Motherly Notes School
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Motherly Notes Chinese School

Ultimate Chinese
Ecosystem.

Explore it on weekdays. Master it on weekends.

Scientifically proven. Results that stick.

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WASC accredited · College Board approved · Award-winning curriculum

The dragon has the map. Nobody is surprised.

Award-winning for innovation and social impact from

University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Jacobs Foundation

Accredited by

WASC — Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Approved by College Board for AP Chinese

College Board

Learn through classes,level up through Learning Worlds

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One connected Chinese-learning ecosystem

Weekdays · Live it.

Weekdays make Chinese meaningful.

Weekends make it stronger.

Research shows a direct line from exposure to mastery—so most of our students are here six hours a week. Their vocabulary reaches far beyond kitchen Chinese, and weekday subjects are exciting enough to make them fall in love with the language.

The chibi cast explores science, films, culture, comics, and debate

Monday · STEAMMonday · STEAMTuesday · ComicsTuesday · ComicsDebate · Middle + UpperDebate · Middle + UpperThursday · Speech and EssayThursday · Speech and EssayGossip Column · Real ChineseGossip Column · Real ChineseBeginner / Lower · Sample text 1Beginner / Lower · Sample text 1Beginner / Lower · Sample text 2Beginner / Lower · Sample text 2Middle / Upper · Sample text 1Middle / Upper · Sample text 1Middle / Upper · Sample text 2Middle / Upper · Sample text 2
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EVERY CHILD HAS A PLACE TO START

Weekends. Master It.

Foundation classes on the weekends focus specifically on writing and typing. The destination is 3,000+ Hanzi; the path is personal.

The chibi cast builds literacy in the Hanzi 3000 story library

Toughing it out together on Weekends with Foundations.

Weekends are meant for writing and typing. We write write write write and write some more! With weekdays driving vocabulary and interesting, weekends hit on the core of writing. With Hanzi 3000 as the goal. 

Each foundation is a 1–3 year rotation. Progress reflects time invested and retention, not a race through a calendar.

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Start here

Conversations

No Chinese? No problem.

Everyday spoken Chinese for a confident first step.

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Alongside any level

Zhuyin 37 / Pinyin

Road to independent reading.

Pronunciation and blending can run alongside any foundation.

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1–3 year rotation

Beginner Foundations

林家有點靈 Lin Family Magic

First stories, reading, writing, and the first 250 characters.

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1–3 year rotation

Lower Foundations

一口英雄 - Bite Sized Heros

Utilizing story based text to learn 1000 characters. 

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1–3 year rotation

Middle Foundations

天工奇想錄 - Wondercraft Files

Utilizing STEAM, social science, and historical passages on the road to 2000 characters. 

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1–3 year rotation

Upper Foundations

萬字卷 - Dynasty Code

Advanced literature, idioms, analects take you to 3000 characters. 

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Children discovering, imagining, speaking, creating, and reading

Not another Chinese class

Chinese becomes
what they do.

“My child stopped asking why she had to learn Chinese and started using it to tell us what she discovered.”
10,000+ teaching hours20,000+ children’s books3,000+ Hanzi pathway500+ characters a year

Find their starting point

Their world is
bigger in Chinese.

Live online classes, shown in your local time. A thoughtful starting point for complete beginners through advanced readers.

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Or try one class for $20