Our mission is to provide a unique and stimulating environment for all young children to learn the Mandarin Chinese language and culture in a fun and natural way. We facilitate social and emotional development through helping children interact and learn from one another. We offer a well rounded, holistic program that exposes children to concepts in art, music, science, math and language through hands on interaction and spontaneous play. As a result, we aspire to build personal qualities of self confidence, empathy and an enjoyment of exploration.
Our program is developed foremost on the foundation of how children learn, coupled with knowledge of second language acquisition, and finally an understanding of the Mandarin Chinese language and culture. Our program is designed to be able to accept children at all levels of ability from having no previous exposure to being proficient in the language. What makes our program special are our quality teachers, unique curriculum, and communication with parents in pursuit of this goal.
Teachers
- Most have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in bilingual education or early child education
- Significant work experience with young children
- Native speaking dual language teacher staff
- Quality interactions with low student to teacher ratios
- Significant training and development of teachers
Curriculum
- Meets requirements for childhood best practices
- Content focus is strong in science, math, arts, and music
- Meets ACTFL (American Council for Teaching of Foreign Languages) standards
- Mandarin Chinese language arts is optimized to enhance important skill areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing
Parent Support
- Home studies to better understand each child
- Help in selecting materials for at home support
- Proprietary content delivered via our website to support at-home learning
- “Introduction to Mandarin” for parents
- Connection with Chinese community and other families with similar interests
