I’ve posted some homework examples and translations on a page on the blog here. If you’ve got other examples please feel free to send them and I’ll post them as well. I’m making my 6th and 4th graders translate them, so it’s good practice….

Give your kids a culturally enriching summer– Be a Short-Term Summer Host Family (and get compensated too!)   Are you looking for an exciting and culturally enriching experience for your kids this summer? One that also offers the opportunity to make a lifelong friend and possibly learn some Mandarin? Then please consider being a summer…

Calligraphy aids language learning Updated: 2013-05-17 11:40 By Caroline Berg in New York (China Daily)   A second grader at Waddell Language Academy in North Carolina draws the character for “sheep” in the seal and bronze calligraphy scripts. Yan Weihong / China Daily Two years ago, the Confucius Institute at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina…

Local: Education Language immersion high school nears approval May 16, 2013 | 9:00 pm | Modified: May 16, 2013 at 10:20 pm Rachel Baye Staff Writer – Education The Washington Examiner Email Author@rachelbayeRachel on FB The proposed District of Columbia International School, or DCI, is the creation of five public charter elementary schools with language…

Here’s a wonderful video from the 2013 Asia Society Chinese Language conference in Boston April 7 – 9. This is one of Chinese teachers being introduced by their students and it will make you see exactly how far students can go with Chinese at very young ages. It’s really inspiring. Students Speak from Asia Society…

Deal matches schools in Bellaire, China By Flori Meeks | May 14, 2013 Pupils at the Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet School already are called upon to practice their developing language skills through the day with teachers and peers. This fall, they’ll be using their Mandarin Chinese to communicate with elementary pupils in Beijing, too. Principal Bryan Bordelon expects to see…

If you combine this article with another in the Wall Street Journal today here, you come up with what could be a a great business model for someone: Find a city with a lot of beautiful, vacant older buildings like St. Louis, buy up a gorgeous old Catholic school with grounds and dormitory rooms and…