Seasons in Chinese! Every day is a good day to talk about seasons! This is fun topic all year round. Let’s see what we can explore with seasons in Chinese. Seasons in Chinese with hands-on activities and music is a fabulous mix! I love to play background music for students when they work on activities. Teacher and parents can pick topic-related music and make each project a unique learning experience. Seasons in Chinese Teaching Resources: The music
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Confucius for kids- Chinese Culture for Kids series is featuring Confucius! Confucius 孔子 is the greatest teacher 至聖先師 | 至圣先师 in Chinese culture! He is the greatest teacher, sage, and philosopher in Chinese history. September 28 is Teachers’ Day 教師節 | 教师节 in Taiwan. It is the birthday of Confucius. Quick Facts about Confucius The Greatest teacher, sage, and philosopher in Chinese culture. Born in 551 B.C.E. Died in 479 B.C.E. Hometown: Qufu, China. The book of
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What is the best way to engage children in exploring world culture? Stories and books! 10 books for celebrating the Mid Autumn Festival! This selection of books for celebrating the Mid Autumn Festival includes books that tell the story of the Mid Autumn Festival and Chinese culture books. Many people ask about what is the difference between the Mid Autumn Festival and the Moon festival? Mid-Autumn Festival, zhōng qiū jié 中秋節 | 中秋节 is the direct
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Raising Bilingual kids is a journey and it is an exciting one. It needs planning and you can start with setting up a bilingual home. What is it like to raise bilingual kids? First, I have a few stories to share with you. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier, author Valería walked up to me at a party and shouted, “One more time!” Then we hopped and
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This Giveaway Is Sponsored by Chinese-Stories.com Chinese Storybooks Giveaway has 6 digital subscriptions for SIX lucky winners! Chinese-Stories is a leading digital Chinese storybook resource for children, parents, teachers, schools, and independent Chinese language and culture learners. It is like an online Chinese library for reading. I am so happy to share this online Chinese reading resource with you. A BIG Thank You goes to Chinese-Stories.com 中文故事 for being the sponsor of the 2018 Summer Reading Program
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Chinese Nursery Rhymes! This is our Chinese teaching resource for the Summer Chinese Reading Program. Chinese Nursery Rhymes are catchy and fun. Do kids love singing nursery rhymes? YES! If you have ever seen kids in preschool or kindergarten you know how they sing with big smiles and loud voice. Can you teach kids Chinese nursery rhymes easily? Absolutely! I have 12 Chinese nursery rhymes that are entertaining for kids and for you to get the fun
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Cang Jie, The Inventor of Chinese Characters! Cang Jie is a legendary figure in Chinese history. Chinese children know Cang Jie as the Chinese characters’ creator 倉頡造字|仓颉造字. During the time of the Yellow Emperor at around 2500 B.C.) Chinese people were using knots and stones to record their lives. It was not an efficient way to document events. Yellow Emperor ordered the historian, Cang Jie to find a better way to keep a record of all significant
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Chinese Language Activity Calendar! Chinese Reading Playground features The Chinese Language Activity Calendar! “The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.” -Maria Montessori Children like to have a routine. When they have a routine they know what to expect. Routine is important at home and in the classroom. When there is a routine kids know what to expect. The summer Chinese Language Activity Calendar
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I Spy in Chinese I hope you all are having a great summer. Summer reading activities are essential for kids to practice their target language in a playful and hands-on approach. If your children are in a world language program or an immersion program summer reading will keep their language skills active and have a good start in the new school year. The reading activity I Spy… is an outdoor program you can do in the yard
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Chinese Summer Reading Program is featuring reading activity bookmarks for kids! Keeping kids reading every day! Adding activities to reading routine! We are here to support you with playful resources! Register in the Chinese Summer Reading Program here! Drum roll, please! I want to make an announcement about an upcoming giveaway. We will be giving away Chinese Stories reading app subscriptions for 2018 reading program! More details to come. Stay tuned! Now, let’s look into the
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