"My five-year-old patient really enjoyed playing Bumper Cards™ with me. His mom was so amazed that he was finally able to enjoy reading Chinese characters."
Dr. Fanny LAM
Specialist in Developmental-Behavioural Paediatrics
MBChB (CUHK), MRCP(UK), DCH (Ireland), FHKCPaed, FHKAM (Paed)
Bumper Cards™ Card-game
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Promotes creativity through language
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Stimulates BOTH convergent (one correct answer) AND divergent (brainstorming) thinking
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Encourages language flexibility
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Is fun and engaging
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Facilitates social interactions - can be played with friends and family by all ages
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Allows imagination expression through either drawing or words
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Promotes new ideas
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Strengthens vocabulary learning
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Improves word reading
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Advances bilingual interactions
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Was developed based on 20+ years of research on reading and vocabulary development
Bumper Cards™ Storybook
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Written for children ages 3-8
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Includes many fun activities, such as reading, listening, storytelling and drawing, that enhances creativity, language learning, and artistic expression
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Encourages compound word awareness and play
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Promotes bilingual learning in Chinese and English. Children can learn both languages together or separately
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Can be played together with the bilingual language card-game Bumper Cards™. Bumper Cards™ Creativity through Language is based on the same research idea as the book
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Was developed based on 20+ years of research on reading and vocabulary development
CREATIVITY THROUGH LANGUAGE
Bumper Cards™ promotes creativity in language by engaging children and adults in both convergent and divergent thinking. Through language interactions among players, children can better learn Chinese and English in a joyful way.
HOW TO PLAY
Combine simple words into compound words to form real "correct words" and/or new "creative words" with different games.
