Teaching is about togetherness Who did you teach? “My mom is learning Mandarin with me.” said the sixth-grader. Big smile. I looked at him and I saw the joy in his eyes. “My dad and my sister were so good…I taught them some expressions I’ve learned.” said a third-grader. More hands raised on the screen. Waving at me. I saw the excitement on their faces. This is a summer camp that created for distance learning at
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The First Ten-Run Streak!!! The First Ten-Run Streak!! You and your child did it! You have been listening to a Mandarin learning album 10 days in a row. Your child has been watching a Chinese program for children 10 days in a row. You get the idea. This event has become a part of the daily activity. Parents are always the facilitator for the daily program. What I’ve seen in the families who have been coming
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Home Education Opportunity I ran into a six-year-old boy and his grandmother when I was waiting for my turn to go into a grocery store. The boy had a very cool mask on. I mentioned that to his grandmother who was also waiting in line. The boy heard me and started to tell me everything about his mask.What can we help children learn about the current situation? What can they do to connect with their grandparents who
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Storytime Online for Young Learners Bilingual Storytime Does your child enjoy storytime in the library? Storytime is where young kids meet other children, listen to stories, and let their imagination fly with the words. I am taking storytime online in a bilingual style, in Mandarin and English, so young learners can have fun and follow better. This is an interactive storytime for parents and kids. Storytime Online is for children who are learning Mandarin and families who
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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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Wash Hands And Sing Two Tigers Song in Chinese With the current coronavirus situation, many kids and families are at home. Parents are working at home. Children are at home with or without online schooling. We are here to support families and educators. I have received kind notes from world language educators in China and Taiwan. They want to share with us what they have learned from what is also happening on their side of the world.
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Happy Purim in Chinese World Culture for Kids Purim is a Jewish holiday. It is on the 14th day of the month of Adar on the Hebrew Calendar. It begins at sunset on the first day and ends at sunset the next day. Purim honors the Jewish heroine Esther who saved her people. The word „purim” is derived from Akkadian word „pur” – lots, as in lottery, a winning lot. -Jewish Historical Institute Story –
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Teach Kids Chinese – Everyday Chinese Play Time “Can we play this game again next time?” the elementary school-age girl told me at a Chinese Story Time. She widened her eyes with a big smile when she saw another storybook I had in my basket. She got more excited and told me what she wanted me to read that book next time. There were more big kids (9-12 years old) in the session. They were chatting about
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Time to Eat Everyday Chinese Expression The best way to acquire a language is to use the target language in everyday life. You can start with something as simple as the daily routine with your child. For little ones who have not started talking yet, they are listening to you. They hear you and they are learning about the sound around them. For the big kids, they are absorbing the new things around them and they have
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Talk with Your Child in Mandarin Even When You are New to the Chinese Language JJ is eager to help out his classmates when they work on their assignments in his Chinese class. Actually, many of his classmates would go to him for help. No one in JJ’s family speaks Mandarin. He is learning Mandarin as a world language at school. He is in the FLES program, Foreign Language in the Elementary School. It is a course
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