Ni hao, Kai-lan
Ni hao, Kai -lan (English: " Hello, Kai -lan ") is a produced for the American television animated series for preschoolers. It is the first American television program, the preschool children basic knowledge of high Chinese language.
Characters
The central character of the program is the bilingual Chinese-American girl Kai -lan, the home shares with his animal friends and the children on the screen its language and culture and plays with them. Kai- lans Pet lovers are the Koala Tolee, the tiger Rintoo, the pink rhino Lulu, the little monkey Hoho and San san, the leader of a tiny ant colony, which include the friends in their community. In addition also occurs Kai- lans grandfather Ye Ye.
Conception
Ni hao, Kai -lan is similar to Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go!, Introduces children not only a bilingual situation, but presents a bicultural scenario in which not only presents part of the Chinese culture, but also insights are granted in the values of American Chinese. Likewise, the series can be compared with Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat by 2001, but the plays in China and no Chinese language skills taught.
Publication
The series is broadcast on American children's channel Nickelodeon and since March 1, 2008, the children's cable channel Noggin since February 7, 2008.
The episodes developed by Karen Chau, a Chinese- American graphic designer, Sascha Paladino and Spencer Walker program have a length of just under 25 minutes.