Everyone is talking about ‘graded learning’. But what is it? Do I even need it? How should I use it if I have it? We’ve been using and selling Chinese graded learning since 2020. So, here are some things you should know if you want to start using it.

There’s a whole plethora of delightfully bright and beautiful books all about the Lunar New Year and how it’s celebrated. To get you started, here’s a quick look at some! You can click on the links for each title to see where you might be able to purchase them and we’re adding links to other bloggers’ booklists (see the end!) and recommendations so you have plenty to choose from!

My Bilingual Book of Nursery Rhymes is the fruit of a bilingual parent’s labour. It’s well thought out and well executed. It delivers on so many points, with Pinyin, Simplified Chinese and English text in parallel, adorable artwork, free audio guides, large font, and colour-coded text. Plus, it all comes in a hardy form factor!

I remember getting very excited for Christmas every year as a young kid - and I still do! There’s something about the cheery atmosphere and all that delicious food and meeting family and friends. We’ve compiled this list with short summaries on books we recommend for Christmas.

This book delivers the joy of poetry-inspired rhythm and repetition by Bill Martin Jr. with the classic Eric Carle visual experience. It’s an enjoyable read for both parents and children and works very well in classrooms, too. Learning the colours and animals in Chinese is fun and it’s nice to have the option to choose between hardback and board book, big and small, bilingual and monolingual!

So where did it all begin? … I suppose you can call it envy. Every night, she’d snuggle up next to my husband and enjoy lovely long bedtime readings! All in English with my husband’s engaging, enthusiastic and animated reading!