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Tips to Teach Kids Chinese

Pre-order Your Sagebooks 2020 Chinese Fun Advent Calendar

Pre-order Your Sagebooks 2020 Chinese Fun Advent Calendar

Learn Chinese Activities for Kids

Learn Chinese Activities for Kids

New Free Sagebooks Spring Homeschooling Course

New Free Sagebooks Spring Homeschooling Course

The People Who Sabotage Your Kid's Chinese

The People Who Sabotage Your Kid’s Chinese

How to Sabotage Your Kid's Chinese

How to Sabotage Your Kid’s Chinese

Why I Sometimes Advise People to Give Up Chinese

Why I Sometimes Advise People to Give Up Chinese

Realistic Expectations for Learning Chinese

Realistic Expectations for Learning Chinese

Should You Go to Taiwan If You Don’t Know Chinese?

Should You Go to Taiwan If You Don’t Know Chinese?

Taiwan Summer Camps

Taiwan Summer Camps

Lessons I Learned from Sagebooks

Lessons I Learned from Sagebooks

Final Money Tally for Taiwan Trip 2019

Final Money Tally for Taiwan Trip 2019

Taiwan Trip 2019 Recap

Taiwan Trip 2019 Recap

What a Typical Summer Day in Taiwan with Kids Looks Like

What a Typical Summer Day in Taiwan with Kids Looks Like

How to Keep Up Chinese While Traveling

How to Keep Up Chinese While Traveling

Why I Take My Kids Back to Taiwan Every Summer

Why I Take My Kids Back to Taiwan Every Summer

Life After Sagebooks

Life After Sagebooks

7 Signs Your Child Is Ready for Sagebooks

7 Signs Your Child Is Ready for Sagebooks

What to Do When Your Kids Only Want to Speak English

What to Do When Your Kids Only Want to Speak English

Automating Chinese

Automating Chinese

Finding Your Core Reason

Finding Your Core Reason

How to Prep Kids for Chinese Summer Camp

How to Prep Kids for Chinese Summer Camp

When Your Kid Surpasses Your Chinese Abilities

When Your Kid Surpasses Your Chinese Abilities

The Loneliness of Teaching Tweens Chinese

The Loneliness of Teaching Tweens Chinese

The Problem of Burn Out

The Problem of Burn Out

Behind the Scenes at Sagebooks: January

Behind the Scenes at Sagebooks: January

Top 5 Chinese Posts of 2018

Top 5 Chinese Posts of 2018

The Problem of Discernment

The Problem of Discernment

Trust the Process

Trust the Process

Behind the Scenes at Sagebooks: November

Behind the Scenes at Sagebooks: November

My Secret to Teaching Kids Chinese: Outsource It

My Secret to Teaching Kids Chinese: Outsource It

Sometimes, There Just Is No Substitution for Time Served

Sometimes, There Just Is No Substitution for Time Served

Behind the Scenes at Sagebooks: August

Behind the Scenes at Sagebooks: August

Struggling is Normal

Struggling is Normal

Behind the Scenes at Sagebooks: July

Behind the Scenes at Sagebooks: July

How a T-Rex and Accountability Will Help You Teach Your Kids Chinese

How a T-Rex and Accountability Will Help You Teach Your Kids Chinese

Behind the Scenes at Sagebooks: June

Behind the Scenes at Sagebooks: June

Sagebooks

The Key to Success with Sagebooks

Sagebooks Treasure Box

WIN a Complete Newly Released SIMPLIFIED Sagebooks Treasure Box Set

Ignore Facebook Chinese

Why You Should Ignore Facebook Statuses about Chinese Fluency

myths mandarin immersion school

Top 5 Myths about Mandarin Immersion Schools

My Top Chinese Posts for 2017

My Top Chinese Posts for 2017

If Your Kids Know Chinese, Please Don’t Make the Rest of Us Feel Like Crap

If Your Kids Know Chinese, Please Don’t Make the Rest of Us Feel Like Crap

How Do I Get My Kid to Speak Chinese to Me?

How Do I Get My Kid to Speak Chinese to Me?

Can I Send My Kid to My Neighbor to Learn Chinese?

Can I Send My Kid to My Neighbor to Learn Chinese?

How I Homeschool with 4 Kids

How I Homeschool with 4 Kids

Why I Homeschool

Why I Homeschool

How to Taiwan with Kids

How to Taiwan with Kids

I Didn't Believe My Own Advice

I Didn’t Believe My Own Advice

Final Money Tally For Taiwan Trip 2017

Final Money Tally For Taiwan Trip 2017

Taiwan Trip 2017 Post Mortem

Taiwan Trip 2017 Post Mortem

Catch Me Live

Catch Me Live

Commence Panic Mode

Commence Panic Mode

Don't Believe What You Read on the Internet

Don’t Believe What You Read on the Internet

So... I Made a Thing

So… I Made a Thing

Hiring an Au Pair for Chinese Fluency

Hiring an Au Pair for Chinese Fluency

How a Chinese Boy Band Improved My Kids' Chinese

How a Chinese Boy Band Improved My Kids’ Chinese

Chinese Progress: 9 Months After Taiwan

Chinese Progress: 9 Months After Taiwan

teach kids Chinese

The Real Point of Learning Chinese

Stuff I Reluctantly Learned from Homeschooling, Vol. 9

Stuff I Reluctantly Learned from Homeschooling, Vol. 9

Stuff I Reluctantly Learned from Homeschooling, Vol. 8

Stuff I Reluctantly Learned from Homeschooling, Vol. 8

How to Turn Your Car into a Mobile Chinese Learning Center

How to Turn Your Car into a Mobile Chinese Learning Center

How to Jumpstart Your Kid's Chinese

How to Jumpstart Your Kid’s Chinese

How to Choose a Taiwanese Preschool

How to Choose a Taiwanese Preschool

Stuff I Reluctantly Learned from Homeschooling, Vol. 7

Stuff I Reluctantly Learned from Homeschooling, Vol. 7

Stuff I Reluctantly Learned from Homeschooling, Vol. 6

Stuff I Reluctantly Learned from Homeschooling, Vol. 6

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What Our Homeschooling Looks Like

