Premiered on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. morning kids shows, Ni Hao, Kai-Lan is Nickelodeon's first animated steries to feature Chinese culture, specifically the Mandarin language. Given the huge success of the bilingual television show, Dora the Explorer, which taught Spanish to preschoolers, Nickelodeon is hoping the same cute Kai-lan Chow and her animal friends will have the same effect on learning Mandarin. The series will likely reach millions of kids across the country but Nickelodeon is hoping the show will be particularly poplular in the California Bay Area.Ni Hao, Kai-Lan features a pre-school aged Chinese girl named Kai-lan, her animal friends, and her grandfather, ye-ye. The show not only introduces Chinese words to learn, there is also the occasional songs sung in Chinese. Ni Hao, Kai-Lan was created by Karen Chau, a first-generation Chinese American who was working as a graphic designer when she came up with the idea. Link
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