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Parent Interview: Brett Hughes

As you might know, I am always looking for people to share their ideas and experiences on education and parenting.

If you read my former post: Parent Interview: Oliver Tu, I hope you learned something.

In this post I am going to interview Brett Hughes.

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Let’s Learn Mulan’s Story in Mandarin Chinese (2) Mulan Went Back Home

In this post, we are going to learn the second part of Mulan poem. For the first part, please read the post: Let’s Learn Mulan’s Story in Mandarin Chinese (1) Mulan Joined the army.

From the first part of this poem, we learned the reason why Mulan joined the army and her hard life in the army. In the second part, we will learn Mulan’s life after she went back home. Let’s take a look.

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Let’s Learn Mulan’s Story in Mandarin Chinese (1) Mulan Joined the Army

I read an interesting news. Disney is planning to produce a live action Mulan movie. It is said Mulan will be played by a Chinese actress. Many people are very excited for this news.

To be honest, I am confused. Doesn’t it make sense that Mulan should be played by a Chinese considering Mulan was a Chinese?

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Mandarin Chinese Picture Book with Pinyin: Halloween

Halloween is coming again. 又是一年万圣节!

I created this book to teach my kids, hopefully, other children and beginners learn some Chinese characters related with Halloween holiday.

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Li Yu: A Tragic King and Talented Poet

In this post, I am going to talk about another famous Chinese person: 李煜 ( lǐ yù ), who was born to be a king but he was a great poet instead.