McDull: A Funky and Odd Cartoon from Taiwan (Bilingual English and Chinese DVD)

Since I just filmed the DVD on my laptop screen, you will see the red flicker of the camera, but I wanted to share the clip so that everyone could see the show. What do you think?

Listen to Mandarin Chinese stories on our site

Just posted stories in Mandarin Chinese for a few book and story CD packages we are selling.

Listen to the Chinese part of these bilingual Disney stories here.

New Montessori Bilingual Chinese and English Printable Flashcard Sets

We have more Montessori Bilingual Chinese and English Printable Flashcards for great prices!

These nifty little Adobe PDF flash cards were created in conjunction with Lori at Montessori for Everyone, who shared her collection of amazing color pictures and excellent PDF card designs with us.

These printable sheets contain tons of information including the Chinese character for each word, pinyin, English translation, and a color photo.

Do you like this picture? Right-click on it and save it to your computer to print out!

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.