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Hi, I’m Sunny, busy 媽咪 + believer, wrangling our talkative & silly four year old. Thanks for stopping by! I share tid-bits of what I’ve learned and created while teaching my daughter Mandarin Chinese in hopes of simplifying your journey. Hope you find some sunshine here.

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So this happened yesterday. 😱😭🙌🏼🎉 She’s reading whole sentences in Chinese!!! The day has finally come!
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After taking a nearly two month break from Sagebooks during our time in Taiwan, we recently picked it back up after returning to The States.
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Just to be real, before that I was noticing my frustration was increasing with doing Sagebooks with my daughter. Putting our house up on the market and moving to another State was just too much for me. So when we were in Taiwan, I decided to take it easy and not do Sagebooks since my daughter was already attending the local preschool.
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Upon returning, I feel refreshed and renewed with new resources and vision. We plunged back into Sagebooks. I would first read some Chinese storybooks to her and then give her “a turn” in reading Sagebooks and a Treasure Box book.
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Teaching your child Chinese is a marathon. But give you and your kids a break every so often so you can return to it refreshed so both you and your kids can enjoy the learning process rather than trudge through it. Try not to be just about the end goal, have fun in the process and give yourself permission to take a break. Your kids will benefit from you taking care of yourself too. ♥️ And if you’re feeling discouraged today with the lack of progress you’re making, I was there too and I will have more of those days. But isn’t that what parenting is like whether you’re doing bilingual or not. There’s lots of “I don’t know if I’m getting through to my kid” and then one day boom 💥 you see all that you’re teaching them they finally get it. You’ll get there, slowly but surely. 加油💪🏼

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