A celebration is always a joyful time. Festivals and holidays add excitement to language and culture learning. Add playful learning to Valentine’s Day with music, songs, and Valentine’s day free printables! Song to Sing for Valentine’s Day “Treasure My Precious” is an adorable Chinese song written by a Dad to his baby son. It is a song and a story of the early years of parenting. You will hear the phrase, “to treasure, precious-bǎo béi-寶貝|宝贝” in the
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Picture Chinese Series: Chinese New Year Special The Chinese New Year celebration is a 15-day festivity. With all the Spring Festival cultural events going on around the world this is a great time to locate one and to experience the celebration in person in your area. If there is nothing similar locally you can join me to see what it is like. I got a chance to visit Chinatown in Washington DC. The year of
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin Chinese Beef Noodle soup is one of the most popular dishes in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. There are different variations of this recipe depending on the location people are from but the popularity of this soup is unbeatable. There are noodle shops specialized in beef noodle soup all over Taiwan. The signature beef noodle soup from different restaurants compete annually for the championship of the best noodle soup. This is a
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Chinese Lunar New Year series presents “Chinese New Year Must-Know Lucky Phrases!” Happy Spring Festival! Happy Lunar New Year! Why do you need to know the Chinese New Year Must-Know Lucky Phrases? It is because the most important thing during the Lunar New Year is to keep a positive spirit and to say the traditional Chinese lucky phrases when greeting family and friends. Here are the TOP three lucky phrases you will hear during Chinese Lunar New
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin Multicultural Children’s Book Day: January 27th, 2017 #ReadYourWorld January 27th is Multicultural Children’s Book Day. The co-creators of Multicultural Children’s Book Day are Mia from PragmaticMom and Valarie from JumpIntoABook. I (Miss Panda) am thrilled to be a part of this wonderful event once again this year and help to bring brilliant, diverse books to more homes, classrooms, libraries, and schools. Today I am sharing a wonderful multicultural book–“The Mysterious Stream” by
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin Are you wondering what gift would be educational and entertaining for kids who are learning Chinese language and culture? Give the joy of Chinese learning to a child during the 15 days of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebration. Enjoy a cup of tea or coffee, relax and pick your favorite gift. Books Books never go out of style. Chinese books Here are two books in Chinese – one that is great
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Read Learning Unit Description here. Are you a Monkey? Are you a Chicken/Rooster? Are you a dog? Are you a pig? Chinese children ask their friends these questions for fun. They also use the Animal Birth Signs to figure out how old their friends are. With the arrival of the Year of the Rooster less than 10 days, we are going to take a look at the fun twelve Chinese Animal Birth Signs . There are
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Lucky Word Sign Craft for the Chinese Lunar New Year We are going to work on a cultural craft for the Lunar New Year. This is one classic and most popular Chinese Lunar New Year lucky word sign you will see throughout the Chinese lunar new year celebration. Many Chinese families keep this sign up in the house all year long. They replace it with a new one in the next new year. We welcome the Year
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The Chinese Songs for Kids series features Chinese We Wish You A Merry Christmas in Mandarin Chinese! I have a short version of the original English Christmas carol. At the same time, I have included the original English song and two videos of the full Chinese version for kids who are ready to try it. Christmas Carols in Mandarin Chinese! Chinese Play Time with Miss Panda introduces songs and activities to children and parents. Today we are
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Chinese Song for Children is featuring a Chinese Christmas Carol Jingle Bells! Sing and learn Chinese Jingle Bells song, a tune that children are familiar with. I have included a Chinese Jingle Bells music video with Chinese subtitle in this article so you can use at home or in your class. Culture Question: Do Chinese kids sing Jingle Bells? World Culture Quick Facts: Do Chinese people celebrate Christmas? Some do. Christianity arrived in China in Tang dynasty
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