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Learning Chinese 學中文 Shopping 行街 

My thoughts on the Baby Bear (小熊寶寶) toddler Chinese reader series

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 Catch Star Girl

Several months ago, Jean Wang (Extra Petite blogger) showed in her Stories the cute set of books her toddler adores

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Bilingualism Parenting 3G-CBC 

On raising a bilingual child – 66-month mark

February 22, 2021 Catch Star Girl

This quarter it seems I still have sufficient notes to keep this series up, fortunately! Just a note – these

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Shopping 行街 

INFLUENCED – books I have purchased recently (2020-21 edition)

February 9, 2021 Catch Star Girl 0 Comments

If there is one thing I never feel guilty of, it is buying books. We indulge Kiddo in buying him

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Learning Chinese 學中文 Parenting 3G-CBC 

Cantonese vocabulary words for emotions for toddlers

January 26, 2021 Catch Star Girl

Besides the flaws I can see as a non-native Cantonese speaker continuing to speak to my five-year-old school-aged son pretty

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Bilingualism Parenting 3G-CBC 

On raising a bilingual child – 63-month mark

January 9, 2021 Catch Star Girl

Should I continue these posts? I am so tardy in posting them although at the very least they are appearing

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Parenting 3G-CBC 

Chinese nicknames for the kids

January 6, 2021January 4, 2021 Catch Star Girl

I don’t think I’ve really addressed all my thoughts about giving and calling Kiddo his nickname, 寶寶. Well. I have

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Bilingualism Parenting 3G-CBC 

Survey of the younger kid’s vocabulary at 18 months

January 4, 2021January 21, 2021 Catch Star Girl

I only just re-visited the blog post just after Kiddo turned 1-and-a-half years old surveying his vocabulary and it was

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Bilingualism 

On raising a bilingual child – 60-month (5-year) mark

October 9, 2020 Catch Star Girl

This update is so freakin’ late there’s a possibility I won’t get it out and the next one is due

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On raising a bilingual child – 57-month mark

June 23, 2020 Catch Star Girl

I feel like I made far fewer notes this quarter than the previous ones. I do note some great things

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Bilingualism Parenting 3G-CBC 

On raising a bilingual child – 54-month (4.5 year) mark

February 25, 2020 Catch Star Girl

With a lot of pride, I’m happy to report that at the 4.5-year mark, Kiddo is doing excellent in my

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