Sign Up for Summer Reading Program Chinese Reading Playground

Summer Chinese Reading Playground Program We are bringing reading into summer!  Summer Chinese Reading Playground is for children of all ages with or without Chinese language background.  Everyone can participate!  We want to boost children’s reading during the break with fun resources.  We also want to help you  build your home/classroom library with our fantastic giveaway!  This is a FREE program for homeschool children and kids at school (Pre-K to Gr.6).  We love to see your class

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Chinese and Chinese Culture Books for Children – Summer Chinese Reading Program

Chinese and Chinese culture books for kids | misspandachinese.com
Summer Chinese Reading Program Welcome to the Summer Chinese Reading Program Book List. There are three sections in this list. Books in the first section are either in Chinese or bilingual in Chinese and English. Some of the books have audio support on Miss Panda's Reading Playground. Books in the second section are in English or bilingual in Chinese and English. They are cultural books that appeal to young readers. Books in the third section are alsoRead more

Chinese Culture Books for Kids: Reading Time The Mid-Autumn Festival – Moon Festival

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! = 中秋節快樂 (traditional characters)  = 中秋节快乐 (simplified characters), this greeting is read as  Zhōng qiū jié kuài lè.  The festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar and it falls on September 16 this year (2016).  The dates for the Mid-Autumn festival in the next a few years are as below. October 4, 2017 September 24, 2018 September 13, 2019 October 1, 2020 September 21, 2021 September

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Chinese Culture Books for Kids Series: Adventures of the Treasure Fleet: China Discovers the World – Read Around the World Summer Series

I am delighted to join the Read Around the World Summer Series 2015.  My recommendation is going to be enjoyed by children in the elementary school (age. 6 – 12) and their parents as well.  “Adventures of the Treasure Fleet:  China Discovers the World” is written by Children’s book author, Ann Martin Bowler.  Ann loves culture and travel and she has written 14 books and many of them focus on world culture. Adventures of the Treasure Fleet

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Meet Ann Martin Bowler, Author of All About Korea

      Watch the global education conversation with Ann Martin Bowler, author of All About Korea: Stories, Songs, Crafts and More.  Ann is a children’s book author of 15 books, an educator and a traveler.  Her books often have multicultural themes.  she shares with us how her book, All About Korea, was created and what kind of help she received from her two youngest during the process.  Ann also touches on another book of hers, Adventures

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Multicultural Children’s Book Day Book Review: All About China

January 27 is the Multicultural Children’s Book Day.  Mia from PragmaticMom and Valarie from JumpIntoABook are on a mission to not only raise awareness for the kid’s books that celebrate diversity, but to get more of these types of books into classrooms and libraries.  Another goal of this exciting event is create a compilation of books and favorite reads that will provide not only a new reading list for the winter, but also a way to expose

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Read Around The World Summer Series: Mei Ling’s Hiccups

  No matter where you are you can join Read Around The World Summer Series on Multicultural Kids Blogs.  Here is Miss Panda’s recommendation.  What do you do when you have hiccups?  Read Mei Ling’s Hiccups by David Mills and find out what Mei Ling did. Discover all the great books in this series on Read Around the World Summer Reading Pinterest Board. “A book is a gift you can open again and again.” – Garrison Keillor

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10 Great Children’s Books in Chinese -Chinese Reading Playground

Children's Books in Chinese | MissPandaChinese.com

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links.  Thank you for your support! 10 Great Children’s Books in Chinese! You might have read many of these books to your child already.  Now, let’s read it or listen to it in Chinese. Children love stories.  Reading a fantastic way to engage children in target language learning. “Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” ~ Emilie Buchwald I still remember the days when my son was only a few

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Miss Panda’s Reading Playground – “Goodnight Moon” – in Mandarin Chinese

“Goodnight Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd Taiwanese Chinese edition (Mandarin Chinese with Traditional Characters) Reading a familiar book in a second language is a routine you can have with your child at home, perhaps as a bed time story.  Young children enjoy the repetition of the stories they already know and it is a wonderful way to introduce early reading in a second language. My son loved “Goodnight Moon” so much as a baby that

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Miss Panda’s Reading Playground – “Good Night, Gorilla” – in Mandarin Chinese

“Good Night, Gorilla” by Peggy Rathmann “Good Night, Gorilla” – “Wǎn ān dà xīng xīng” is a cute story with a lot of vocabulary potential. At the basic level children can learn the animal words, and how to say “good night.”  If you know the color words you can review color words with this book too.  Look at the keys on the key ring.  What colors do you see?  How about the moon?  What is the color of the

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