From the AP, via Oregonlive.com:
Twenty-four young faces in the kindergarten class at Woodstock Elementary School here watch intently as the teacher holds up a construction paper cut-out of a large red circle, and waits for them to identify the shape.Piece of cake for a roomful of savvy 5-year-olds, except that teacher Shin Yen is looking for the shape’s name in Mandarin Chinese. It’s the world’s most widely-spoken language, but one that’s only just beginning to surface in U.S. classrooms, especially at the elementary level.
