The Adventures of Walker and Ping Ping: The Chinese Market (Learn Chinese) $12.99
The sights, sounds and smells of a Chinese street market are brought straight to your living room, inspiring everyone to indulge in the food, art and culture of China! A quick shake of the joss sticks and our heroes Walker and Ping Ping are off on another exciting adventure. In this episode, our favorite group of explorers visits the busy alleyways of a Chinese street market. Grandpa Joss meets up with his old friends Mr. Li and Mr. Shen, as Walker and Ping Ping learn the art of making Chinese…
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Last updated: December 22, 2009, 3:25 am
The Adventures of Walker and Ping Ping: The Chinese Market (Learn Chinese) Customer reviews:
Average Rating: 4.5 Total Reviews: 10
(bookaddict, 2009-09-03) We got this dvd after my 3.5 yr old so loved Walter and Ping Ping's first adventures on the Great Wall of China. He is adopted from China, but had been of late rebuffing my chinese efforts "no Chinese, mommy: English!" We have Little Pim, Baby Learns Chinese, Bao Bei (Early Start Mandarin) and several Mei Mei dvds... which he all liked at one point. My problem now was less a language problem and more an attitude problem... I considered the River Dragon King, but wasn't that into getting yet another intro to colours (the songs shown on their preview video is about red). So I chose Walker and Ping Ping. Excellent choice. Yes the video is quite short (about 1/2 hr), but the "go on an adventure, find the three symbols, come back with the magic flute" formula is a winning one. It is true that there are not a lot of chinese words, but the ones introduced are common and usable vocabulary, vs colors and numbers. The new words are explained in context, characters are shown in flaming writing that goes out in a poof of smoke (nice touch), and pinyin clear and tones shown. Walker's excitement of learning a new language is contagious and my son repeated along with him. The words learned from the first episode are used here to reinforce them, and new words are also continually repeated during the film The animation is professional and quite beautiful. The songs are catchy (annoyingly so... I walk around humming them). The characters are believable and they don't feel like cutout excuses to teach. And somehow the film manages to impart a lot of information (what is used to write chinese characters) and hints (how to make chopsticks usable for complete beginners) and it still feels like an entertaining animated show episode, and not a lesson. As a result, my son wanted to watch it again immediately, and as an adult, I was happy to comply. Some have said for ages 5-7, but my son is 3 and I am 46 and we both enjoyed it multiple times. A fun cultural excursion. We can hardly wait for the next in the series.
(Francesca L., 2009-07-02) My kids and I just love "Walker and Ping Ping." The emphasis on culture in addition to language is welcomed. And the songs are just fabulous! This episode is even better than episode 1.
(O. robles, 2009-03-16) Maybe we're spoiled because we also bought Journeys to the East "The river dragon King" for our son but this video was not only short in time but didn't cover nearly enough vocabulary as the river dragon king. As Walker and PingPing walk around the market there are some many opportunities for teaching Mandarin but they speak in english most the time and translate a handful of words. I'm very dissapointed in this video. I highly recommend "The river dragon king" from Journeys to the east. OR
(M. Chan, 2009-02-08) Great DVD. My 4 yr old really enjoys watching it. She already picked up words after watching it one time! Highly recommend. Wish it was in cantonese too.
(B. E. Sherman, 2008-12-27) My daughters, ages 8,6, and 4 are absolutely wild about Walker and Ping Ping. The series features first-class production values, engaging characters and does a wonderful job teaching Chinese language and culture. We can't wait for future releases. Bruce Sherman