https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:02:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-324406 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:48:16 +0000 SAHM0811 324406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rock n Roll: omg that's hilarious!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323944 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:39:07 +0000 Rock n Roll 323944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, they are really pushing it. I think it would be awesome for my kiddo to learn it (and really any other languages.) She is also in love with Kai Lan and says, "Xie xie" on a regular basis. </p> <p>Side note- her favorite episode is the "Princess Kai Lan" episode, which features a bear named Tien Tien. There are a ton of Chinese girls in my Accounting and Tax Research class this semester, and one is named Tien Tien. I told my daughter about the girls in my class because I thought she would be excited since she is so obsessed with China, and she said, "There is a bear at your school? Awesome!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323932 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:32:52 +0000 looch 323932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What @Arden wrote is true for us as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323926 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:29:03 +0000 Arden 323926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I think so. </p> <p>It won't be one of the languages we focus on teaching our kids though, unless they express an interest in it. </p> <p>We'll start with the languages we actually speak and the ones of the country we live in, by the time they are done learning those they'll be old enough to have an interest in a particular language and we'll support that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323846 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:46:00 +0000 Mrs. Bee 323846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yep everyone is speaking it in Park Slope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323825 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:30:57 +0000 Andrea 323825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NYCaliMama: haha, just wondering! Not sure they explain the difference on the show anyway. Hehe, your DD is so cute. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323822 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:29:07 +0000 oliviaoblivia 323822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH is fluent in Mandarin despite being - as my Chinese boss says - "blonder than a Viking" and is has been a HUGE asset to his career. I'm hoping he teaches our LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323818 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:27:26 +0000 SAHM0811 323818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: lol... No, maternal... it's my stepdad actually! To give DD some credit, he sort of does look like Kai Lan's Ye Ye though. Haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323813 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:23:05 +0000 Andrea 323813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NYCaliMama: Haha, is she calling the right grandpa "Ye Ye"? That is for the paternal grandpa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323811 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:21:44 +0000 Andrea 323811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: 2.5 years! I think it's a good time to start because she already talks a lot in English. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323808 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:20:52 +0000 SAHM0811 323808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: haha that's funny! Dang TV... DD calls one of her grandpas "Ye Ye" because of Kai Lan... Lol, it started as a joke but it stuck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323801 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:17:11 +0000 regberadaisy 323801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: we are.<br /> Andrea how old is your daughter? haha too cute on the "kai lan" school!</p> <p>haha but on a serious note I would love if our daycare taught mandarin! I plan to start M in Mandarin school too at some point but again it's because we're Chinese. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323799 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:16:34 +0000 Andrea 323799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NYCaliMama: DD calls her Chinese school "Kai Lan school". Doh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323794 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:15:31 +0000 Andrea 323794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah because people think that China is going to take over as an economic/world power. DD just started Mandarin classes but it's because we are Chinese! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323790 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:13:26 +0000 SAHM0811 323790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A lot of people were surprised when we took our then 18-month old to Mandarin class on the weekends. We aren't Chinese, but a Mandarin immersion school opened up next door to us and it was a great way to socialize with other families in the neighborhood and do something fun! My old co-worker mentioned to me that in the business world, it's definitely a plus to know Mandarin, so it was great that we were starting so early, haha.</p> <p>This was 4 years ago now... We just went for a few months. She got exposed to it again at preschool once a week and the occasional episode of Ni Hao Kai Lan :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323783 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:08:23 +0000 mrbee 323783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This happened with Japanese! As China goes into recession, it should become less hot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mandarin-the-hot-new-language#post-323777 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:04:20 +0000 mediagirl 323777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The new daycare we are taking our daughter to in November teaches the kids other languages. They learn baby sign language, Spanish and Mandarin. The director told me that Mandarin is the "hot new language" so they've added Mandarin into their curriculum. On the other side of the country from us, in Washington state, my brother and sister-in-law have been taking their son to Mandarin classes since he was 4 months old.</p> <p>So, is Mandarin the "hot" new language or are we just branching out from what I consider "traditional" languages such as Spanish and French? </p> <p>*Note: I consider them "Traditional" because they were what was offered to me at my High School and College. This may be different for others. </p>