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For when you want to write China as 中国 and not just Zhong guo, here are a variety of web pages that explain how to do it. It’s really not that hard and once you’ve got it installed it’s very easy to input – and kids love to write things in Chinese on the computer.…

For parents with iPads: There’s an app that will read stories in Mandarin, with either simplified or traditional character subtitles. The apps are between $2.99 and 99 cents each. Great for car rides and a guilt-free way to let your kids get on the computer — they’re working on their Mandarin… They’re from Taiwanese educational…

Updated Feb 18, 2011 3:27 PM | Mastering a second language can pump up your brain in ways that seem to delay getting Alzheimer’s disease later on, scientists said Friday. Never learned to habla or parlez? While the new research focuses mostly on the truly long-term bilingual, scientists say even people who tackle a new…

Mandarin Immersion Parents Council Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 6:00 – 8:00 At Starr King Elementary School, 1215 Carolina Street, San Francisco Summer Camps 6:00 – 6:45:  Mandarin language summer camp information and presentation. Chinese 101 6:45 – 7:30: A little background for non-Chinese speakers to help understand the language our kids are learning. Committee Updates…

This is what my 2nd grader brought home from school today. It’s volcanic rock types from their science lesson. We figured out lava, tuff and what we think is igneous, but aren’t positive. What does your child’s homework look like? Send it in and we’ll post it!    

Mandarin immersion schools are popping up everywhere. Next year we know of new ones opening in the cities below. Are they all happening? Any others we don’t know about? Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada) Cambridge, Mass. Alameda, Calif. Lake Forest, Ill. Barrington, Ill. Boston, Mass. (possible.) Burlingame, Calif (possible)

High interest in Mandarin classes in Vancouver (UPDATED)   By Janet Steffenhagen 16 Feb 2011 COMMENTS(5) Report Card Vancouver’s new Mandarin bilingual program has attracted almost twice as many students as it can accommodate. The program received 112 applications for 68 spaces – 22 in kindergarten, 22 in a K-1 split and 24 in Grade…