Chitchat to Learn Mandarin

Join the casual chitchat between a Canadian-born 4 year old and his dad in Mandarin. New topics every couple of weeks or so with vocabulary review at the end of each episode.

Episode 16: Food Chain

Chitchat about the food chain topic from school, including carnivores, herbivores and a bug that eats fish!

04-21
19:28

Episode 15: Wild Animals and Insects

Chitchat about new learnings from junior kindergarten including insects, safari animals, and a Chinese idiom about elephant.

04-06
21:04

Episode 14: Chinese New Year

Chitchat about celebrating Chinese New Year during the pandemic and returning to in person learning at school.

03-02
18:34

Episode 13: Online Learning

Chitchat about online learning during the second wave of the pandemic and learning about Xiaowukong’s favourite topic: the solar system.

01-31
22:19

Episode 12: Ice Skating

Chitchat about learning to skate outdoors in Canadian winter and the winter break from school.

12-15
18:45

Episode 11: Winter Outdoor Activities

After the first big snow fall of the year, a chitchat about fun things to do in the winter: snowman, snowball fight, skating and skiing.

11-25
18:48

Episode 10: Indoor Activities

As weather starts to cool, chitchat about some indoor activities including ping pong, chess and puzzles.

11-09
13:53

Episode 9: COVID-19 Update

Chitchat about the ongoing pandemic and how it’s still impacting our lives.

10-23
16:28

Episode 8: Ocean Animals

Chit chat about all the newly learned favourite ocean animals from school, including sharks and whales.

10-05
15:32

Episode 7: Back to School

Chit chat about returning to school for junior kindergarten. A new year, new friends and the new pandemic norms.

09-14
12:51

Episode 6: Small Trips

Chit chat about being busy with our weekend trips this summer

09-02
13:52

Episode 5: Home Cooking

Chit chat about cooking together, visiting farmer market and our home garden, including all the herbs

08-10
11:35

Episode 4: Chitchat Mama

Talking about the hard working Chitchat mama.

08-03
14:14

Episode 3: Going to the Beach

Chit chat about his love of the beach in the summer time, including his favourite picnic and refusing to admit he is ever tired.

07-18
12:38

Episode 2: Pokemon

Listen to the 4-year old express his love of Pokemon in Mandarin.

06-24
08:04

Episode 1: Introduction, COVID 19

The very first little chitchat, quick introductions and what covid means to the little one.

06-18
10:49

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