Father of “modern” Pinyin

January 13, 2018 marked the 112th birthday of the “father of pinyin”: Zhou Youguang You can read more about it here: https://www.google.com/doodles/zhou-youguangs-112th-birthday https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Youguang

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Learning Mandarin 3-5 days weekly is critical for kids

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Kids Go Mandarin Parent+Child Music Classes at Hanwen School in Fall 2017

Hanwen School is happy to be able to offer our local community a program for parents and children ages 0-6 years old. Kids Go Mandarin music class is a Mandarin immersion music program that combines music and Mandarin Chinese in an immersion environment. It helps kids develop musical skills in early childhood and help develop multi-lingual abilities (by […]

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Our architect’s wonderful design & beautiful photos

On the morning of our first Open House, our architect, Tai-ran Tseng, came out to take photos of our wonderful space. He is a knowledgeable architect and has worked on some great music & dance space designs. He made sure our classrooms and music rooms would designed to be sound-proof from our activity area where kids will be running […]

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First Open House Success

Thank you for everyone who came to Hanwen School’s first Open House to learn about our after school program and summer camp. We will be starting after school language program in Fall 2017, so contact us to register and enroll your child. Click here to view the photos from our Open House We had a wonderful Lion […]

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Why Learn ZhuYin ㄅㄆㄇㄈ (BoPoMoFo)

(you can also read more here Chineasy Zhuyin vs Pinyin) One of the main reasons we teach Zhuyin is the large amount of quality children stories is widely available from Taiwan and Hong Kong. These children’s books typically use Traditional characters along with Zhuyin phonetics. By providing kids with interesting reading material, we can keep […]

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Calligraphy in Motion (Special Camp Session) : June 26-30, 2017

A few families asked about summer camps emphasizing Chinese artistic expression. So we decided to set up a special camp session during the week of June 26-30. Our “Calligraphy in Motion” camp will focus on Chinese calligraphy and martial arts. In the morning, various art and craft activities will be taught by a local Chinese art teacher, Sandra Chang. […]

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Come to our Open House 2017

We are having our first Open House. We want to show everyone our space, chat with different families and share our summer camp and after-school programs. WHEN: Sat­ur­day May 20th from 4 to 6pm WHERE: 1548 Uni­ver­si­ty Ave, Berke­ley, CA 94703 We will have various activities for kids and information available for parents. Come explore our space.

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New Logo, Website Redesign, and Presenting at GMIS Parent Info Night

New Logo Hanwen School finally has a logo. Great thanks to a generous and artistic Chinese teacher Sandra Chang who has a background in graphic design. She helped create a style that evokes writing calligraphy in a fun,child-like manner. Along with the new logo, we adjusted our website to better match our new logo and the […]

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Yay! Zoning & Building Permits Approved

Our zoning and building permits were approved by the City of Berkeley last week. Construction is ongoing and our facility will be ready mid-March 2017. Our Mandarin immersion & Chinese heritage school will provide after-school language programs and summer science camps to children in our local East Bay community. Information about our 2017 Summer Science Camp will be […]

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