Six steps for teaching Chinese to young learners! Being bilingual or multilingual has so many benefits. Research shows how easily young children can learn a different language when they are exposed to it, especially when they are immersed in it. We are in an era of raising young global citizens. Learning a language is learning a culture and it expands a child’s world. Speak Mandarin Chinese to your child if you are a native Chinese speaker. Learn
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May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of the culture and history of Asian-Pacific Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Asian Pacific American Heritage Month originated as a congressional bill in 1978 and in 1992 it was expanded from a week to a month-long celebration. This is a good time to learn something new about the diversity of Asian-Pacific cultures or to reflect on your culture with your child if you are
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Teaching Chinese Fruit Words with real fruits! This is a set of high frequency words and expressions that are often used. Enjoy the video and the activity bank! You may also enjoy Introduce Chinese to Children Through Songs. Level: novice Ages: young learners and above Key items: fruit words Teaching Chinese fruit words is a lot of fun. Kids always get so excited when I bring real fruits to the classroom. What a yummy fruit words show-and-tell!
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Chinese Through Story features Earth Day! What Earth Day activities are there for your kids to try? What can you do to protect our Earth as a family, a community, class or school? There are a lot of fun ways to celebrate Earth Day and generate ideas of how to protect our environment through discussion and a walk around a neighborhood. For example, one fourth grade class at my local school made a “water hero” statue
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Teach Chinese through pictures uses fun images and audio to introduce a carefully selected high frequency phrases and sentences that learners can use every day. See it, touch it, and say it! I designed Picture Chinese program to go with outdoor or hands-on activities. Students learn best with a combination of auditory, visual, and kinesthetic approach. You may also want to read Teach Chinese through Songs. “We found our students were completely engaged in class when they
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Teach Chinese Through Songs: Sing, Rap, Speak Chinese! Teaching Children Chinese Language with Songs and Movement. Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. -Plato Singing is a joyful way of learning and an effective way to teach languages to children of all ages. Teach Chinese through songs is a playful experience for children and adults. As I repeatedly stress the importance of setting up a target language print-rich
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Sing to Learn Chinese Sorry my Chinese is not so good by Transition Band is a featured song for the Sing to Learn Chinese series. The band members speak very good Chinese actually. They share their Chinese language journey with this fun and lovely song “Sorry my Chinese it no so good.” It is a lot of much fun to learn this song. After you are familiar or master the original lyrics you can replace some of
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Chinese Animation Movies for Families Chinese Animation Movies for Kids Top Chinese Animation for Families Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Movie for Kids List Chinese animation films for kids is featuring 10+ Chinese animations that children and families will enjoy. This list of movies serves the purpose of exploring the Chinese language and culture. It is also a movie resource for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. It is entertainment with a meaningful and educational goal. Who likes
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18 Lunar New Year Crafts Animal and Culture Projects We have 18 Chinese New Year/ Spring Festival Crafts Animal and Culture Projects for Lunar New Year celebration to share with you! These are an amazing collection of Chinese New Year Crafts from top educational resources! Our special thanks go to each of the wonderful creators included in this post. Visit these amazing resource sites every year for their Lunar New Year updates and new resources! Here are
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Valentine’s Day: Love, Heart, Kindness, Compassion, and Empathy Valentine’s Day is a day fills with love and heart. It is time for some sweets, chocolate, and balloons. More importantly, it is also an opportunity to teach about love, heart, kindness, compassion, and empathy. Love and heart connect in the Chinese character “love ài 愛” in the traditional form. All the Chinese phrases mentioned above include a “heart xīn 心” character. This can make a good discussion topic.
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