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| Beijing Information |
| Beijing Kids Magazine |
| Billing itself as Beijing's essential expat resource, this monthly free magazine lives up to the hype. Visit the website for listings, an active forum, archived articles from past issues and up-to-date kid's event listings. They also throw fun community events several times a year that are always worth attending. |
| www.beijing-kids.com |
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| City Weekend Magazine Beijing |
| Bi-weekly English magazine with a great listing section. |
| www.cityweekend.com.cn/beijing/ |
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| International Newcomers Network Beijing |
| Monthly information meetings, and an increasing number of other events, for expats new to Beijing. |
| www.innbeijing.org |
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| localnoodles.com |
| The Web 2.0 way to find almost everything in Beijing. A fully user generated, word of mouth city guide to The Jing. The maps and free SMS service to your cell phone are fantastic! |
| www.localnoodles.com |
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| The Beijing Guide |
| Panoramic digital photos and great information about places of interest around Beijing. |
| www.thebeijingguide.com |
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| The Beijinger |
English language monthly magazine.
Very active classifieds and discussion forum on their website as well. |
| www.thebeijinger.com |
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| Beijing Schools |
| Canadian International School |
A comprehensive international school on Liangmaqiao Lu offering Montessori preschool through high school. Most staff come from Canada and the school is based on education standards from the Province of New Brunswick. Excellent facilities . . . so good, in fact, we use them for our Saturday classes!
A LaFaFa Music Partner School. |
| www.cisb.com.cn |
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| Children's Learning Centre of Beijing |
| Bilingual programme for children under 5 that encourages creativity and self expression. Friendly, relaxed multicultural atmosphere, and it won't drain the college fund. |
| www.clcbkids.com |
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| Dulwich College Beijing |
| Offers preschool through high school in the British tradition. Affiliated with Dulwich College London, and opened in Beijing in August 2005. |
| www.dcbeijing.cn |
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| Ganeinu International School |
Northern China's only Jewish school, and the first school in Beijing to offer ABC Music&Me by Kindermusik as part of their school curriculum.
LaFaFa Music Partner School. |
| www.ganeinubeijing.com |
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| International Montessori School of Beijing |
| MSB has been serving the international community in Beijing for 17 years, and currently has three campuses in the Shunyi area. |
| www.msb.edu.cn/ |
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| LaFaFa Education International |
My new employers! Meet LaFaFa, a new children's education group that feels as strongly about the importance of high quality education for young children in China. 11 offices across China, and headquartered here in Beijing.
Change lives, Change families, Change the world.
Oh yeah, Kindermusik's going to fit right in around here. :) |
| www.lafafa.net |
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| The Family Learning House |
| A virtues based Motessori learning environment, now at its new campus in Jianwai SOHO West, Guomao. |
| www.thefamilylearninghouse.com |
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| The Learning Center |
The Learning Center is an extracurricular community center, offering after-school classes, workshops, tutoring, and summer enrichment programs to students from age 5 to 18.
Jen Sachs leads a fantastic and professional staff who are committed to helping your child succeed. |
| www.thelearningcenter.cn |
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| Beijing Shops and Services |
| Bailey & Jackson Medical Centre |
| An international health clinc near Ritan Park. |
| www.bjhealthcare.com |
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| Beijing United Family Hospital and Clinics |
| International hospital services in Lido, as well as clinics in Shunyi and downtown. Home to some of Beijing's most popular birthing suites. |
| www.unitedfamilyhospitals.com/bj/index.html |
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| China Expert International |
| Services and solutions for doing business in China, with China and for Expats in China. |
| www.china-expert.org |
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| Counting Sheep Boutique |
| Karen Patterson, owner of NU2YU Baby Shop, has a new venture offering the finest in children's products and apparel. Your reliable source from maternity to childhood for products that are safe, well-designed, and of the highest quality. Stokke, Kushies, FreshMum, Trunki and more. |
| www.countingsheepboutique.com |
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| Cows From My Window |
| Sarah Cooper is a British life coach based in Beijing. She trained as a coach with Coach U, the world’s largest coaching training organisation, is an accredited practitioner for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® Step 1 and 2 and the FIRO-B® psychometric instruments. |
| www.cowsfrommywindow.com |
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| Inspired |
| Founded by Jasmine Keel, a trailing spouse who reinvented herself after arriving in Beijing, Inspired aims to help expat spouses feel inspired, energized, empowered and give them tools to exert their own potential. Workshops, seminars and luncheons for those seeking a new path. |
| www.inspiredbeijing.com |
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| Nutritioneer: The Nuts and Bolts of Nutrition |
Olivia Lee is a Singaporean mom with an MSc in Nutrition from the US and a certification in counseling from Singapore. She used to work in the Beijing office of a US-based nutritional supplement firm, where she helped design a wide range of health specific supplements and managed responses to customer queries. She took time off to look after her baby and is now helping expat families learn to cope with the nutritional challenges of living in Beijing, China.
