Every effort you make today, and again tomorrow, will move you and your children a little farther along your bilingual journey. The small steps you...

Teaching your child a foreign language can be difficult, particularly a language you do not speak yourself.  It is necessary to be creative when exploring...

We will be traveling to China soon and many of my friends and family have been asking about our plans for our stay in the...

China is the world's third largest country, after Russia and Canada. Its political geography is complicated and differs somewhat from other countries. Most of it is...

As we are nearing our departure date for China, I thought it would be fun to revisit an old post from 2008 I originally published...

“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...

My daughter first expressed interest in learning Mandarin when she was just five years old.  We had just begun our homeschool journey and had completed...

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...