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Stuff I Reluctantly Learned from Homeschooling, Vol. 5

Taiwanese Camp Update, Week 4

Taiwanese Camp Update, Week 4

Subtraction Woes

Subtraction Woes

Guest Post: A Road Map to Early Chinese Literacy During Early Childhood

Guest Post: A Road Map to Early Chinese Literacy During Early Childhood

Final Money Tally for Taiwan Trip 2016

Final Money Tally for Taiwan Trip 2016

The Ending of My Fantasy Life

The Ending of My Fantasy Life

Tips for Your Taiwan Trip (With Kids)

Tips for Your Taiwan Trip (With Kids)

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Chinese Progress, Update 2

Taiwanese Camp 3

Taiwanese Camp Update, Week 3

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Taiwanese Camp Update, Week 2

Chinese Progress, Update 1

Chinese Progress, Update 1

Taiwanese Camp Update, Week 1

Taiwanese Camp Update, Week 1

hardest part of raising kids bilingual

The Hardest Part of Raising Your Kids Bilingual

How I Prep for a Long Trip

How I Prep for a Long Trip

Stuff I Reluctantly Learned from Homeschooling, Vol. 4

Stuff I Reluctantly Learned from Homeschooling, Vol. 4

summer vacation

My First Summer Vacation in Decades

How to Plan a Trip to Taiwan with Your Kids

How to Plan a Trip to Taiwan with Your Kids

Stuff I Reluctantly Learned from Homeschooling, Vol. 3

Stuff I Reluctantly Learned from Homeschooling, Vol. 3

The Ebbs and Flows of Chinese Learning

The Ebbs and Flows of Chinese Learning

Why Non-Speaker/Speaker Chinese Playdates Are Probably Not Going to Work

Why Non-Speaker/Speaker Chinese Playdates Are Probably Not Going to Work

I Was Interviewed on Moms and Biz

I Was Interviewed on Moms and Biz

How Teaching My Kids Chinese Completely Derailed My Life

How Teaching My Kids Chinese Completely Derailed My Life

homeschooling

Stuff I Reluctantly Learned from Homeschooling, Vol 2

I've Been Profiled!

I’ve Been Profiled!

Homeschooling

Stuff I Reluctantly Learned from Homeschooling, Vol 1

Mandarin Posters

How I Finally Got Those Mandarin Posters Out of the Laundry Room

Sagebook Quizlet

Guestpost: Sagebook Character Study Sets on Quizlet

Sagebooks

15 Tips for Using Sagebooks

Why Sagebooks Requires Chinese Fluency

Why Sagebooks Requires Chinese Fluency

Sagebooks Update

Sagebooks Update

Top 10 Chinese Posts of 2015

Top 10 Chinese Posts of 2015

How to Get Your Kid to Speak Chinese

How to Get Your Kid to Speak Chinese

The Case for Zhuyin (Bopomofo)

The Case for Zhuyin (Bopomofo)

Should your children learn traditional vs simplified Chinese characters?

Traditional vs Simplified Chinese – Which Should You Teach Your Children?

Guest Post: Sagebooks Review

Guest Post: Sagebooks Review

How to Gauge Chinese Fluency

How to Gauge Chinese Fluency

Accepting Mediocrity

Accepting Mediocrity

How to Lower the Cost of Learning Chinese

How to Lower the Cost of Learning Chinese

The Costs of Learning Chinese

The Costs of Learning Chinese

So You Want Your Kid To Learn Chinese

So You Want Your Kid To Learn Chinese

Sagebooks

Sagebooks

Sagebooks Review

Sagebooks Review

Chinese Reading Tips

Chinese Reading Tips

Chinese Bookstores

Chinese Bookstores

Taiwanese Eats

Taiwanese Eats

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Killing the Sun and Other Bad-Assery

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6 Eating Days Left!

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One Week Left!

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An Object of Envy

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Eating Like A Hobbit

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Two Weeks Left

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My First Typhoon

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Quick Post

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Patients Zero and Other Sundries

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Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.

The Best Laid Plans

The Best Laid Plans

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What I’ve Learned So Far

We Made It!

We Made It!

Did Our Parents Freak Out, Too?

Did Our Parents Freak Out, Too?

How To Get Simplified Chinese eBooks From China

How To Get Simplified Chinese eBooks From China

About Virginia

Virginia Duan is the entertainment editor for Mochi Magazine and the Living Justice Editor for Diverging Magazine. She’s written for sites like Parents, Scary Mommy, Romper, Healthline, and Mom.com, has been quoted in The New York Times and HuffPost, and was a guest on the Tamron Hall Show. Virginia reacts to K-pop on YouTube, hosts the Noona ARMY Podcast, and founded BrAzn AZN, a series for Asian Pacific Islander Desi American creatives. Located in the Bay Area, Calif., she bilingual homeschools her 4 kids in Chinese and English. She is currently working on multiple novels and looking for representation.

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