Little Ambassadors

Quantum School of Massage & Holistic Health
931 University Avenue

Little Ambassadors is a foreign language education program for toddlers and children of Hawaii. We te

We offer Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish classes (45-75 min) to little ones and their parents. Now in our 8th year, we lead the market in providing new and innovative ways of teaching. Our native-speaking teachers are enthusiastic and committed. They empower learning through singing songs, reading stories, and engaging with the infants and toddlers. Infants and toddlers interact with vario

08/12/2021

Late post of our graduating preK class! Contact us for openings in our Japanese immersion program.

03/11/2021

A belated Girls' Day post. Our little ambassadors with their hinasama !

03/02/2021

A late post from Setsubun (Feb. 2nd), the day before the beginning of spring in the old calendar in Japan. On Setsubun, we celebrate by throwing beans outside to chase away the oni (ogres). Here are our little oni with the masks they decorated!

02/13/2021

新年快乐！恭喜发财！Xīnnián kuàilè! Gōngxǐ fācái!
Happy New Year! May the Year of the Ox bring you and your family joy, health, and fortune!

12/30/2020

A belated Merry Christmas from our littlest ambassadors!
(New classes starting January--via Zoom and also very limited in-person classes!!)

The Wubi Effect | Radiolab | WNYC Studios

09/07/2020

Been meaning to post this for a while. Heard a fascinating episode recently on one of my favorite podcasts, Radiolab. It's about the first ever computer input method for the Chinese language in the 1970's, Wubi. Take a listen!

The Wubi Effect | Radiolab | WNYC Studios In the 1980s, as China was modernizing, they ran into a problem. There was no way to fit their 70,000 plus character language on a QWERTY keyboard. Today, the story of how they did it.