Our elementary program begins with Chinese reading. Children first learn to recognize Chinese characters as images without the help of Pinyin. Later, when they develop the habit of reading Chinese characters as symbols, we will introduce Pinyin so that children … Continue reading
Music can let children experience foreign language in a pleasurable and natural way. Young children are naturally “wired” for sound and rhythm. At Chinese with Meggie, music is an indispensable part in the classroom. Besides singing songs with the CD … Continue reading
“National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC) is the largest annual gathering practitioners, policymakers, and school leaders with an interest in Chinese language teaching and learning in North America.” Representing Chinese with Meggie, Weiky, our new instructor, attended the fifth NCLC in … Continue reading
Hi, my name is Keyi Qin. I am very excited to be a new instructor and curriculum developer at Chinese with Meggie. I am originally from Shanghai, China, and I graduated from New York University’s graduate program in Foreign Language … Continue reading
— Picture Book Series: Eat All Your Peas Children in our elementary program get flashcards of Chinese characters each class. How to help them digest and practice these characters in class? One method we use is to make short plays … Continue reading
Recently we have come across an article on New York Times: Building Self-Control: the American Way by Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang. The article describes parenting issues in general, but also touches on the benefits of language learning. Compared to … Continue reading
In our previous picture book series, we introduced the use of picture books in our immersion program. As a matter of fact, picture books are also important learning materials in our Chinese classes for elementary students. One of the major … Continue reading
It is easy for children to produce Chinese words, and not difficult to remember them. However, how to transit from simple Chinese words to phrases, or even long sentences? This blog is about how we help children build up simple … Continue reading
Recently, we have come into two articles on the topic of technology, children’s growth and education. The first one is the A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute on New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html?_r=1&ref=education, while the second one is Troubling Toddlers … Continue reading
Every week, our elementary children are introduced to one picture book. The class is organized following the language learning order of “input –> output”. Thus, they are exposed to Chinese characters and sentence structures from the particular picture book first and … Continue reading