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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - This is for PK4.  Will learning to write suffer?  How do they teach English writing if its Chinese only in PK level?[/quote]

OP - we got into YY for PK-4 this past year.  My DC is doing really well, even with having no exposure to Mandarin before August.  I am amazed at how quickly DC has picked it up - singing Chinese songs at home, counting in Chinese, even using the Chinese word or phrase in lieu of English when we are at home.

They do some sort of writing in English because DC's handwriting has gotten much better, but they're not composing sentences or anything (not sure of any PK that does that).  DC also started reading last fall, even though there is not much emphasis (if any) on that in the classroom outside of the weekly library session.  We read books at home, DC knows all of the letter sounds (before starting at YY), and reading just finally clicked.  I say this only to point out that even though PK-4 is 100% immersion, I've been seeing a lot of cognitive developments in my DC in English as well.  Would this have happened regardless of the school? Perhaps. But DC's English does not seem to be suffering at this point despite the Mandarin immersion at school.

I obviously cannot speak to what may happen in the upper grades, but we are happy with the school so far.

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