Our Mandarin classes for children have been researched and developed for children who are both native and non-native Chinese speakers. Currently, the majority of children who attend our classes are non-native speakers. Our Mandarin Stars community is diverse and we welcome children from all cultural backgrounds.
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As part of our ongoing commitment to support your child’s Mandarin learning outside of the Mandarin Stars lessons, we would like to share these excellent videos online. Full of sounds, colour and fun, these resources are an excellent and educational way to enjoy Mandarin together with your child on a rainy day.
Mandarin Stars highly encourages families to watch the videos together, and learn the phrases or sing the songs with your child afterwards! Some videos particularly recommended by our teachers include:
- Colours (yan se) song: learn how to say colours in Mandarin by singing them out!
- Pin yin song: one really good way to memorise pin yin pronounciations
- The Prince Of Egypt – When You Believe: great Disney song (with Chinese and pinyin subtitles)
- Clay doll (ni wa wa): very clever and cute music clip with animation from the Disney movie Mulan (with English subtitles)
- A race between the rabbit and the turtle: a Mandarin story
- The three little pigs (a Mandarin story)
- Teletubbies say ‘zai jian’
- Mulan – Reflection
- Mulan – Honor To Us All
- Mulan – I’ll Make a Man Out of You: a wonderful song from the movie Mulan (sung by Jackie Chan)
- Mulan – A Girl Worth Fighting For
- Aladdin -A Whole New World
- Something There – Beauty & the Beast
- “Here I Am” (Mandarin Chinese) w/Subs & Translation
Xie xie!
Dawna and the Mandarin Stars Team!
Mandarin Stars provides fun and inspiring Mandarin Chinese lessons for children age 1 to 12 years. Our Mandarin program for children is designed for children from all nationalities and our program is specifically designed for non-native learners. To find out more and to read about what our parents and the wider community think of us- please visit www.mandarinstars.com.au
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Mandarin Stars was highly intrigued by a recent article from Sid Myer, chairman of the National Asian Languages and Studies in Schools Program Reference Group: “Asia focus a smart call for schools”.
Sid Myer discusses the importance of incorporating Asian studies in Australian new national curriculum, especially in today’s increasingly globalised work. “Australia’s future is inextricably linked to Asia. By the time a five-year-old starting school today enters the workforce, China and India are predicted to be the world’s major economies.”
He raises the benefits to our children through increased intercultural understanding, business employability and harmony in solving global issues.
We encourage all families interested in bilingual learning to visit Sid’s discussion here:
Xie xie!
Dawna and the Mandarin Stars Team!
Mandarin Stars provides fun and inspiring Mandarin Chinese lessons for children age 1 to 12 years. Our Mandarin program for children is designed for children from all nationalities and our program is specifically designed for non-native learners. To find out more and to read about what our parents and the wider community think of us- please visit
