Mandarin is the standard Chinese spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers over a large geographical area. Learning Chinese will not only let Kids understand more Chinese culture but also improving the international communication skills as a world citizen.
I.C.E.A partners with Mandarin Playground to offer a unique program for PreK to 2nd grade children to learn Chinese in a fun but effective way.
The instructors from Mandarin Playground are passionate teachers beloved by Chinese and English Language Learners. They holds a Washington State Residency Teacher Certificates and China Teacher Certificates.
The program contains following ‘Fun with Mandarin’ features:
· Unique curriculum developed by researchers in bilingualism
· Interactive learning
· Themed physical games for total physical responses
· Opportunity for students to practice language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and drawing/writing/tracing pictographs*) and social skills (leadership, communication, and team work).
*Note: Pictographs are the earliest known form of writing, examples having been discovered in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and China from before 3000 BC.
