Ni Hao Children's Community Mandarin Chinese Language Education Programme
A chance for your child to learn Mandarin Chinese through group social interaction and fun experiences
We’ve been trialling reading books with English text out loud in Mandarin Chinese during our class storytimes. We have been receiving good feedback from everyone so far! It has been … Continue reading Mandarin storytime with English subtitles!? 😉
Do you want to eat/drink…? 你想吃/喝…吗? nǐ xiǎng chī/hē…ma? I am hungry 我饿了 wǒ èr le I am thirsty 我渴了 wǒ kě le yogurt 酸奶 suān nǎi water 水 shuǐ … Continue reading 2017 Term 4 Kids’ class week 7&8
Do you want to drink…? 你想喝…吗? nǐ xiǎng hē…ma? I am thirsty 我渴了 wǒ kě le yogurt 酸奶 suān nǎi water 水 shuǐ milk 牛奶 niú nǎi cola 可乐 kě … Continue reading 2017 Term 4 Preschoolers’ class week 7 & 8
We had a fun time learning to make egg noodles today at the Mandarin Kids Club, with a couple of adventurous ones making chive infused noodles! We hope everyone’s enjoying … Continue reading Leftovers from the noodle making workshop
Speakers of the majority language who learn another language at school accrue a number of benefits (Baker 2012). Importantly, there is evidence suggesting that learning another language at school improves … Continue reading Knowing another language boosts other areas of your child’s learning
Teaching and supporting students’ language development is like coaching a sport. The students are the ones running around with the ball – reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and presenting – … Continue reading Supporting language development – it’s like coaching sports!
New Zealand is a diverse society in a globalised international community. It has an indigenous language, te reo Māori, and a bicultural Māori and Anglo-Celtic foundation. It is located in … Continue reading Human Rights Commission: Languages in Aotearoa Statement on Language Policy
Hey everyone, just letting you know what’s coming up at the Mandarin Kids Club, weekly Saturdays 10:30-11:30am! Saturday 11 November Rhyme action game & Musical vocab Chairs Current enrolled class … Continue reading Mandarin Kids Club – what’s coming up next?
buy buy 再见 zài jiàn thank you 谢谢 xiè xie I want to buy… 我想要买… wǒ xiǎng yào mǎi… in total five dollars 总共五块钱 zǒng gòng wǔ kuài qián money … Continue reading 2017 Term 4 Preschoolers’ class week 5-6
what is on the top of table? 桌子上有什么？ zhuō zǐ shàng yǒu shén me? there are…on the table 桌子上有… zhuō zǐ shàng yǒu … I want to buy… 我想要买… wǒ … Continue reading 2017 Term 4 Kids’ class week 5-6
The staff and I were fortunate to attend today’s launch of Asia NZ Foundation’s new report “Starting Strong: Starting Strong: Nurturing the potential of our Asian under-fives“. It was a good … Continue reading Starting Strong: Nurturing the potential of our Asian under-fives
NZ Charitable Association is hosting a free screening of the Gung Ho, a documentary about Rewi Alley. It’s being held on Saturday 18 November, 4:15-6pm, at Nga Taonga Sound … Continue reading Gung Ho – a film about NZer Rewi Alley
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