Having a snowy day activity list is a good idea when the winter weather is coming. Parents can make the best of the cold days and add learning elements to it. It has been snowing here and we are excited. I have a snowy day activity list and it is time to see what we can do. It was cold yesterday but we had a lot of fun throwing snow balls, making snow angels, and trying to
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Sing and learn Chinese is featuring Chinese “Eensy Weensy Spider” song! Music and songs help children’s literacy skills from spoken language to written words. Music activities are engaging, interactive, and fun for children. Come and join me! Sing and learn Chinese Eensy Weensy Spider Chinese “Eensy Weensy Spider” song has six sentences and it has a storyline. Story! Yes! This is a fantastic song to sing with the kids because there are high frequency words like- small|
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2013 is the Chinese Year of the Snake. Did you know that in Chinese culture the “Year of the Snake” is also known as the “Year of the Little Dragon?!” Here is a Fun Spiral Snake craft you can make at home with your child. I have created the design for you to print out on stock paper. What you need: 1. Stock paper any color 2. Scissors 3. String 4. Glue 5. Hole punch 6. Sequins
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Apps offer a fun way to learn at home and at school. The iPad apps listed below are my personal picks for Chinese New Year-themed learning, teaching and fun! We are always open to new ones so please feel free to share your favorites too! Note: This is not a sponsored post. These apps are currently on my iPad for my children and students to use. 2013 Happy Chinese New Year – a cultural game by
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February 10th marks the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year in 2013. This coming Saturday evening we say “farewell” to the auspicious dragon of 2012 and “welcome!” to a prosperous Year of the Snake! Chinese people also call the Year of the Snake the Year of the “Little Dragon.” In Mandarin Chinese rather than call this occasion “the Chinese New Year ” we call it “the Spring Festival” (Chūn jié – 春節 (春节)) or “the Lunar
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I have very fond memories of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Taiwan. The New Year markets, the red spring scrolls and lucky words, preparing the lunar New Year’s eve feast, games, stories, firecrackers, the red envelopes, relatives and friends visiting from near and far, and the holidays with the family all kick off the new year with a lot of excitement and joy. No wonder it is my favorite Chinese festival! When we are not able to make it
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Introduce Chinese to Children Through Songs: Ni Hao and Number Songs are the first songs all my kids learn on the first day of school. The excitement level goes up as the number goes up! You may also like to read Teach Chinese Through Songs: Sing, Rap, Speak! Singing, Dancing and Finger Play Singing, dancing, and finger play are lots of fun for young children. Kids enjoy rhythmic patterns and music. It is a joyful shared experience
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Let’s sing “London Bridge” together in Mandarin Chinese! I created the movements for this song for my daughter when she was only a few months old. The first time we did this she was only a tiny bug and I was holding her on my knees. She was giggling and giggling and we really had fun. Now she is much taller and bigger and it is impossible to hold her facing me on my knees but
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“Goodnight Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd Taiwanese Chinese edition (Mandarin Chinese with Traditional Characters) Reading a familiar book in a second language is a routine you can have with your child at home, perhaps as a bed time story. Young children enjoy the repetition of the stories they already know and it is a wonderful way to introduce early reading in a second language. My son loved “Goodnight Moon” so much as a baby that
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“Good Night, Gorilla” by Peggy Rathmann “Good Night, Gorilla” – “Wǎn ān dà xīng xīng” is a cute story with a lot of vocabulary potential. At the basic level children can learn the animal words, and how to say “good night.” If you know the color words you can review color words with this book too. Look at the keys on the key ring. What colors do you see? How about the moon? What is the color of the
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