Thanksgiving coloring pages for young learners!
Children see leaves change colors. Then they visit the pumpkin patch and pick apples. They bake at home. Many prepare and celebrate family togetherness at this time of the year. Holidays and cultural festivals are always the best time to work on topic-focused projects that lead to learning and expanding vocabulary.
Young learners will enjoy this set of Chinese fall coloring pages. Kids can use crayons, markers, colored pencils, and fun mix media such as glitter glue, and watercolor paints to work on this project. Each coloring page has one short Chinese sentence in Chinese characters and pinyin. This gives young learners the opportunity to associate Chinese text with spoken language. Read the sentence on each page to the children.
Teaching Tip: What is “turkey” in Chinese?
Turkey is “huǒ jī” and it literally means “fire chicken.” “huǒ”火 is fire. “jī” 雞|鸡 is chicken. Kids always find this is funny. Also, here is a Chinese children’s song , Turkey In The Straw you can play as background music for this project. In addition, you may also enjoy the No Prep Fall Literacy Reading & Numbers unit with over 80-page engaging fun.
Coloring pages are simple. Working on coloring pages has many benefits for young children. The advantages include color recognition, color awareness, hand-to-eye coordination, motor skills, spatial and structure awareness, and calming. Kids can express themselves with coloring. In addition, coloring stimulates creativity!
Download the Chinese fall coloring pages here:
Traditional Chinese with pinyin and English support version
Simplified Chinese with pinyin and English support version
Activity Note:
Guide children to actively use Mandarin with activities is engaging and fun. During the coloring activity, you can play music or Playful Chinese podcast episodes featuring “Thank You” and “Thanksgiving” in the background.
You can invite children to share their stories about each coloring. Listening to a child’s own story can spark extended conversation in the target language. Asking them why they use certain colors for each piece, ask them what they feel with the colors. A resource you can use is my newest picture book, Little Bun: A Bilingual Storybook About Feelings.
As we want children to be curious about the target language and culture. Our curiosity for kids as a guide, a parent, a teacher can help us to connect with them further.
Explore More in Chinese Fall & Thanksgiving Series
Sing: Chinese Song for Kids: Turkey In the Straw
Craft: Chinese Thank You Cards & Thank You Poster
Read: Chinese Hop Into Reading
Game: Thanksgiving Matching Game
Expressions: Giving Thanks Expressions
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