Little Tiger Chinese Immersion Program, Austin

Program Overview: What is Little Tiger? The Little Tiger Chinese Immersion School grew out of our work at Chinese with Meggie Language School. After ten years of building a wonderful community of Chinese language learners, we decided to launch Little Tiger, a full-day PreK, Kinder, and Lower Elementary school. Little Tiger is a full Chinese immersion program, meaning that nearly all activities and lessons are conducted in Chinese. Students do not need to have any prior to exposure to the Chinese language to enroll. Children attend 4/5 days per week, Monday through Thursday/Friday, from 8:30am to 3:30pm. Afterschool programs — Spanish, theater, music, and supervised free play — are also available. What are the beliefs and goals of that guide Little Tiger Program? At CWM and Little Tiger, our teachers strive to create a fun, creative, and engaging environment in which children can flourish. We also aim to help students develop creativity, independence, confidence, tolerance, and respect. Little Tiger allows for sustained, daily exposure to the Chinese language. Students become fluent in Chinese through work and play. In addition to developing language skills such as listening, speaking, reading, and writing, we also incorporate all of the other kinds of learning typically covered in traditional PreK and Kinder programs. These include language arts, math, science, art, practical life, and physical education. We also place a great emphasis on creative play.