Love the spectrum map! I was raised in Malaysia speaking cantonese but sadly that was as far as it went, plus strengthening it later in life with tvb! :) I never got a chance to learn to read or write, not even in Mandarin. Now I'm trying to pass on Cantonese to my kids, it is proving really difficult. My son, 4.5 years old, understands everything I say but will only reply in his majority language German, or even English (which he learned passively listening to my husband and me talking!). He's done some online cantonese classes but he was young then so only mostly singing and listening to stories. I've gotten some independent cantonese books with jyut ping for me, but to go further, we may have to join classes together in the future to learn. Only thing is there is none available here in Germany where I am, and we can only rely on online classes. I might just wait till my daughter is old enough (she's 1.5) and we all 3 take private cantonese classes for reading and writing written cantonese! XD till then I'll try more children podcasts and cartoons.
As you say, 1.5 is quite young, so building a solid foundation in speaking Cantonese via podcasts and cartoons is a great step.
I actually quite like online classes so I don't have to schlep my kids to a physical class hahah. The online classes are usually smaller and they seem to pack more learning in the 1hr of online class than they tend to do in 3hr in-person classes (at least based on my memory of them lol). And then I supplement that with in-person play groups in Cantonese, so he can hang around Canto-speaking peers.
My big kid has been taking Little Bean Cantonese online classes for literacy, and it has worked well for us so far. They have European timezone classes, so when you feel like they're ready, maybe it's something you can explore?
Love the spectrum map! I was raised in Malaysia speaking cantonese but sadly that was as far as it went, plus strengthening it later in life with tvb! :) I never got a chance to learn to read or write, not even in Mandarin. Now I'm trying to pass on Cantonese to my kids, it is proving really difficult. My son, 4.5 years old, understands everything I say but will only reply in his majority language German, or even English (which he learned passively listening to my husband and me talking!). He's done some online cantonese classes but he was young then so only mostly singing and listening to stories. I've gotten some independent cantonese books with jyut ping for me, but to go further, we may have to join classes together in the future to learn. Only thing is there is none available here in Germany where I am, and we can only rely on online classes. I might just wait till my daughter is old enough (she's 1.5) and we all 3 take private cantonese classes for reading and writing written cantonese! XD till then I'll try more children podcasts and cartoons.
It's great you are learning together! ❤️
As you say, 1.5 is quite young, so building a solid foundation in speaking Cantonese via podcasts and cartoons is a great step.
I actually quite like online classes so I don't have to schlep my kids to a physical class hahah. The online classes are usually smaller and they seem to pack more learning in the 1hr of online class than they tend to do in 3hr in-person classes (at least based on my memory of them lol). And then I supplement that with in-person play groups in Cantonese, so he can hang around Canto-speaking peers.
My big kid has been taking Little Bean Cantonese online classes for literacy, and it has worked well for us so far. They have European timezone classes, so when you feel like they're ready, maybe it's something you can explore?