i-Immersion · education shaped by experience
Learning grows through everyday life.
i-Immersion develops early learning experiences that bring language, culture, and relationships into everyday life. Our work with families, educators, and communities is grounded in nearly two decades of program leadership.
Established in 2008
Nearly two decades of program development and leadership.
Grounded at Nihao
An active school community where our approach takes shape every day.
Made to share
Ideas and programs for families, educators, and partners.
Our living program
Nihao School
A mixed-age early childhood community in San Mateo, where Mandarin and English join play, care, friendships, and daily discovery.
A place to build together
Work With Us
Bring practical early education experience to family resources, cultural experiences, educator learning, and thoughtful partnerships.
Our approach
From daily practice to wider impact.
Since 2008, i-Immersion has built educational programs around the moments that help children connect, communicate, and grow. At Nihao School, that approach takes shape every day. Its daily practice guides the work we are developing with educators and communities.
Our mission: To make language and culture part of meaningful everyday learning, and to share that experience with the communities we serve.
Where our work is growing
Educator enrichment
Practical learning for educators already working with children and families.
Parenting resources
Ideas that support language, culture, and everyday connection.
Cultural experiences
Shared moments that invite curiosity across generations.
Microschool licensing
We are developing an i-Immersion license to help educators create relationship-centered, multilingual microschools of their own, informed by our experience at Nihao School.
Our impact
A growing circle of learning.
Across our programs and partnerships since 2008.
1,200+
Children served
Alongside their families since 2008.
20+
Schools reached
Through our enrichment programs.
60+
Educators supported
Bringing learning to Bay Area communities.
A small school.
A world to discover.
Nihao School in San Mateo, California
Nihao is i-Immersion’s mixed-age school home in San Mateo for children from approximately 3 months through 5 years. Mandarin is part of songs, stories, shared meals, and everyday care. English is part of the day too.
We start by getting to know your child—their interests, their routines, and what they’re ready to try next. What you notice at home helps us plan what happens at school.
