The Colorado agency offers tapes for the children starting at age 2 that teach Chinese songs, history, geography, craftmaking, painting and more. Don't be fooled by how well they do when they are young. They are so cute and they don't see any problems. But as they get older, especially as teenagers, children may struggle with not quite fitting in in America and feeling cut off from the country they were born in. Children who feel connected with the heritage and know other children in the same situation will feel more secure about who they are and where they came from.
China has a great culture, and the people are very nice.
Shawler and her husband, Steve, have been able to teach this to their children first hand. They adopted their children nine years ago and now live in St. Petersburg. But when the children were 4, their father was transferred to China for two years. The children, Avery and Evan, attended school there and started learning Chinese. We write letters to our friends there really often.