by Colin Goh | Jan 7, 2022 | Bilingual, Blog, Chinese Traditions, Education, Film, Parenting
5 Best Chinese Animation Movies for Kids Chinese animation movies are great for helping kids who are learning Chinese get immersed in the language while having fun! We chose these five movies because many kids in the Chinese-speaking world have watched these films. ...
by Yen Yen | Jan 7, 2022 | Bilingual, Blog, Books, Education, Parenting, Yen Yen
Cosplay: Meaning For Our Immigrant Family Coming from Singapore, I didn’t really care about Halloween – to me it was just a highly commercialized holiday involving too much candy that was celebrated mainly by expatriates and poseurs. Since moving to New York,...
by Yen Yen | Jan 3, 2022 | Bilingual, Blog, Books, Education, Yen Yen
Many classrooms employ reading levels charts for their students, but up-to-date research is showing that this way of regulating students’ reading doesn’t have strong scientific evidence to support it. This is why we have deliberately shied away from...
by Yen Yen | Jan 3, 2022 | Bilingual, Blog, Education
Dear Teachers of Chinese ELLs or Emergent Bilinguals: I have bilingual stories that will be great for your students and I want to get these stories to your kids——FREE! Please get in touch with me as soon as possible at yenyen@dimsumwarriors.com. Chinese ELLs or...
by Woo Yen Yen | Dec 15, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Education, Yen Yen
Get Your Students to Draw Cartoons and Learn Chinese This Lunar New Year 2022! For Lunar New Year 2022, Dim Sum Warriors has a creative and fun Chinese New Year Livestream Activity that you can now book for your school! ****Book quickly because we only have 6 slots...
by Woo Yen Yen | Dec 15, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Education, Yen Yen
Learn Chinese for Kids Part 3: The Importance of INTEREST In this four-part series, former New York-based professor and “ang moh pai” (Western-Educated) English teacher Dr. Woo Yen Yen went from being that student who ripped up her Chinese textbook to writing Chinese...
