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Book Review on Mandarin Prodigies’ Books
I have known Kristin for awhile now as a dedicated mom who does not only believe in Montessori education but also strive to teach her children Chinese in the best way possible. So when she asked me to review two of the Mandarin Prodigies books that she wrote (out of the many other Chinese-learning materials…
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Lion Dance in Chinese New Year
One of my favorite things about Chinese New Year is… Lion Dances! Lion dance is a traditional dance common in Chinese culture and other Asian countries, and is considered a must in order to ward off evil spirits and bring good luck and fortune. The performers imitate the movement of a lion and also dress…
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Postpartum Meal Prep Experience
My husband and I made the mistake of being over-optimistic on what we could accomplish during our first postpartum experience together. Before Little Ray arrived, we saved recipes (in our minds, simple recipes) for dishes we would like to cook and eat during the postpartum experience. And oh boy how wrong did things go! We…
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Our Family’s Experience with YouDao Dictionary Pen 3
Our family has been using this YouDao Dictionary Pen 3 for the past few weeks and I am writing this post to share our experience. Our experience with the pen so far though? It has been great for our family language-learning dynamic! I will explain a little bit more on that later in this post.…
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Chinese Videos on Dragon Boat Festival
Learning about Dragon Boat Festival could be difficult when there is not much celebration happening in the area that you are living in. Thanks to technology though, we can now have access to some great videos that allow us to learn about Dragon Boat Festival. Here are some videos (in both Cantonese and Mandarin) that…
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Chinese Wildlife Coloring Book
Little Ray has been really into coloring these days! Since we have been trying to learn more about wild animals, I decided to make these coloring pages for him. Click here to have direct access to them! 🙂 I hope you get to enjoy these coloring pages with your little ones too! 🙂 Love, Mama…
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How to Quarantine with a Toddler for 14 days? (Part 2)
And wow, are we almost done with quarantine already? We are now at the two-day countdown and the hotel is already sending me messages about arrangements on how to check out. Both my husband and I think we are really going to miss this hotel room. Not only because of the good memories we have…
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How to Quarantine with a Toddler for 14 days? (Part 1)
Have I ever thought that our family would be quarantining in a hotel room for 14 days in Hong Kong? The answer is definitely no. When I say quarantining, I am not talking about the self-regulated quarantining that we are all familiar with, I am talking about the kind where you will get fined and…
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Valentine’s Day Card Printable
Happy Valentine’s Day soon everyone! It is happening in a day – Have you prepared anything yet for your lover? 😉 If you are one of those busy moms who have a million things to do on your list, I got something quick and easy to DIY with your little ones. The first one is…
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DIY Chinese Red Pocket Printable
Dear Mamas, Happy Chinese New Year! This year I am so honored to be invited by Indigrow kids to create a Chinese New Year printable for kids around the world! And can you already guess what we will be making together this time (click HERE to download the printable for free)? Yup you guessed it…
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