Chinese Literacy for Fall Season Celebrate Autumn with Culture Around Us From September to December, there is a lot to celebrate in autumn – the season, the colors, and the cultural holidays and celebrations. As we are guiding children to build literacy in the target language (Mandarin) we also need to feed children the background knowledge in their native language. That way they can better connect with the content that we want to share with them. Here
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Chinese Halloween Literacy Activities and Resources | Halloween Activities | Chinese Activities for Kids The last quarter of the year is packed with teaching topics that are seasonal, festival, and cultural. The season change is visible. The festivals and celebrations are loved by children big and small. The cultural essence and stories are connecting, inclusive and global. Playing with purpose is the design of each of the resources included here. Literacy building is a part of learning
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Teach Children Languages Through Play with Habbi Habbi + You now have a chance to give a fabulous set of Habbi Habbi books (10 bilingual books and a reading wand) to a family or a school! Hanna and Anne-Louise are the two Mom founders of Habbi Habbi bilingual books and reading wand. The available language combinations for the books are Chinese-English and Spanish-English at this time. Their growing number of books for young readers covers
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Chinese Disney Songs Here is a collection of beloved Chinese Disney songs for kids and families! There are over 15 Chinese Disney songs and a couple of more bonus songs that kids and parents can sing together. The power of music is big for language learners. Singing is fun, playful, and engaging. The benefits of music and songs in learning Mandarin include literacy building, vocabulary familiarity, Mandarin tone confidence, and targeted language listening input. I am
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The Great Race The Story of the 12 Chinese Animal Birth Signs Chinese Zodiac There are many stories and folktales about the Great Race of the 12 Chinese birth sign animals. Here is a simple version and it is quite exciting. THE STORY STARTED WITH… Jade Emperor, the God of all Gods, announced that animal names would be added to the calendar years according to their arrival order to the big meeting. Then, the word got
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Lantern Festival Paper Cutting Lantern Culture Craft! Culture craft helps children engage in hands-on creation. There are the “what” and the “why” questions popping out when they work on craft projects like paper cutting. Curiosity leads to exploration and learning! We are looking at Lantern Festival paper cutting lanterns culture craft, and this is a project that kids really enjoy. They can even come up with their design with the English alphabet and other languages. Taipei Confucius
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Explore the world with diverse books and inspire your children and students to learn more about world culture through books! These three multicultural children’s books I am about to share with you will take kids to experience Japan, to engage them in a story with a background set in Thailand, and to give them the opportunity to follow the dragon dancer and learn about the celebration of Chinese Lunar New Year. Disclosure: Miss Panda received complimentary copies
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The Myth About the Chinese Language Chinese here refers to Mandarin Chinese, the official language of China and Taiwan, and one of the official languages of Singapore, and Macau. You may have heard that “Chinese Is One of the Most Difficult Languages in the World.” This may be what comes to your mind when you hear the “Chinese language.” But, I need to tell you that this is a myth. It’s a misunderstanding of the Chinese language,
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Chinese Christmas Holiday Winter Break Chinese Playbook Lessons! Holiday season is filled with teaching and learning opportunities for you and your child. Turn on the holiday music! Set up the table with your favorite holiday color felt fabric. Have fun with holiday season teaching. Christmas Holiday Countdown Calendar Play with the Chinese Christmas holiday countdown calendar with dot markers! Traditional Chinese version. Simplified Chinese version. Christmas Holiday Countdown Chain Have fun with numbers and make the Chinese
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Chinese Writing Systems: Traditional Chinese And Simplified Chinese Let’s look at the two Chinese writing systems: Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. I have color-coded the sentences for you to see the difference in the characters. The blue Chinese characters are the traditional form (繁體字). The red Chinese characters are the simplified form (简体字). Which should you learn? Traditional Chinese or simplified Chinese? Taiwan, Hong Kong, and many overseas Chinese communities use traditional Chinese writing.
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