The Little Owls Blog
Guides and tips for parents raising Mandarin-speaking kids in the Philippines.
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Should a Non-Chinese Filipino Child Learn Mandarin?
No Chinese family background? Here’s what Mandarin offers Filipino kids, what parents worry about, and how to start at home…
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Introducing Mandarin Adventure Volume 1: A Beginner Mandarin Workbook You Can Use at Home
Our first e-workbook: 10 beginner Mandarin lessons with pinyin and English on every word, made for parents to use at…
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How Much Do Mandarin Classes Cost in the Philippines? A 2026 Guide for Parents
What Mandarin classes for kids cost in the Philippines in 2026, from private tutors to small-group online classes, plus the…
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Chinese School Exams: The Complete Parent’s Guide to Preparing (Without the Cramming)
It usually starts with a photo in the class group chat: the pointers for next week’s Chinese exam. Three lessons,…
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Simplified or Traditional? Pinyin or Zhuyin? What Your Child’s Chinese School Uses and How Tutoring Fits
Your child comes home with Chinese homework, and the symbols beside the characters look nothing like the ones in the…
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Does My Child Need a Mandarin Tutor for Chinese School?
Mandarin asks a lot of a child: memorizing characters, mastering distinct tones, and building fluency in the language as a…
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Raising a Mandarin-Fluent Child Outside Metro Manila
For many Filipino-Chinese families, living in the provinces is a choice made for the children. It might be the family…
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What We Learned Teaching Both: The Truth About Online Mandarin Classes for Kids
Most parents spend a lot of time weighing online Mandarin classes against face-to-face ones. At Little Owls we have taught…
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Online Mandarin Classes for Kids: Watch a Filipino Student’s Progress
Parents who are considering online Mandarin classes for kids usually ask us the same thing: can a young child really…
