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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, 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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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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Learning Chinese 學中文 Parenting 3G-CBC 

Down By the Bay – an exercise in Cantonese poetry

January 23, 2020 Catch Star Girl

Kiddo loves the song “Down By the Bay” and we listen to the Raffi version with lyrics as such: Down

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Parenting 3G-CBC 

Another Chinese name

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Catch Star Girl

Little did I know that I’d be involved in selecting a second Chinese name in the same year. My younger

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Parenting 3G-CBC 

On raising a bilingual child – 51-month mark

November 22, 2019December 17, 2019 Catch Star Girl

(31 August) This interval is definitely more about my concerns than language acquisition and cute things. He continues to be

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Learning Chinese 學中文 Parenting 3G-CBC 

“M restaurant” and “brown milk” and “N channel”

November 12, 2019 Catch Star Girl

Oh, the decisions regarding raising a child – large and small! One of the quirky – or you could say

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Parenting 3G-CBC 

On raising a bilingual child – 4-year (48-month) mark

July 26, 2019 Catch Star Girl

Wow, we’ve made it to four years old and the Chinese/bilingual game is still strong. I’m prepared for it to

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