Bao & Bun's Bilingual Journey

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Found this by accident. Little bun’s reflection on our past summer Taiwan trip. Unboxing our new magazine subscription. Newtonkids. When Chinese Reading Turns Into Leisure Avoid screen? These books can read itself and it’ll read both Chinese & English to you and your kids. You can find it @nypl New York Public Library and search Read-Along Book and filter with Mandarin. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR2Bhk-Ef6N/ I wanted to share a series my kids have been especially obsessed with lately: The Manga Biographies of Great Figures published by Wild Man Publishing. This series is translated from Japanese, and the artwork is very elegant. Many of the stories start from these historical figures’ childhoods. My kids’ favorite is the Marie Curie volume, which talks about the period when Poland was occupied by other countries and how young Marie Curie was forced to learn Russian. I think this is a wonderful way for children to learn history—not by directly teaching historical events, but by showing how history changed people’s everyday lives through personal stories. Third Grade Chinese Writing at a New York Dual-Language School Last month marked the one-year anniversary of the Little Chinese Online Book Club! 💛 Over the past few weeks, I’ve switched jobs, hosted a Mandarin Family Art Workshop, and started recording new podcast episodes — it’s been quite a whirlwind. Luckily, my kids’ bilingual school gives them regular Chinese homework and weekly quizzes, and our tutor continues to teach them new vocabulary and idioms, so even though I haven’t been doing much extra at home, their learning hasn’t stopped.