Thanksgiving Coloring Activities For Kids Mandarin Chinese Learners

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Thanksgiving coloring pages for young learners!   Children see leaves change colors.  Then they visit the pumpkin patch and pick apples.  They bake at home.  Many prepare and celebrate family togetherness at this time of the year.  Holidays and cultural festivals are always the best time to work on topic-focused projects that lead to learning and expanding vocabulary.   Young learners will enjoy this set of Chinese fall coloring pages.  Kids can use crayons, markers, colored pencils,

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Halloween in Chinese and Halloween Resources in Chinese

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Halloween in Chinese and Halloween Resources in Chinese for Kids Halloween is coming!  There might be many interesting decorations showing up in your neighborhood.  It is a fun time to go out and have some fun in Mandarin! But, at the same time, we need to understand and respect families and children who are not participating this time. Some children are uncomfortable with some of the Halloween decorations, stories, and sound effects out there. It is okay.

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Teach Kids About Fourth of July

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Happy Fourth of July, the Independence Day of the United States of America!  This day is filled with celebrations and is a good time to teach kids about July 4th.   I have created a bilingual celebration card with audio support below that you can read with your child. You can talk about the events and family celebrations of the Fourth of July.   Teach Kids About the Fourth of July with this celebration card.   Celebration Card

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Happy Father’s Day

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Happy Father’s Day! How does your family celebrate Father’s Day? This is a wonderful opportunity to focus on learning “All About Dad!” You can start a countdown with five things about Dad! I have created literacy-building resources for Father’s Day, and this post comes with audio support!   My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me.”-Jim Valvano Happy Father’s Day Activity Printables Here are two Happy Father’s Day printables

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CURIO Book Subscription Review: Treasures in a Box

CURIO Book Subscription Review: Treasures in a Box Meet CURIO Welcome to our CURIO book subscription review! CURIO is a subscription book club for multiple languages including Chinese. It’s a pioneering company dedicated to fostering a love for languages in children through its thoughtfully curated book subscription boxes. It’s created for children ages 0-10. Founded by Hera Li lives in NYC and is originally from Singapore. Hera is raising young multilingual children and fully understands the importance

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Earth Day Activities and Resource 地球日• Dì Qiú Rì

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Earth Day Activities and Resources Welcome to our comprehensive guide on Earth Day Activities for kids, blending environmental education with language learning. This Earth Day, we’re excited to share various ways for families, schools, and communities to get involved in taking care of our beautiful planet while making progress in Chinese language skills. Chinese Earth Day Activities: Earth Day activities in two languages offer fun and meaningful opportunities for children to learn about their environment and the

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Qing Ming Jie Qing Ming Festival Tomb Sweeping Day – Chinese Culture for Kids

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Qing Ming Jie Qing Ming Festival Tomb Sweeping Day Qing Ming Jie is Qing Ming Festival – Qīng Míng Jié 清明節|清明节 in Chinese. It is also wildly known as Tomb Sweeping Day in the Chinese community.  This day always falls on the third lunar month, the date on the western calendar is April 5. For world culture exploration, you can compare the similarities and differences between the following world festivals: Chinese Qing Ming Jie 清明節 | 清明节

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Chinese Valentine’s Day Qi Xi Chinese Culture for Kids

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Chinese Valentine’s Day Qi Xi Festival – Chinese culture for kids series.  Exploring world culture with festivals is a great way to blend target language learning with culture.   Chinese Valentine’s Day is Qi Xi 七夕. The legend is that you scab ee a bridge formed by “magpies” xǐ què 喜鵲 (traditional Chinese) | 喜鹊 (simplified Chinese) in the night sky on the day of 七夕 Qi Xi.  Qi Xi is the evening of the 7th day

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Chinese Toolbox: Tips to Help You Practice the Tones in Chinese with Audio

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Learning Chinese tones with ease!  Many parents and adult learners with no Chinese language background ask about how to pronounce Chinese words correctly with different tones when learning Mandarin Chinese with their kids.  There are three steps to follow when you are learning Chinese tones. First, relax and smile Trust me, relaxation is the key for adults when we learn to speak a new language.  Relax!  Deep breath.  A smile works like magic and it makes you

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Spring First Day of Spring Vernal Equinox – One of the 24 Chinese Solar Terms

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Spring First Day of Spring Vernal Equinox – one of the 24 Chinese Solar Terms   Vernal equinox chūn fēn 春分 marks the arrival of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Chūn fēn 春分 is one of the Chinese twenty-four solar terms that falls on the twelve Chinese lunar months. These twenty-four solar terms are made of twelve major solar terms and twelve minor solar terms. Summer solstice and winter solstice are two major solar terms. The summer

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