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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Chinese for Kids series features Christmas printable set and Merry Christmas Unit to help you keep the holiday excitement with fun Chinese learning! With all the Christmas decorations and music here and there on the street and at the stores you will be adding seasonal fun to Chinese class in school or play time at home. The holiday season and winter break are a wonderful time to celebrate your achievement this year. Your joyful teaching continues even
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What is the one Chinese dish that is close to roasted Turkey that we have for Thanksgiving in the U.S.? Have you tried Peking Roasted Duck? Have you heard about three ways of eating Peking roasted duck? The first one is crispy duck wrap, the second one is duck stir fry and the third one is duck soup. All three dishes are from one Peking roasted duck. Does it sound similar to how we eat Thanksgiving turkey?
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For the month of November we are singing “Turkey in the Straw” in Chinese. It is a cute song and the tune is familiar so it is fun to follow along and sing together in the class or at home. Watch the video, listen to the music, and have movements for the song when you sing together. Miss Panda has prepared the lyrics in traditional characters, simplified characters, and pinyin with English translation for you to follow
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Click on the Matching Game image above to download the Holiday Fun Sheet! Thanksgiving is coming and we are going to have fun learning more Chinese words and phrases about this day. Here is a Thanksgiving Matching Game. Cut. Match. Paste. Complete the sentences with the words/phrases on the fun sheet Wǒ xǐ huan ___________________. 我喜歡。。。 [audio:https://www.misspandachinese.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Miss-Panda-Chinese-I-like….mp3] ＝ I like ___________________ Wǒ fēi cháng xǐ huan ____________. 我非常喜歡。。。 [audio:https://www.misspandachinese.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Miss-Panda-Chinese-I-like-it-very-much.mp3] = I like ___________________ very much.
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Thanksgiving is almost here! The holiday season is a great time to introduce fun and exciting new words, phrases, and sentences to children in your target language. My kids and I put together a fun word list every week. We talk about the meaning of each word. We make sentences and we make up a story using as many new words/phrases as possible. Then we cook and bake to make our tummies happy while we are learning.
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This post has affiliate links. Thank you for your support! Raising bilingual kids is a popular topic in recently years. How to raise bilingual kids at birth? How to start raising a bilingual child in early years? What method to use? Is the bilingual parenting approach you have chosen working for your family? When should I start? A year from now you may wish you had started today. –Karen Lamb Raising Bilingual Kids You might have heard
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萬聖節快樂 (traditional characters 繁體字)| 万圣节快乐 (simplified characters 简体字) =Wàn shèng jié kuài lè (pinyin 拼音) Watch the video and see who is not afraid of all the goblins in all sizes and shapes. Happy Halloween! Happy #Halloween to all of the unshakeable teachers out there! pic.twitter.com/siR9wnOUeK — edutopia (@edutopia) October 31, 2016 You can’t scare me. ＝ 你不會嚇到我! | 你不会吓到我！- Nǐ bù huì xià dào wǒ. I am a teacher. = 我是一個老師。| 我是一个老师。 – Wǒ shì yī
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