The Chinese Christmas countdown chain is wrapped on the Christmas tree. Making a countdown chain every year has become a family tradition since my kids were preschoolers. Holiday season is a wonderful time to add seasonal craft projects to the Chinese language and culture learning session at home and in the classroom. This hands-on activity can be a countdown project, a group program, or an individual one. Chinese numbers are printed on the colored paper. Every number
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Five Little Pumpkins in Mandarin for Halloween. I am sharing this with the support of an interactive storytime video and lyrics in Mandarin Chinese, English, Pinyin, and Zhuyin. For Mandarin learners at a young age, singing nursery rhymes and engaging in storytime sessions can be the seeds of a love for language, cultures, and a bilingual family journey. Research has continuously illustrated that the interaction between melody, rhythm, and language during these activities builds a foundation for
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Celebrating Pi π Day with Kids Celebrating Pi π Day with numbers, math symbols, and Chinese! Facts About Pi Day Pi π Day is March 14. It is celebrated around the world. Pi π in Greek is a mathematics symbol. When people work on the simple calculation of a circle they usually use 3.14. Fun Number Activities Counting numbers is just like singing the ABC song. It’s a lot of fun. Young kids learn the number concept
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Learn from home The year I homeschooled my boy when he was in 7th grade many people were curious about it. When I was exploring the homeschooling option due to the relocation most of the parent friends were worried about my boy and me. They were skeptical. And, I could understand why. My homeschooling parent friends were supportive. They were so supportive that they took the time to walk me through their journey and told me their
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LOVE Messages in Chinese for Valentine’s Day Writing a short note for your child to read is something special. Add a short note to your child’s lunch bag and see what it happens. The more you do it the more fun it is. Start with a few sentences here, one at a time. When Chinese is not your native language you might have some concerns but you can start with one word, such as Love 愛 ài
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Starting each class with the Hello Nǐ Hǎo song is a routine for the kids in my Chinese immersion program. They are toddlers, preschoolers, and babies. My youngest student was three months old. But, I first met baby J when he was a tiny newborn in a Babybjön carrier with his dad. Baby J was about 2 months old and her parents were ready for him to join my class for the little ones. People sing when
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Seasons in Chinese! Every day is a good day to talk about seasons! This is fun topic all year round. Let’s see what we can explore with seasons in Chinese. Seasons in Chinese with hands-on activities and music is a fabulous mix! I love to play background music for students when they work on activities. Teacher and parents can pick topic-related music and make each project a unique learning experience. Seasons in Chinese Teaching Resources: The music
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Pictures speak. Images have stories. Chinese One Image Talk and Chat features Woody from Toy Story! Reading wordless books to children is a wonderful way to engage them in the target language (Chinese). There are no words in the book but there are pictures. When you tell the story of a wordless book, children listen, they hear the words, they understand the story you are telling them. It is a great way to build literacy skills.
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The most amazing time when I teach Chinese to children is when we have activity time, game time, storytime, hands-on experiment time, and craft time! I want to involve the children and provide them constant comprehensible Chinese language input. I talk a lot in class and I use Chinese to communicate with the little kids. I speak Chinese constantly and I use the theme words repeatedly so the young language learners can hear the same words and
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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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