Filipino kids today have a stronger command of the English language than they do our native tongue. While this isn’t catastrophic in that it’s a matter of losing our sense of national identity, it does prove the might of Western media in establishing the de facto international language. Admittedly, I’m a product of English-language cartoon

When we started teaching the Mandarin language to children at Little Owls Learning Center, our expectation is not that Mandarin will surpass English as the “world language,” but we understand its indispensability in the changing landscape of global economics.  Put plainly, we believe that, along with English, kids today should eventually gain fluency in conversing

What’s great about Halloween is not just the fact that kids receive free candies when they go trick-or-treating in their spooky costumes. I mean, I didn’t fully experience Halloween as a child, but receiving free candies would have been an exciting prelude to the gifts we receive for Christmas. The idea of dressing up as

Stepping into a world where speaking more than one language isn’t just a nice-to-have skill but a powerful advantage, we find Mandarin Chinese an important language to learn. Yes, it’s a tricky one, but it’s also spoken by millions around the globe, and the benefits it offers are incredible. Imagine your child not only picking

Grabbing the attention of children is no joke. Getting them to follow your instructions is even more challenging. That’s why our photo shoot on January 28 for our McDonald’s partnership, which we thought would be a 20-minute cake walk, turned out to be a 2-hour-long struggle. All we wanted was a picture of our kid