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Let’s Learn Shapes in Mandarin Chinese Through Singing

In this post, we are going to learn shapes in Mandarin Chinese. I wish to teach my kids shapes through singing but can’t find a right song for this purpose, so I decided to create a song by myself.

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Chinese Children’s Song: Mary Had a Little Lamb

“Mary had a little lamb” is a very popular English Children’s song.  Actually, it is also a popular Chinese children’s song. In this post, we are going to learn this song in Mandarin Chinese.

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Chinese Children’s Song: Happy New Year

Like every one, I have my own new year resolution (新年决心) (xin1 nian2 jue2 xin1).

By the way, in Chinese, we usually say: new year wish (愿望) (yuan4 wang4), new year plan (计划) (ji4 hua4) or new year goal (目标) (mu4 biao1).

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Is It Good to Learn a Second Language

Many people, especially parents might ask this question: Is it good to learn a second language?

As a parent, we want to provide the best for our kids. Many of us push our children take this or that course, but only some parents will send children to a school to learn a foreign language.

As a parent and bilinguist myself, I believe in there are many benefits of learning a new language.