My Early Start: Learning Chinese

Learn Chinese "head, shoulder, knees, and toes" song

Some customers of the Early Start Mandarin dvds have asked for the lyrics of the "heads, shoulders, knees, and toes" song in pin yin.  We've posted under the Resources tab on our website, MyEarlyStart.com.  The song is in Volume 4: My Healthy Body,  and we've asked Hope to sing it again here.  Enjoy!

Learn Chinese word for "cookie" on YouTube

Check out our new video lesson on YouTube / MyEarlyStart.  Learn how to say "cookie" in Chinese.  We're trying to put out videos regularly.  Please send us your ideas for videos.  Thanks!

Learn Chinese pin yin from Youtube

In China and elsewhere, everyone learning Chinese uses a romanized phonetic system called pin yin.  It was developed in the late 1950's, and is used to teach Chinese school children and foreign learners the standard pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese.  It has since been adopted as the international standard.  When my son started Chinese school 7 years ago, he actually learned a phonetic system called bopomofo.  Bopomofo is still used in Taiwan, although Taiwan has adopted pin yin as the official romanization system beginning January 2009. We found a YouTube video that gives a good explanation/example of pin yin.  Hopefully you'll find it useful. (She needs to clean her room!)

Learn Chinese for "Hello, what is your name?"

Check out our new lesson on how to say "Hello, what is your name?".  We welcome suggestions for lesson topics.  Please let us know!

Learn Mandarin for "frog" | Learn Chinese dvd

Here's a cute video we made with Hope singing a song about a frog (not in Chinese) that your preschooler may enjoy!

Youtube video to learn how to count to 10 with Chinese hand signs

See our new lesson on counting to ten using Chinese hand signs and in Mandarin Chinese.  We hope to be posting these short lessons regularly, so check back often!  You can also find our videos on YouTube.com under MyEarlyStart.