Chinese Reading Logs for Kids are here! Summer reading program features Chinese Reading Logs for Kids! This is a resource you can use to engage and motivate children to play and read in Chinese during summer. Reading is fun. Stories are engaging. Let’s add some pixie dust to the reading routine and get kids excited about target language summer reading. Chinese Reading Logs for Kids: There are three formats you can choose from according to the reading
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Affiliate links are included in this post to support this website. There is no cost to you. Chinese Books for Children Book List! This Reading Playground Book List includes Chinese books, Chinese -English bilingual books, English culture books, and books recommended by fellow Chinese teachers. There are over 90 books in the collection and it is a growing list. You can download the list in PDF. “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s
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Miss Panda’s Chinese Reading Playground Summer Reading Program 2018 for Kids is now OPEN for registration! Summer is here! What an exciting time to play, to enjoy and to read all the books that you want to read and to share with your children! “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” -Walt Disney We want kids to feel the fun and the joy of reading! Every child is
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May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Teaching your heritage language to your children is a way to celebrate your family culture and your heritage culture. For my children, Chinese is their heritage language and I am the only source of Chinese language in our family. Over the years I have noticed that more and more schools and libraries share featured resources with children, parents and educators in the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. When I lived
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Six steps for teaching Chinese to young learners! Being bilingual or multilingual has so many benefits. Research shows how easily young children can learn a different language when they are exposed to it, especially when they are immersed in it. We are in an era of raising young global citizens. Learning a language is learning a culture and it expands a child’s world. Speak Mandarin Chinese to your child if you are a native Chinese speaker. Learn
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May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of the culture and history of Asian-Pacific Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Asian Pacific American Heritage Month originated as a congressional bill in 1978 and in 1992 it was expanded from a week to a month-long celebration. This is a good time to learn something new about the diversity of Asian-Pacific cultures or to reflect on your culture with your child if you are
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Teaching Chinese Fruit Words with real fruits! This is a set of high frequency words and expressions that are often used. Enjoy the video and the activity bank! You may also enjoy Introduce Chinese to Children Through Songs. Level: novice Ages: young learners and above Key items: fruit words Teaching Chinese fruit words is a lot of fun. Kids always get so excited when I bring real fruits to the classroom. What a yummy fruit words show-and-tell!
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Chinese Through Story features Earth Day! What Earth Day activities are there for your kids to try? What can you do to protect our Earth as a family, a community, class or school? There are a lot of fun ways to celebrate Earth Day and generate ideas of how to protect our environment through discussion and a walk around a neighborhood. For example, one fourth grade class at my local school made a “water hero” statue
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Teach Chinese through pictures uses fun images and audio to introduce a carefully selected high frequency phrases and sentences that learners can use every day. See it, touch it, and say it! I designed Picture Chinese program to go with outdoor or hands-on activities. Students learn best with a combination of auditory, visual, and kinesthetic approach. You may also want to read Teach Chinese through Songs. “We found our students were completely engaged in class when they
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Teach Chinese Through Songs: Sing, Rap, Speak Chinese! Teaching Children Chinese Language with Songs and Movement. Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. -Plato Singing is a joyful way of learning and an effective way to teach languages to children of all ages. Teach Chinese through songs is a playful experience for children and adults. As I repeatedly stress the importance of setting up a target language print-rich
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