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Little D Parent & Me™ Chinese Class is the pioneer of the fun bilingual Chinese/English developmental play program.
Our locations are designed to allow children to learn, play, and explore safely. All of our locations are located on the ground floor so there are no stairs to fall down. All of our locations have restrooms for the exclusive use of our students so there is no danger from public restrooms. All of our locations are secure and monitored and we do not share space with any unrelated business. We are the experts of Chinese language learning. Little D Parent & Me™ is part of A Little Dynasty Chinese School, which revolutionized Chinese language learning with its innovative approach to teaching students of all backgrounds. |
From our Parents |
My wife and I first started to notice our daughter Sofia's interest in multiple languages as she progressed through the Parent and Me early program at A Little Dynasty. Some years ago, when Sofia was a recently-walking toddler, ALD was located in Quail Hill and within easy walking distance to our home. She loved it all; The signing and dancing, as well as other fun activities, were just what a girl with her high-energy level needed. Soon after we began coming regularly to ALD for Parent and Me, Sofia started picking up Mandarin listening skill and seemed to do better with the other languages we spoke at home. (She even started telling us about Chinese myths and stories, such as one about a bad lion's breath, by translating them into English and another language, too.) Now, Sofia is well on her way to being fluent, for her age. We completely credit the dedicated staff at ALD with giving her this wonderful ability to communicate, especially since neither my wife nor I speak Mandarin at home. Thank you again for your dedication to our daughter's language education and we look forward to seeing it progress well beyond that first Parent and Me course, with her enrolling in the music of Erhu and Chinese dance, too!
Regards, Brent & Tamara F. |
From the Experts |
From Mark Warschauer, director of UCI's Ph.D. in Education program, and founding
director of UCI's Digital Learning Lab: I have a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and have trained language teachers around the world. And my boy-girl twins, now aged 7, have been attending A Little Dynasty for a year. ALD offers one of the finest language teaching programs for young children that I have ever seen. The teachers employ "full immersion" from the very beginning of study, helping children learn and use Chinese in a highly motivating and playful way. My kids couldn't wait to go to the summer camp, where they were so busy having fun that they forgot they were learning Chinese, but every day their knowledge and proficiency in the language grew. The teachers also take a strong personal interest in the children. We are so lucky to have a terrific resource like ALD in our community. Mark Warschauer, Professor of Education, University of California, Irvine |