Teach Kids Chinese: Sing Together Songs are stories. They are a lot of fun for kids. Listen to songs in Mandarin and you are listening to the words and tones without any efforts. Listen and sing! Old McDonald Had A Farm is a song that kids love. Sing it and see it. See the animals that are in the song. Listen to the sounds that animals make in the song. Now, listen to it performed in Chinese
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Chinese tones practice cry or cool. We are looking at two high-frequency words and two short sentences that you and your child can use often. When Chinese is new to you and your child you might find it sounds so different. You might think if it is possible to get it right. Yes, absolutely and especially when you are not practicing tones. For parents, the more you listen to the language at your level or a little
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Teach Your Kids Chinese When It Is Not Your Native Language. When I talk about the Chinese language, I mean Mandarin. There are two questions that I hear from parents often. Is it possible to introduce Mandarin Chinese to my child when I don’t speak Mandarin? Will I be able to teach my kid Chinese when I don’t speak it perfectly? If you have watched one of my Mandarin immersion programs for the little learners’ videos you
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A craftsman must sharpen his tools if he wants to do his work well. -Confucius Gōng yù shàn qí shì bì xiān lì qí qì 工欲善其事 必先利其器。 Top Chinese English dictionaries for parents who are new to the Chinese language or who need assistance with pronunciation, stroke order, and usage. All five Chinese English dictionaries are handy tools to have. However, you don’t need to have all of them. If you can choose one for your devices
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Everyday Chinese Compliments for Kids, we are looking at 10 commonly used expressions that you can use with your child. These are short and sweet. You can use them when the kids are doing a good job of putting on the clothes, shoes or getting ready to go out with you. There are many different ways to praise children in English. However, in Mandarin, you will see some repetitive words in this list of compliments. The expressions
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Chinese tones practice mom or horse. We are going to look at two important Chinese words and we are going to hear them in two sentences. Young children listen to words and sentences without the disposition of tones. They hear a sentence and they say it. Sometimes it might be slightly different from what I say but with consistent input children “correct” themselves without any assistance. This shows that if they consistently hear clear, correct, and native-like
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Chinese Tones dumplings or sleep? This sounds like a funny question. But, in Chinese, it is a fun sentence to practice the tones. Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language. There are 4 tones plus a light tone. There are many languages, some call them dialects, in China. They all have tones. Mandarin Chinese is the official language in China and Taiwan. When you visit Canton province in China you will hear people speak Cantonese and Mandarin. If
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