When I was young, I always struggle with mother tongue subject: Chinese. I just don't understand why we need to learn Chinese and why can't be as simple as ABC.…
This week we are learning about colors. You may say is easy to teach little ones about colors as there are colors everywhere. But what about other languages? English is commonly…
To some children, spelling is tough. But to many of the children, Chinese ting xie is even tougher! Why? Because most of us speak English and we know our ABCs…
To learn Chinese, the easier to way is to learn hanyu pinyin. In our previous post, I have mentioned how to teach hanyu pinyin with the basics. You can read…
Do you freak out when hanyu pinyin comes to your mind? Even more, freak out when the thought of teaching your little one? What exactly is hanyu pinyin and why…
What? Teach Chinese at home? Myself? No way! Yeap, that's what I got from most parents when we talked about teaching Chinese to their own child. They will shudder at…
Hey everybody, it's been a ludicrously long time since I last blogged! We have been amazingly busy with adjustments to our normal daily schedules and setting up of Young Smarties online SHOP! It's…
Last Saturday we attended the first session of the Chinese Reading Club (小小书迷读书会) event at the Jurong National Library. The purpose of this event is to promote the love for Chinese…
Every 15th of day of the 8th month according to the Chinese Lunar calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the second next grandest festival after Chinese New Year in China. Countries…
This year is the year of the Rooster. To get smarties into the mood and understand better what rooster year is all about, we went to the library and borrowed…
It's 2015! Can you believe that?!?! The time just flew by in a blink of an eye! I just can't stop myself feeling old because I see my kids growing…