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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Chinese mom here.

I'd suggest you check out local hinese schools, which are usually held in weekends. There are actually many in this area. For example, hope chinese school offered at various locations in northern virginia and the nearest one for you may be at fairfax. Mandarin lessons are offered at different levels for both native speakers and those as second language. The tuition is cheap like &lt;200 dollar per semester plus you can register other classes such as math, writing, public speaking, tennis, basketball, chess, violin, drawing etc.

Good luck.[/quote]

This.  Find a good Chinese school that fits with your kids (and your) learning level and abilities.

There are tons in the close in Maryland suburbs (Rockville, Gaithersburg, etc.) and there are a number in Fairfax county.  I've found that the MD ones are older, more developed and have fractured into serving different demographics while the VA ones are more recently established schools that serve a narrower demographic.

That is to say in MD you can find schools that teach Taiwanese chinese (!) to ones that cater to native speakers (or those who speak Chinese in the home) to ones that cater to children of ABC parents (who have pretty low levels of Chinese themselves) and children who come from non-Chinese American households.

Our kids go to Rockville Chinese School and I would put it into the ABC/Non-Chinese American demographic as its raison d'etre.  About 1/3 of the kids in the first level class (kindergarten) come from non-Chinese American households.

We also attended Hope Chinese School in Annandale and sensed that it catered to native Chinese speakers and more recent mainlander immigrants - the skill level was way to high for our kids to keep up with.  [/quote]

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