Tag Archives: wee ones

Garden Party World

The new online kids’ game Garden Party is almost ready, and Victoria from Asylum was nice enough to send me an email introducing me to the beta. I checked out the game, which is billed as a safe, multiplayer world … Continue reading

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Wizard 101

I was predisposed to like the new Wizard 101 game. It’s not exactly a secret that I love Harry Potter, and the game promises to be a wizard school MMOPRG. The game is adorable from the first loading screen. They’ve … Continue reading

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Little Water Poets

A few weeks ago, when I made my attempt at water poetry, it was suggested that my waterbrushed Chinese characters look like a child wrote them. So when I saw these kids at Beihai, I thought I’d compare. Sure, the … Continue reading

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Belated Hohhot Adventures — Bumper Bubbles!

On our first morning, Stick and I took a walk through Xinhua Square. We discovered that what we’d first thought was a strange sculpture was actually an aquatic hamster wheel for wee ones! The kids were all having a great … Continue reading

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Wee Ones

At our “meeting” the other day it was decided that the foreign teachers should observe our Chinese counterparts’ classes. This is the kind of edict that makes me wonder if certain people in our school have ever seen children. So … Continue reading

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Lao Wei Who?

There are no knock-knock jokes in China. I thought that the Interrupting Cow and “Orange You Glad I Didn’t Say Banana?” would be fun for my wee ones, who are getting a little frustrated with the sometimes-silent K. First, I … Continue reading

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