“Dear Zoo” by Rod Campbell This is a great book for language-learning with its simple story and repetition of words and sentences. Children can easily review and learn the describing words for each animal. Fun words to remember: 1. Pet – Chǒng wù 寵(宠)物 2. Animal – Dòng wù 動(动)物 Thought question: If the zoo sent you a baby panda for a pet what would you do? 1. I will send it back. – Wǒ bǎ
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“Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” by Bill Martin Jr. with illustrations by Eric Carle Background music: Les crocodiles mangent aussi les bonshommes Wizzards (Circus Marcus) / CC BY-NC 3.0 “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” by Bill Martin and Eric Carle is a joyful read in any language! This is a great book for language-learning with its simple story and repetition of words and sentence patterns. Children can easily review and
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Miss Panda reads children’s favorite “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” in Mandarin Chinese! With this installment of “Miss Panda’s Reading Playground” kids can practice telling the Pigeon “Bù xińg / 不行!” (“No!”) Watch, listen and have fun! If you have a favorite children’s book that you would like me to read in Mandarin Chinese send me a message to let me know. Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! (Chinese Edition) [Hardcover]
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Elmer is a cute multi-colored little elephant. Join him as he has a fun day filled with adventure. On this post I read this popular English kids’ book in Mandarin Chinese. I hope you love it! Let me know what book you’d like me to read next! Elmer’s Day (English-Chinese) (Elmer series) [Board Book]
Read more →Reading is a great way to learn more about a language! For the month of August we are reading a set of English – Chinese bilingual books by David McKee. In them Elmer, the fun-loving patchwork elephant, takes us around to learn about the daily routine, colors, weather, and animal friends. Each of these books uses simple words and short sentences. Children will love the illustrations in the books and enjoy listening to the stories in both
Read more →Reading is such a good way to learn about a culture. For the month of May we are exploring stories from the Asian-Pacific region. Do you have a favorite story from any of the Asian-Pacific countries? Share your favorite with us! The Sound of Colors The Musubi Man: Hawaii’s Gingerbread Man Bee-Bim Bop! Filipino Children’s Favorite Stories Hush! A Thai Lullaby Peach Boy and Other Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories
Read more →May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. What better time to explore the diversity of our Asian-Pacific cultures? This cultural exploration project can go from now all the way to and through the summer. Want to know how to say “hello” in Vietnamese, Shanghainese, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese? Do you know where Dim Sum is from? Check out this video to find out these answers and more! Learn More About Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month: HARTLYN KIDS: GUEST BLOG:
Read more →The Gordon & Li Li series introduces basic Chinese words to young children. The Elmer’s book series features an adventurous elephant and the short stories keep the attention of the young children. “In the Snow”, like “At the Beach” (from our last month’s picks) introduces ten Chinese pictogram characters on a walk through a forest on a snowy day. Gordon & Li Li Words for Everyday (Mandarin for kids) [Board Book] Languages: English, pinyin and Chinese characters
Read more →There was a new student in one of the classes I was teaching last week. When I entered the classroom he had tears in his eyes and was standing by the door. The home room teacher told him to go in and sit down for the class but the little boy could not stop crying. Other children in the class shared their concerns with me and told me that the new boy did not understand English, it
Read more →Reading together makes learning a language and its culture fun! I like to share my own stories with my children when we read stories related to Chinese culture or life in Mainland China or in Taiwan. Recently my daughter, Meimei, was asked to help out a Chinese girl who does not speak very much English in a weekend art class. Meimei told me that the girl was able to work on her Valentine’s day art project because
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