Learning Chinese 學中文 – Page 2 – The Catch Star Girl Blog

Straddling the divide between Asian and North American Culture

Cantonese vocabulary: Vehicles and modes of transportation

Why have I not made this list earlier?? BIL’s fiancée was over one evening and E wanted his bedtime reading

Wordplay with the kid is so much fun! Sure, it’s not a physical activity – which is why NPY doesn’t

It started with a question that came to me to ask my mum if she named herself after Grace Kelly.

Another one! We all know the French version: Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines, sonnez les matines,

So, there’s this nursery song I am not familiar with from my own childhood – the Finger Family. It’s a

It is plain to see – and utterly adorable to me – that little E’s favourite consonants are “B” and

When I was a regular at Baby Storytimes at the library – such a great resource! – in 2016, I

This post’s title reminds me the Chinese version of the ABC song that I recently learned of (YouTube link). Of

At E’s recent 18-month appointment, his family doctor quickly went through a questionnaire to assess his developmental milestones – he

I think that while I’ve wanted to write about this subject, I have had a difficult time getting started because