“May we live long and share the beauty of the moon together, even if we are hundreds of miles apart,” says the romantic Chinese poem....

Young children first get to know their local area by walking around and over time, they begin to develop geographic awareness. Where we live and what...

Jiejie has begun working with My First Chinese Reader， Volume 2.  Lesson 13, 他喜欢红色 （He Likes the Color Red / Tā xǐhuan hóngsè) covers all...

We have seen Lotus Root  莲藕 (Lián’ǒu) in the Chinese markets in San Francisco on many occasions.  In fact,  莲藕 (Lián’ǒu) was part of a scavenger hunt...

Meili loves projects.  For homework to compliment lesson 27 (My Day | 我的一天  from My First Chinese Reader Volume 3), Shawn Laoshi asked her to write a...

We love technology and we share our passion with our Mandarin teacher.  One session, he asked me to be sure to bring the iPad to...

Periodically, Laoshi Shawn will divert from the lessons in the Better Chinese book to focus on pronunciation and tones.  Correct pronunciation is very important in...

Tomorrow is Lantern's Day and it marks the end of the Chinese New Year holiday. All over Asia, lanterns fill the streets. Lanterns started off...

As I described in an earlier post, Homeschool Chinese: Vocabulary Homework, Meili had been working with the story, Fire – Friend or Foe? / 火－朋友还是敌人 (part...