I conclude that Linn is too young to attend the Chinese school.
We tried her out in another class last Saturday, recommended by the school principal. This is the most basic class available in the school. Some parts of it are ok…for example the teacher will show pictures and tell the kids how to identify the objects in mandarin. But the parts where the kids have to write the a, e, i, o, u is not ok for Linn. They even practice writing the chinese characters such as ‘cow’ and Mama’. The other kids are all above 5 years old.
We initially thought that this is an opportunity for Linn to learn and speak Mandarin with the kids in the school. But the kids speak only Swedish during breaks! We were really hoping that it would be a fun experience like a playgroup with music, dancing, singing and learning Mandarin at the same time. But it is really a classroom environment.
I will have to try harder to keep her interest in the chinese language until she is ready to go for class in 2 years time.
See if you can spot my little girl in this picture.
Maybe, I should send Nicke to attend this class.
