Hi. Sorry it’s been a while – I now have a 4.5 year old and a 2 year old. We are still doing the bilingual thing and reading lots of Chinese books. In the last 6 months or so, the experience of reading these books has changed for me. As the complexity of the booksContinue reading “My Chinese isn’t good enough”
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Moo, no moo.
A 15-month-old update on language acquisition for baby #2: Em has started to speak a few more two-word phrases. Many of these she has only said once, but so clearly that sometimes I feel like I’m imagining things except that the sounds she makes fit the context. Some recent phrases include: She’s also acquired 抱[toContinue reading “Moo, no moo.”
How I am teaching my 3 year old to read Chinese: iHuman Chinese (洪恩识字) App Review
Reading Chinese – and indeed the entire idea of memorizing thousands of characters – is often cited to be one of the most intimidating aspect of learning Chinese. However, I have always thought that learning to read Chinese should be easier than learning to read English for a child – there is no logic involved,Continue reading “How I am teaching my 3 year old to read Chinese: iHuman Chinese (洪恩识字) App Review”
Listening to Chinese children’s songs
In the last two months, the language explosion has continued. We have gone from “bus” and “no bus” to knowing the Chinese names for car, pickup truck, excavator, bulldozer, cement truck, fire truck, and many more. It occurred to me that unless you are learning Chinese as a child with an interest in trucks, youContinue reading “Listening to Chinese children’s songs”
18 month Toddler Chinese/English Book Review
Hi everyone, it’s time for our first book review 🙂 These are the books Ro currently loves as an 18-month old bilingual baby. We as parents love these too, but out of all of the many, many books in our house, these are the ones he requests most often. Chinese books Sourcing Chinese board booksContinue reading “18 month Toddler Chinese/English Book Review”
Etymology Adventures 