eChineseLearning's Chinese summer parade

Summertime is upon us. What do to...what do to??? This question is often a bit of a hassle for any parent of school age children. With 2 months off in the summer you need to find something that is both affordable and fun to occupy your kids or they might get into something you don't want them to. If you don't provide something for your kids to do they will find something all by themselves like simply watching TV or playing computers games all day every day. While a TV executive would likely be able to explain why this is good for your kids you probably already know and believe otherwise. So, what to do?

The last thing your kids want to do is MORE studying and the last thing you want them to do is more NOTHING; so let me suggest you engage them in something that meets all the prerequisites – fun, interesting, educational, challenging, useful, etc. – for both parent and child. An online Chinese Language education provider based in Beijing named eChineseLearning is running a special summer-long promotional event called "Chinese Summer Parade". In short it is a special summer discount designed specifically for children. For complete details and to sign up for a FREE trial lesson go to:

http://www.echineselearning.com/product/chinese-summer-parade.html

Their goal is to help you help your children. They are offering high-value LIVE Chinese lessons that are more affordable than you would probably believe. These lessons will stimulate your children's minds at the same time as alleviate your worries.

Of all the things your kid could study why Chinese? The obvious answer is for their future. But there are many other important reasons to consider Chinese. Reasons such as, learning a second language helps develop critical thinking skills, it is good for the health of your mind and brain, it is flat out fun and interesting. I could go on and on.

Let's start with the first one: it will help develop thinking skills. Learning Chinese is more than just memorizing characters and grammar; your children will be exposed to Chinese culture. They will have a first-hand experience with a Chinese teacher from mainland China. Learning another culture means that your child will learn to think about the world in new ways and be able to see the world from more than one cultural perspective. Tolerance is a good word to describe what they will learn.

It will do more than teach cultural sensitivity too; it is good for the physical health of your brain. Research shows that second language acquisition more than any other kind of learning develops the brain. This is because learners are using parts of the brain they would not normally and using them in novel and interesting ways. If you study more of the same you are simply exercising your brain the same ways over and over and while that has benefits it gets dull. A new language means new neural connections. Which in turn leads to new growth; 'outside of the box' kind of growth. All of this new learning is transferable to other learning areas.

Learning Chinese is simply fun. It is a challenging language that is made accessible by the crossover between Chinese and English phonetics – this crossover is called pinyin. Of the expansive choice of world languages a student could learn why pick Chinese? The answer is pinyin. Pinyin is the English passed phonetic spelling of Chinese syllables. What this means to you and your children is that when using Chinese to communicate your children already have a working knowledge of an important part of Chinese. Meaning they have already made big in-roads into part of the training simply by knowing the English alphabet. With the help of a highly trained eChineseLearning teacher your kids can take that bit of foundation and build a solid structure on it.

For those of you overseas Chinese who have had children and you would like them to further develop their Chinese language skills eChineseLearning is an excellent choice. By learning online they get a chance to learn from a teacher that was specially trained to teach Chinese. The Chinese you use at home is the Chinese of everyday speaking, and while this is important your children will need to be exposed to more academic Chinese for their future. Being able to converse is important but being able to read is important too. eChineseLearning's teachers can help you achieve that.

And finally, if you aren't already convinced, 2 important things:

1)There is a money-back service guarantee – if you or your children are not satisfied with any part of the experience you can get your cash back.*

2)You can take a short-term suspension of classes for any planned holiday you might have.*

*restrictions apply. Please see website for full details.