Chinese Culture for Children Dragon Boat Festival and A Story Book

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Dragon Boat Festival | Miss Panda Chinese

Dragon Boat Festival is called ” Duān Wǔ Jié” 端午節(traditional Chinese writing form)|端午节(simplified Chinese writing form). I have written a bilingual story for young readers to explore this magnificent cultural festival in English and Chinese. A special thanks go to my artist friend, Matt Cox.  The dragon boat and dragon illustration are gorgeous. You can print them out for coloring activity. Simple with short sentences, this story is filled with cultural information and key expressions that can

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National Reading Month Chinese Literacy for Kids

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National Reading Month Chinese Literacy for Kids | MissPandaChinese.com

National Reading Month Chinese Literacy for Kids There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island. -Walt Disney How do you connect National Reading Month with language learning to boost Chinese literacy for kids? You can add diversity to National Reading Month. Add the reading of books in the target language and culture to the book list. Here are the books you can read with your kids. Make reading an event

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Read Your World with Multicultural Children’s Book Day: Build Bridges with Bilingual Books and Multicultural Resources | Queen of Physics | Global Kids

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Read Your World with Multicultural Children’s Book Day Building Bridges with Bilingual Books and Multicultural Resources | Queen of Physics | Global Kids Disclosure: The featured books were gifted to Miss Panda Chinese to review for MCBD 2020. Read diverse books with Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) at home, in class, at the library, and with friends on January 31!  Your participation as a parent, as an educator, as an educational leader will bring more awareness to

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I Spy in Chinese Reading Activity

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I Spy Summer Reading Activity - Miss Panda Chinese

I Spy in Chinese I hope you all are having a great summer.  Summer reading activities are essential for kids to practice their target language in a playful and hands-on approach.  If your children are in a world language program or an immersion program summer reading will keep their language skills active and have a good start in the new school year.  The reading activity I Spy… is an outdoor program you can do in the yard

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Chinese Books for Children Book List

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Chinese Books for Kids book list | MissPandaChinese.com

Affiliate links are included in this post to support this website.  There is no cost to you. Chinese Books for Children Book List!  This Reading Playground Book List includes Chinese books, Chinese -English bilingual books, English culture books, and books recommended by fellow Chinese teachers. There are over 90 books in the collection and it is a growing list.  You can download the list in PDF. “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s

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Summer Reading Program for Kids-Chinese Reading Playground

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Summer Reading Program | Miss Panda Chinese

Miss Panda’s Chinese Reading Playground Summer Reading Program 2018 for Kids is now OPEN for registration!  Summer is here!  What an exciting time to play, to enjoy and to read all the books that you want to read and to share with your children! “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.”   -Walt Disney We want kids to feel the fun and the joy of reading!  Every child is

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Interview with Mia Wenjen on Multicultural Children’s Book Day

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Interview with Miss Panda - Mia Wenjen PragmaticMom | Miss Panda Chinese

Multicultural Children’s Book Day is coming on January 25 in 2019. Miss Panda’s YouTube channel is featuring Mia Wenjen, founder of PragmaticMom and co-founder of Multicultural Children’s Book Day.  Mia shares the behind-the-scene story of Multicultural Children’s Book Day and her multicultural parenting story. Since we published this interview Mia has also added another title to her many achievements.  Her first books, How to Coach the Girls was published.  Her rhyming picture book, SUMO JOE, is scheduled

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Chinese for Kids: Halloween Printable Chinese Play and Learn

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Chinese for kids Halloween Printable Chinese Play and Learn.  Chinese Teaching Resources for seasonal topic, Halloween! When children are learning Chinese and Chinese culture every festival and culture holiday celebrated in the community that you live in are a good opportunity to connect the Chinese language and Chinese culture with the world.  Children can explore the similarities and the differences of world festivals. “Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book Activity – Chinese Reading Playground

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Chinese Reading Playground is reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar! This classic story highlights days of the week and fruit.  After reading this book, there are many playful literacy activities you can do to bring this story alive.  You can find the collection of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book activity printables at the end of this post. Miss Panda is reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar Chinese edition today! Book Title: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Author: Eric Carl Language:

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Chinese Summer Reading Program 2017

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Summer Chinese Reading Program GIVEAWAY! (2017) Are you ready to add wonderful Chinese language books, Chinese-English bilingual culture books and English culture books to your home library or class library?  When your child has easy access to books, word wall, word games, board games and child-friendly print materials at home you have created a literacy-rich environment for your young learner. “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” — Walt

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