Chinese Summer Immersion Program

More Summer Tips:
1. At bedtime, have your child review what he did that day in Chinese. Keep a notebook by the bed so that you can help him keep track of words he didn't know to look up later.

2. Have your child describe in detail her favorite book or movie. Encourage her to use a lot of description, maybe even time her. Do it a few times and see if she can add more every time she does it. Again, write down and look up words she doesn't know and practice those words on a regular basis.

3. Play the ABC game while you're on a long drive. This is especially fun if you have more than one child who speaks Chinese. They can go back and forth thinking of words that start with each letter of the alphabet in PinYin. Note: if they can't think of a word, that could be because there isn't a Chinese word that starts with that letter:) But that should be the exception.

If you live in the Utah County area and you are interested in helping your student keep up his/ her Chinese over the Summer, check out www.summerimmersion.com. A former Chinese Immersion teacher (Brittney Phelps- Cascade Elementary) is heading up a weekly and flexible summer program to help students improve their language skills, retain what they have already learned, and be so much more prepared for the coming year.

Utah County- Summer Immersion Program Don't let your kids forget all they have learned over the summer break! Plus help them get a head start for the coming year!