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...

This past week, my kiddos have been working with a children's book by Hu Yong Yi titled, Good Morning, China. It is a delightful short...

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...

I feel very strongly that learning a foreign language takes time.  In order to become fluent in a second (or subsequent) language, one must devote...

In our home, we enjoy learning about history.  It is as much a part of our homeschool curriculum as our language studies.  The kids beg...

The activities my daughter does with each lesson vary to some extent depending upon the content of the lesson. Generally, she always makes flashcards, reads...

[caption id="attachment_1275" align="aligncenter" width="533"] Role Playing "我叫。。。"[/caption]   When my daughter expressed her interest in learning Chinese, I was needless to say, apprehensive.  I didn’t...

The Chinese people have a passion for ceramics as they represent a historical significance in Chinese culture. The epitome of this artistic expression can be...

The Three Kingdoms has been a popular historical novel in China for centuries. It is a great classic that tells the story of the rise...