Little Mermaid in Mandarin Chinese: Bilingual Disney Books

Check out the soundtrack for this beautiful bilingual English and Mandarin Chinese book and story CD set on our site, Popping Pandas.

Back from China with lots of new Chinese DVDs for children

It was a long trip, but well worth it. I got to spend time with my students and, of course, browse for new Mandarin Chinese DVDs for children here!

What's new? Lots more Thomas the Tank Engine, another several Spongebob shows, plus Hello Kitty is back in stock!

Now I have to get some clips to share with everyone.

If anyone has requests for my next teaching trip, just send a note and I'll see what I can find!

Mandarin Chinese Language Camps for the Summer

A parent asked us for a recommendation, so we wanted to share a few with you here. If anyone has additional information, please send it in via comment form!

Sidwell Friends Summer Camp

Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (they have a Mandarin component available)

UCLA and the Confucius Institute (high schoolers only)

Crossroads School in LA is always fun, but they have no Chinese program in the summer.

NEW: Bilingual English and Mandarin Chinese Number Blocks for Infants and Toddlers

You may have seen this post on our blog for Infants and Toddlers, but just in case... These fabulous blocks are handmade in Maryland, USA, by us at Montessori House!

Here's the description from our Montessori House Etsy store:
We lovingly hand-craft our wooden blocks here in Maryland. The blocks are made using hand tools and Crayola markers with an organic olive oil rubbed finish.

This set of ten blocks introduces the Chinese characters for numbers from 1 to 10 along with numerals, pinyin (the English language pronunciation for the Chinese characters), and quantity dots.

The characters are etched with hand tools into the wood, which is then sanded to a soft finish with rounded edges and corners. Your child will enjoy tracing the engravings as he or she learns to associate the quantities with the bilingual characters.

The numerals are colored green corresponding to the Montessori math system.

Safe for infants and toddlers of all ages.

Visit us at Montessori House for more Mandarin Chinese learning material for children.

Beginning Mandarin Chinese for Children by Montessori House

This binder introduces your child to important words using Chinese characters, English translations,
and pinyin with tones.

A serious study guide designed for the Montessori classroom, this program includes over 70 pages that include single pages for drills and tracing, large characters for tracing, and other material that your child can begin using intuitively and easily.

No experience with Chinese needed to help your child use this course! So, dive on in if you are interested in helping your child learn Chinese. This is also a wonderful place to start for beginners of all ages.

Whether you are officially homeschooling your child or just looking to give him or her a head start with languages, this is an easy-to-use and enjoyable program that will provide your child with a great introduction to Chinese as well as help him or her learn how to start learning a foreign language.

Buy this Montessori Beginning Chinese course for Children on the Montessori House site.

Montessori Little Printable Books in Chinese and English

We have put together a series of printable books for children that teach the Chinese characters for basic words and numbers. The books include English and pinyin (the English language pronunciation guide for Chinese characters) and tone marks along with tracing practice sheets.

A great deal at $3 each for over 15 pages of Adobe PDF printable material! You can print multiple copies for mixing and matching games, tracing, coloring, or printing and binding as a gift for the holidays.

Here is the link to our bilingual Chinese and English children's books and other printable Chinese material.

Sample Pictures of Our Bilingual English and Chinese Flashcards for Children

A lot of you wrote in asking for more details on the flashcards that we put together with Montessori for Everyone, so here are some pictures!

These bilingual Montessori Mandarin Chinese and English Flashcards are available on the Montessori House site.