The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival or “Zhōng Qiū Jié” (中秋節) occurs on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month each year (falling in September or October on our familiar solar calendar). Because this holiday is based on the lunar calendar, where it falls on the solar calendar varies from year to year. As the festival is celebrated at the midpoint of the lunar month (also the middle of autumn), it is
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Chinese for Kids: Solar Eclipse We are excited about Solar Eclipse! Learning Chinese with a total solar eclipse is a great project as the kids can experience it. I hope you find it exciting as you are learning Chinese or teaching Chinese to young learners. We have prepared some tools for your science observation for this amazing event if you are located in northern American. Some people will see total solar eclipse and some will see partial
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Chinese Story Time is featuring Good Night, Gorilla Chinese edition. Let’s read this storybook together! Good Night, Gorilla! Chinese edition. Chinese Story Time for Kids Book Title: Good Night, Gorilla! Author: Peggy Rathmann Language: Chinese edition (Simplified Chinese) Let’s read Good Night, Gorilla! in Mandarin Chinese. Let’s help the zookeeper and say “good night!” to all the animals in the zoo. Do you think the animals are tired and sleepy? This is a story about saying good
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Chinese for Kids is featuring 11 Chinese Songs and Nursery Rhymes for Kids. Singing Chinese songs is a fun way to enjoy Chinese playtime at home! Research shows that music and songs help language acquisition. Many Chinese songs for kids are usually short and with a lot of repetition of simple words. Chinese songs for kids listed here go well with movements for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. What you should know about Chinese Kids Songs! Look inside
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Elmer’s Day and Book Activity Miss Panda is reading Elmer’s Day in Chinese. This is a book about routines. Children will enjoy following the adorable elephant and see if they also have similar activities just like Elmer. Elmer’s Day is written by David McKee and here is an English-Chinese bilingual edition. Listen to the story and see what Elmer the elephant does today. Young children who are learning about daily routines can relate to this story
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Chinese Reading Playground is reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar! This classic story highlights days of the week and fruit. After reading this book, there are many playful literacy activities you can do to bring this story alive. You can find the collection of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book activity printables at the end of this post. Miss Panda is reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar Chinese edition today! Book Title: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Author: Eric Carl Language:
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Summer Chinese Reading Program GIVEAWAY! (2017) Are you ready to add wonderful Chinese language books, Chinese-English bilingual culture books and English culture books to your home library or class library? When your child has easy access to books, word wall, word games, board games and child-friendly print materials at home you have created a literacy-rich environment for your young learner. “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” — Walt
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Summer Chinese Reading Playground Program We are bringing reading into summer! Summer Chinese Reading Playground is for children of all ages with or without Chinese language background. Everyone can participate! We want to boost children’s reading during the break with fun resources. We also want to help you build your home/classroom library with our fantastic giveaway! This is a FREE program for homeschool children and kids at school (Pre-K to Gr.6). We love to see your class
Read more →We are so excited to kick off this year’s Summer Chinese Reading Program! (2017 program has closed. Thank you for your participation) The mission of this challenge is to keep our bilingual children reading in Chinese, having fun in Chinese, and learning more about the Chinese language, Chinese culture, and the world during the summer. We have picked awesome books for your to start with. We are looking forward to having your and your child’s book recommendations.
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