Now you know How to say eyes, ears, nose and mouth in Chinese?, do you want to learn how to say shoulder, arm, elbow and hand in Chinese?

That is today’s lesson.

chinese language for young children, Chinese learning for babies, How to name body parts in Chinese?, learn chinese for free | July 11, 2009 4:10 pm | Comments (0)

Life seemed speed up for DD. After she learned to crawl, within two months, she mastered a series of large motor skills from crawling, pulling herself up to a standing position, climbing upstairs and downstairs, cruising, to the most challenging one—walking. This month’s baby training offered her exercise and practice she needed for standing alone momentarily and, eventually, putting one foot in front of the other.

Baby's Training | July 7, 2009 3:48 pm | Comments (0)

This month DD turned to be one. I cannot believe how fast time flies. A full year has passed by! DD grew up from a tiny, bony, little baby who didn’t even have the strength to lift her head to a healthy, strong, chubby one who could crawl swiftly then cruise to any place she wanted, confidently climb upstairs and downstairs without second thought, and ambitiously took her first independent.

Baby's Growth | July 2, 2009 11:20 am | Comments (0)

How about stages of children’s second language acquisition? Do Children follow similar patterns and reach similar development milestones as they acquire their first languages?

Thanks to Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, descriptions about these five stages are well organized and nicely listed, along with approximate time frames and the characteristics of each.

Bringing up Baby Bilingual, Stages of children’s second language acquisition | June 30, 2009 10:27 am | Comments (3)

Today I going to teach you how to say and read the following words, eyes, ears, nose and mouth, in Chinese. One interesting fact is your eyes are always the same size from birth, but your nose and ears continue to grow through out your entire life. Amazing, isn’t it?

Does it sound like fun? Let get started!

chinese language for young children, Chinese learning for babies, How to name body parts in Chinese?, learn chinese for free | June 19, 2009 10:51 am | Comments (0)

At 11 month, DD’s training shifted from mastering her fine motor skills to exercising larger muscles. We taught her to climb upstairs and downstairs, encouraged her to cruise while holding onto furniture, and allowed her to crawl excitedly from one room to another. She began to taste the fun of being mobile and independent.

Baby Training | June 11, 2009 11:17 am | Comments (0)

This month, the house became DD’s adventure park. She crawled from one room to the other, enamored with stairs and practiced climbing up and down, learned to cruise while holding onto furniture, and fell in love with the novelty of standing — particularly in the bathtub. Her personality began to emerge. She was persistent on things she set her mind on and would keep practicing until she mastered it. She was also developing a mind of her own. Rather than passively accepting any food I shoveled into her mouth, she began to selectively accept those she enjoyed and reject those falling out of her favor.

Baby's Growth | June 3, 2009 7:38 pm | Comments (1)

How do children acquire second languages?

It turns out second language acquisition shows parallels but also a lot of differences to first language acquisition. And second language acquisition theories were developed along the lines of first language acquisition theories.

Bringing up Baby Bilingual, Children’s second language acquisition, How Children acquire second languages | May 28, 2009 6:45 pm | Comments (1)

At 10 month, DD continually scrambled out of sight. Nothing made her happier than discovering hidden pots and pans inside drawlers, unloading clean knives and forks from the dishwasher, taking a peek inside the mysterious refrigerator, tearing Daddy’s favorite painting which used to be out of her reach, or dropping a spoon from the highchair over and over again. And if I was not stifling the urge to say “no!”, I would find myself stuck in her tossing or dropping game. Yes, at this age, it looked more like DD was training me rather than the opposite way.

Baby's Training | May 8, 2009 9:20 am | Comments (0)

Most 10-month-old babies are confident crawlers and continue making major gains in development and begin displaying a little independence. Yes, that is DD. Her newfound mobility enabled her to explore her surroundings and discover hidden pots and pans inside kitchen drawlers, unload clean knives and forks from the dishwasher, take a peek inside the mysterious refrigerator and tear Daddy’s favorite painting which used to be out of her reach. Our fearless baby terminator was back, with better gears.

Baby's Growth | May 2, 2009 10:50 am | Comments (0)