While attending university, I had the opportunity to experience life as an exchange student.  I spent three months in San Miguel de Allende, Guanjuato, Mexico...

As a family, we love to travel and do so as often as possible.  We have been planning a trip to China for nearly 6...

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...

Once the words and structures are understood, you will be able to test it through reading and listening comprehension exercises. One of the ways, Laoshi...

As I eluded to in an earlier post (Homeschool Chinese:  Vocabulary Homework), our Mandarin teacher provides the kids with homework to engage them in language...

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...