So why not learn Chinese?

So why not learn Chinese? I mean a billion people can’t be wrong. And while you’re at how’s your Spanish, Hungarian, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew, French, German, Italian and Japanese? Personally I would love to be able to speak more languages but I started too late and was forced to sit and soak up endless lessons of boring French and pointless German. Oh to be a polyglot, it makes you seem so intelligent doesn’t it? So why not start early, when your brain can still assimilate any language as well as your mother tongue?

This is where Ready Steady Move! comes in. This program uses movement to enhance language acquisition in kids from four to eight years old. Here at Helen Doron we say that “an active body is a learning body.” We get those kids out of their chairs and away from the endless grammar lessons and into a fun environment full of music, dance, yoga, Pilates and games. The kids don’t realize they’re learning a new language, they’re just having fun, but at the end on program of Ready Steady Move! they can have a vocabulary of 300 words and be healthier in the process.

Personally I’m jealous. When I think back to all that time wasted supposedly learning foreign languages when I could have been outdoors playing and here we have a program that does both, well it’s a crying shame. But I’m not giving up. The Ready Steady Move! programs will soon be available in 10 languages suitable for children (adults can take part too, we promise not to tell) and if can learn 300 words of Chinese I’ll really be able to make an impression the next time I order a take away.