Little Crab Educational Press

05/01/2025

We're not using facebook so much these days but wanted to pop on to announce our 🤩NEW VLOG-PODCAST!🤩

Fluent•ish, the Podcast will have a 10 episode Season 1, which is called "The Bilingual Blueprint - From Hesitation to Conversation", because whether you are already stalled out trying to learn one or several languages and need help getting unstuck, or are currently monolingual and have a dream to become bilingual or beyond, we’ve got your back!

We want everyone, from kids to adults, to get the chance to feel the same joy that we feel when we get to speak our second languages ( for Bex, for Lisa), no matter what your second or additional languages might be. That sense of invincibility takes a little hard work to come by, but it’s totally worth pursuing.

Most of the 10 episodes will clock in between 20 to 30 minutes. Perfect to listen to while you do laundry, cook a meal or go for a quick jog!

Our warm-up Episode 1 is just just 5m 30sec:

Fluent•ish, the Podcast · Episode

01/11/2025

As an ESL/EAL teacher, this tickles me.

12/17/2024

Did you know that mandarin oranges (橘子 / jú zi) are a special part of Canada’s holiday season? 🍊🎄 Keep swiping to learn about their sweet connection to Canada and Vancouver!

How do 橘子 = jú zi play a role in your holiday celebrations? Share your favourite tradition with us in the comments! 👇

12/11/2024

Some lucky person is going to get to work for an awesome business owner! 🤓

12/08/2024

Today I learned there is still time to purchase gifts that will arrive in time for Christmas when you are shopping on Zazzle. They have created a handy dandy page that shows you last-chance-to-buy dates listed by product type. You can easily find that webpage by tapping this post in our smart.bio and looking for it in the blue ribbon at the top of the page.

Are you feeling ready for the holidays or are riding that last-minute vibe?

11/23/2024

Looking traditional Christmas gifts with a Mandarin twist? Looking to keep your children's Mandarin language skills sharp over the winter break? We've got you covered.

👉 Find + tap this post in our smart.bio to visit our website and see all the goodies we have to help you check a whole bunch of stuff off your list this holiday!

06/29/2024

06/18/2024

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✨CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS✨

Annick is looking for illustrators living with physical disabilities for picture book work. Please share your portfolios and help spread the word! [email protected]

06/08/2024

📻 It's here! Now you can hear! 🎧

Here's what this is all about:

In April 2024, Xianjing Zhang and I did an interview with Host Joyce Lee from Fairchild Radio 1430 AM in Toronto and now we have the segment recording! The show, called 一期一會 (English translation is "See you on Sunday"), starts off in Cantonese but since neither Xianjing nor I speak Cantonese, our answers are in Mandarin. Our introductions start at about the 35 second mark, if you wanna skip the intro (though I really like Joyce's voice. She was SO. KIND. and fun.)

** Caveat:

To be totally honest...

They did a very flattering editing job on my speaking parts. I had many "ums" and "ahs" that you cannot hear in the edit that aired. But that said, as an in-it-for-life Mandarin student, I found the challenge of speaking Mandarin on a Cantonese-and-Mandarin radio program to be a welcome test of my ability to plan and prepare and squeeze out time to study even when life is insanely busy (so it feels, most of the time).

Oh yeah and I totally forgot that Chinese radio speeds up everyone's talking...Have you ever noticed that? 😄

Have a listen:

Wanna hear something kinda fun and unusual? In April 2024, Rebecca (朱婷 / Zhū Tíng) and Xianjing (张娴静 / Zhāng Xiánjìng) did an interview with Host Joyce Lee from Fairchild Radio 1430 AM in Toronto, am1430.com, and here is their segment. The show, called 一期一會 (English translatio...

05/31/2024

If you're a parent who invests time in your child(ren)'s literacy, a language educator, a language learner or someone who is curious about becoming one, this is for you:

Welcome to all that Little Crab has to offer