中文幼儿园 - Mandarin Preschool - Bilingualism the Easy and Natural Way

Why Mandarin?

One quarter of the worlds’ population can speak Mandarin, which includes mainland China, Taiwan and increasingly Hong Kong and South-East Asia. The potential benefits to your child’s future of learning Mandarin are huge, as the economic and cultural ties between Australia and the Mandarin-speaking world continue to flourish.

English and Mandarin are two points at each end of the language spectrum. Learning both at the same time stimulates a child’s brain development. Ask your pediatrician!

Chinese culture, language and philosophy are truly fascinating. It has captured the hearts and minds of many great scholars including the famous Joseph Needham.

When children learn another language, they develop more sophisticated minds than their monolingual peers, according to a study of bilingual children presented to the Society for Neuroscience (UK). A report on bilingual children - French and English in this case - was presented by professor Laura-Ann Petitto, PhD, a cognitive neuroscientist at Dartmouth College, who has spent over 30 years researching the biological foundations of language. [Reference Article - scroll down to “bilingualism & early brain development”]

When to Learn?

Start young, the younger the better. The critical time to learn is well before Y7... Read More

How to Learn?

Learning is self-paced. It includes channeled learning and is continually monitored with enough flexibility to change tack if required... Read More