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I LOVE STICKY NUMBERS 我爱数字贴纸

By dianaser / Feb 26, 2016 / 2 Comments

Kids love stickers, so I decided to give stickers a purpose! Here, Jaymee uses stickers to trace numbers. That simple. And you’d be surprised – they do learn, but you should try and do it …

GONG XI BIRDY 鸟语花香贺新岁

By dianaser / Feb 11, 2016 / No Comments

The Bird Park isn’t the most obvious place to celebrate the Lunar new Year, but Jaymee and I had a blast revisiting Singapore’s Jurong Bird Park. Why not? Even Amigo the parrot can speak Mandarin!

GONG XI FA CAI 2016 恭喜恭喜新年好!

By dianaser / Feb 3, 2016 / No Comments

We ring in the Year of the Monkey by exploring the Singapore Zoo. 39 different species of monkeys who feel very, very special this Lunar New Year. 庆新年，学华语！

ANIMAL NAME GAME II 动物名称

By dianaser / Jan 21, 2016 / No Comments

You and your child can have so much fun with a pack of wooden cubes from the $2 store. I turned the cube into a die, and use it to teach animal names and numbers. …

HFMD ATTACK 手足口病来袭！

By dianaser / Jan 8, 2016 / One Comment

So she got it after all. Jaymee caught Hand Foot Mouth Disease （手足口病） during the festive holidays. Follow us on our visit to the doctor, and see how I use simple Mandarin phrases in this …

SNACKY WACKY ADDITION 加减大白兔奶糖

By dianaser / Dec 27, 2015 / No Comments

I use her favorite candy to teach simple addition. This game helps the child to visualize the concept of addition. Keywords voiced and in hanyu pinyin at the end of video!

Cookies and Chinese

By dianaser / Dec 19, 2015 / No Comments

I met mommy Monica at the playground some years back, when our girls were just 2. Monica has great ideas to teach Chinese, so watch as Little Claudia practices her Chinese while indulging in her …

Magical Christmas Tree

By dianaser / Dec 12, 2015 / One Comment

Decorate the Christmas tree and learn Mandarin! I conduct a “lucky draw” as part of the activity, and surprise my girls with their favorite theme. Play and say in Mandarin 🙂

CAT MUSEUM ADVENTURE (PART 2)

By dianaser / Nov 30, 2015 / No Comments

We continue our adventure at the Cat Museum, where Jaymee wanted to bring a cat home. In this video, I give her 3 tests. How did she do? So does she get to bring home …