My Daughter absolutely did not enjoy speaking Mandarin, but we persevered and now she is speaking Mandarin quite fluently. (She’s 3)
(She’s half Indian/half chinese)
How did we do it?
1. Her favourite tv show is peppa- so we only allow her to watch peppa in Mandarin
2. We bought her lots of peppa Mandarin books, and I had her dad audio record reading it. Every night before she sleeps we play one of the audio books and I flip the corresponding pages
3. We bought the alilo rabbit toy - which basically Sings, dances and shares stories in Mandarin
4. We got a Mandarin tutor to come in 3 times a week before she was in preschool to teach her Mandarin and sing Mandarin songs
5. We now send her to a pure mandarin speaking preschool - she doesn’t speak any other language in school but Mandarin
:)
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