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The Overlooked Struggle of Bilingualism.
Bilingual children are often mistakenly diagnosed with early learning disabilities because the standardised tests for academic competence...
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Bilingualbees
May 9, 20211 min read
Ping Pong - 乒乓球 (pīng pang qiú)
Did you know that Ping Pong originated from 1880s Victorian England? It was invented by the upper classes as an indoor alternative to...
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Bilingualbees
Mar 19, 20212 min read
Are native Chinese-speaking children better at math?
Numbers are surprisingly easy to learn in Chinese because they are simply logical. Once you have learnt how to count from 1 to 10 in...
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Bilingualbees
Nov 15, 20192 min read
Eat; Sleep; Football; Repeat.
Our children have started playing football matches in the local school league and as you can imagine it's now Eat, Sleep, Football,...
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Bilingualbees
Oct 2, 20193 min read
Learn languages in 3 simple steps
Learning languages can be easy as 1,2,3 if you break it down to simple steps.
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Bilingualbees
Dec 30, 20181 min read
The Humble Chopsticks 筷子
The Chinese are thought to have used chopsticks as early as 1200 B.C., firstly as a cooking utensil. It was not until A.D. 400 that...
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Bilingualbees
Sep 12, 20181 min read
Bribery? Guilty as charged
Our 7 year old son is obsessed with Nerf guns. He has been spending endless summer afternoons playing at Nerf gun wars with the other...
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Bilingualbees
Aug 27, 20182 min read
If at first you don't succeed, have realistic expectations
We have a house rule with our kids. Ever since they were of speaking age, we would not respond to them unless they spoke to us in...
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Bilingualbees
Jan 4, 20181 min read
Learn Chinese Through Foods: What is your favourite Bubble Tea?
My son's favourite Bubble Tea is the classic Pearl Bubble Tea 珍珠奶茶 zhēn zhū nǎi chá. It is simply shaken milk tea with tapioca pearls. As...
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Bilingualbees
Oct 9, 20171 min read
Embracing Technology
The single most important factor in learning a language is the amount of exposure that the child gets to it. This is not easy if you are...
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Bilingualbees
Jul 25, 20171 min read
Learning languages should be fun!
The World of DAVE. We chose this as our first blog post for two reasons. Firstly, my 5 year old son could not stop laughing watching this...
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