Year of the Monkey is just around the corner. Let’s send out our best wishes and New Year greetings. You can make a card, write...

On many occasions when I have mentioned in conversation that my children are learning Mandarin Chinese, the response is, "Really? How do you do that?...

Last week, the kids and I read a post written by a young man, Timothy Doner, who has taught himself 20 languages. In his post and...

We live in Northern California and have the opportunity to travel to San Francisco periodically - generally accompanying the kids' father on business trips but...

Exploring the family genealogy with kids is a great way for young people to learn about their history and understand the world. Kids love to hear...

Learning a foreign language takes a lot of practice. Memorizing lists of vocabulary words and writing Chinese characters over and over again can be very...

Learning a new language is very rewarding. It can be a challenge at times as well - memorizing lists of vocabulary words or writing Chinese...

For the past several years, we have enjoyed Mandarin Chinese lessons with a private instructor. We have generally met twice a week in his home...

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...