Warriors is bilingual, families that don’t feel confident about Mandarin can use this resource to coach their children and learn with them. Families frequently use the draw-along videos to draw with their children.
The humor and the creative ideas get families to laugh and learn together, generating many discussion topics and positive feelings for being bilingual.
Certified for Pedagogical Quality and
Chosen by the Singapore MOE
The Dim Sum Warriors approach combines cutting-edge research in Multimodalities (literacy development), Translanguaging (applied linguistics), and the Affective Filter (second language acquisition) to offer a novel strategy that successfully encourages children to feel much more enthusiastic about learning their second language through reading and drawing comics.
- Certified for high pedagogical quality by Educational Alliance Finland.
- Chosen by the Singapore MOE’s Senior Management at the nation-wide Student Learning System Pitch Day (2021) as #1 in Content/Resources.
- Award-winner at the Singapore Creator Awards
Affordable
Students love comics and it’s a great way to get them to read more in the second language. But high quality comics are expensive to buy for the classroom. Dim Sum Warriors provides a very affordable, high quality solution so that schools can provide year round comics at varying levels for students – and they can access it at home as well.
What Dim Sum Warriors products are offered to schools?
We are an approved National Arts Council-Arts Education Programme (NAC-AEP) provider!
Singaporean schools and institutions may qualify for grants/subsidies when engaging us for our approved activities.
WRITING SINGAPORE STORIES
Assembly Talk
Transform your stories into creative works that resonate anywhere and everywhere! Yes, your Singapore stories can travel—in any medium!
Colin Goh has proven this through making movies that have won major awards in Europe, Asia and the USA; creating cartoons for two New York Times international bestsellers that have been translated into multiple languages; and a graphic novel series that has been mentioned by Fast Company and the New York Times and which was adapted into a giant musical that was performed in 25 major cities across China.
In this assembly talk, he will share techniques for transforming personal stories into universal ones. He will also use comics and graphic novels as a prism to discuss story structures which can be applied to practically any medium—from novels to comics and films.
The show can be tailored for any grade: primary, secondary schools and tertiary institutions.
NAC-AEP Programme ID: AEP0420533
Programme Type: Talks
Recommended Size: 200 – 1200
Language: English
Programme Format: On-site, Blended (mix of on-site and digital)
Cost: $1200.00 Per session
Primary Art Form – Sub-Genre: Literary Arts – Storytelling, Graphic Novels
Student Profile: Primary Lower, Primary Middle, Primary Upper, Secondary Lower, Secondary Upper, JC/CI
Secondary Art Form – Sub-Genre: Visual Arts – Comics/Manga/Caricature
Duration: 1 session(s); 1 hour(s) and 0 minute(s)
GRUMPY? MAKE COMICS with the DIM SUM WARRIORS – Talk
Everyone loves comics—look at how many of them become movies, TV series, games and toys!—and you can create your own too! You don’t even need to know how to draw well!
This interactive 1-hour assembly show is a collaboration between The Learning Grid and Yumcha Studios—the creators of the award-winning Dim Sum Warriors comics published by Scholastic. With the participation of student volunteers, we will take students through the building blocks of comics such as heroes, villains, expressions and basic storytelling principles, as well as essential elements such as word balloons and sound effects. The aim is to inspire students to explore this exciting mode of storytelling either individually or as a team.
We can work with the school to run a comic creation challenge where students can create their comics based on a theme selected with the school.
Comics creation is suitable for all ages. The programme flow and examples used will be adjusted based on profile of students.
NAC-AEP Programme ID: AEP0620689
Programme Type: Talks
Recommended Size: 50-2000
Language: English
Programme Format: On-site, Digital
Cost: $1100.00 Per session | $230.00 Per hour
Primary Art Form – Sub-Genre: Visual Arts – Storyboarding, Drawing, Comics/Manga/Caricature
Student Profile:Primary Lower, Primary Middle, Primary Upper, Secondary Lower
Secondary Art Form – Sub-Genre: Visual Arts – Comics/Manga/Caricature
Duration: 1 session(s); 1 hour(s) and 0 minute(s)
Special Cartooning Events
Through livestreaming in Mandarin and English, members of the school community can sketch with our artists—perfect for holidays like the Lunar New Year, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and even Halloween! Equally effective for 100 or 1000 kids!
Mandarin-English Comics App and Video Kit
Students can read humorous comics in both Mandarin and English. Every story has vocabulary review activities and state-of-the-art voice evaluation to promote reading aloud and provide instant feedback.
More than 150 videos get students to create imaginative cartoons while also learning new vocabulary.
Bilingual Print Books
Already in 1000+ schools and libraries! Our bilingual hardcover books are loved by parents, teachers and libraries. Chinese on one side and English on the other. Bulk discounts available for schools.
Teacher Reviews
“Such an incredible tool for our students, not only in supporting their bilingual reading development/ progression, but also exposing them to cultural practices/ traditions. The students are also engaged because they find the drawings cute and the storylines humorous”
#1 Content/ Resources Edtech Solution at the Singapore Ministry of Education’s Student Learning System Pitch Day 2021
Won Most Public Votes and Merit Award at the Singapore Creator Awards 2021
The Growing List of Schools & Institutions We’ve Worked With
SINGAPORE: Academy of Singapore Teachers (MOE) | Anderson Primary School | Anglo-Chinese School (International) | Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) | Asian Festival of Children’s Content | Canadian International School | Chatsworth International School (Singapore) | Dulwich College | Greenwood Primary School | Haig Girls School | Hong Wen Primary School | Invictus International School | Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism | Maha Bodhi School | Mother Tongues Languages Symposium (MOE) | Qihua Primary School | Quayside Isle Preparatory School | Speak Mandarin Campaign | Singapore American School | Singapore Book Council | Singapore Writers Festival | | Tanglin Trust School | United World College| | VIVITA Singapore | WILD Rice Theatre
HONG KONG: Asia Society, Hong Kong Center (Hong Kong) | INDONESIA: State University of Malang | MALAYSIA: Dwi Emas International School (Malaysia) | Inspiros International School | MAINLAND CHINA: Theatre Above, Shanghai (China) | TAIWAN: Kaohsiung American School | National Central University | USA: Hellenic Classical Charter School (New York) | Public School 173 (New York) | | Washington Yuying Private Charter School (Washington, DC)