In addition to one-on-one nutritional counseling and coaching, Olivia also provides newcomers with supermarket familiarization tours and nutrition coaching in Chinese for ayis.
Olivia frequently conducts workshops for special interest groups. |
| www.nutritioneer.net |
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| Ozone Fitness |
| This US owned fitness club chain has 9 centres across Beijing featuring state of the art equipment, pools, and a full range of classes for all ability levels. |
| www.ozonefitness.com.cn |
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| The Bookworm |
| This lending library and cafe has become a Beijing institution. Good coffee, reliable wifi, fantastic rooftop terrace, as well as regular author's talks and events. Try the free Sunday morning story hour for kids from 11 - noon. |
| www.beijingbookworm.com |
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| The Hutong |
| The Hutong is an innovative and fun cultural exchange centre at Beixinqqiao. Centrally located, the traditional courtyard home offers a unique venue for meetings, clubs, workshops & events. |
| www.the-hutong.com |
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| Blogs of Note |
| Beijing Boyce |
| Tour Beijing's bar scene without getting out of earshot of the baby monitor. A delightful read, and great way to plan one of those rare nights out. |
| www.beijingboyce.com |
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| China Law Blog |
| Who knew Chinese law could be so fascinating? Or funny, for that matter. Informed opinions on the issues facing the business community in China. A must read. |
| www.chinalawblog.com |
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| Danwei |
| Known for its daily translations of local newspaper headlines, Danwei is the leader of the China blogoshpere, bar none. Required reading for thinking people living and working here. Also very entertaining. |
| www.danwei.org |
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| School Fu |
| Meet some of the best China-based expat "mommy bloggers" from Beijing, Shanghai and beyond. Great information and topical discussions for families in China! |
| http://schoolfu.com/ |
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| Child Development and Parenting Information |
| ABC Canada |
| Read to your kids everyday! This is a great site with lots of family literacy information, activities and helpful links for children and parents. |
| www.abc-canada.org/fld |
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| Baby's First Year: Developmental Milestones |
| A good general outline of the stages of growth and development for average children. |
| parenting.ivillage.com/baby/bdevelopment/0,,42cn,00.html |
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| Blue Suit Mom |
| Maria Bailey's great website is the premier resource of work and family balance information for executive working mothers and their employers. She a mom of four, an award-winning author, radio talk show host, nationally known speaker and the foremost marketing authority on marketing to moms. |
| www.bluesuitmom.com |
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| Handspeak - ASL Online |
| Learn about Baby Sign, one of the hottest trends in parenting today, and visit the ASL visual dictionary. |
| www.handspeak.com |
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| ZERO TO THREE: National Center For Infants, Toddlers and Families |
| Outlines normal developmental milestones for babies and toddlers, as well information about brain development and stimulation. |
| www.zerotothree.org/ztt_parents.html |
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| Entertainment for Little People |
| Kneebouncers |
| Online fun for older babies and toddlers, but somewhat hard on your keyboard! |
| www.kneebouncers.com |
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| Mama Lisa's World |
| Rhymes, stories and songs from around the world. |
| www.mamalisa.com |
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| Mother Goose |
| Hickory, dickory, quick! Give your mouse a click! |
| www.mothergoose.com |
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| Nick Jr. (USA) |
| The online home of Dora the Explorer, Blue's Clues and more. Lots to do online, download or print, plus information for parents. |
| www.nickjr.com |
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| PBS Kids Online (USA) |
| Public television - the heartland of educational programming for kids in the USA - has a great website! Online games, printables, downloadable activities, birthday party ideas and more featuring the children's programmes shown on PBS. |
| www.pbskids.org |
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| Sesame Street |
A children's television pioneer!
Games, music, stories, interactive activities and information for parents too.
Oh, and Elmo. Lots and lots of Elmo. |
| http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/ |
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| Kindermusik |
| Kindermusik Beijing |
| Kindermusik International is seeking new educators here in Beijing. Find out how you can train to become a member of the worldwide community of Kindermusilk educators. |
| www.kindermusikbeijing.com.cn |
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| Kindermusik International |
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| www.kindermusik.com |
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| The Rest of It |
| Dojo Linguistique |
| Jonathan Sullivan, a fellow Expo 2005 alum, has started this exciting English/French language training centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Individual, group, and corporate training solutions available. Ganbatte Jonathan! |
| www.dojolinguistique.com |
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| Mount Allison University |
| A small, liberal arts, undergraduate university in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada that saw fit to grant me a degree. |
| www.mta.ca |
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