First Mandarin Sounds an awesome Chinese word book

Big News!

A debut children’s picture word book by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett “Miss Panda” is now available worldwide!

There are two versions to choose from to fit your need.

Traditional Chinese. Pinyin, English edition

Simplified Chinese. Pinyin. English edition

Keep reading…there is also BONUS material.

The first step to early Mandarin Chinese literacy is learning the first words and sounds.

“First Mandarin Sounds” provides children, parents, and educators with a fun introduction to each of the thirty-seven essential sounds of the Mandarin Chinese language. Using playful words and basic sounds.

With vibrant illustrations, a “look & find” design, and complimentary audio support, “First Mandarin Sounds” helps readers connect the right Mandarin sounds with some of the most commonly-used Chinese words. This is a tool for parents to guide children to learn how to pronounce Mandarin words in Pinyin spelling accurately.

You can order from Amazon by clicking here. Traditional version. Simplified version.

Does Pinyin, the romanized Chinese words sound like the English alphabet? Not really. This picture word book shows you what the essential Pinyin spellings sound like in Mandarin with meaningful Chinese words that are relevant to your child’s daily life.

This children’s picture book is written in Chinese characters, Pinyin and English. Both Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese versions are available.

To further support the learning, There is bonus material of complimentary audio and playsheets for adult readers to guide children in learning the sounds and featured Chinese words in the book.

Read, play and learn! Let’s always keep learning fun.

First Mandarin Sounds is a totally amazing beginner’s guide to pronunciation in Mandarin Chinese. It ticks all of my boxes for a great resource for my homeschooling, non-native speaking, learns as you go, Mandarin classes as Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, in her own unique way brings words and learning to life. I think kids of all ages would be helped with their Mandarin Lessons from this book, and love it! The illustrations are engaging and fun! If you are adding one new resource for your beginning Mandarin journey, for any age, this is the one I would suggest! –Jaye, goodreads

Miss Panda Chinese Joy of Learning for Everyone!

Teach Chinese to Your Child: Where to Start

By Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett on / Bilingual Parenting, Teaching Chinese to Children

Introduce Chinese to Your Child: Where to Start | Miss Panda Chinese

I want to introduce Chinese to my kid but I am not sure where to start. Where do you start? This is what the school taught us about learning a foreign language. Listening Speaking Reading Writing Repeat after me. Memorization. It is needed but it does not stick. I learn and I forget. Rote learning vs. Inquiry-base learning. I’ve taken French for a couple of years but when I moved to Montreal, Canada. I realized that the

Expressions You Can Say to Your Child On The First Day of School with audio

By Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett on / Bilingual Parenting

Happy First Day of School in Chinese | Miss Panda Chinese

Happy first day of school! School is about to begin for many children. Do you have a child who is starting preschool or kindergarten soon? Do you have an older child who is heading back to school after the summer vacation? Talk about schools outside of your local community is a way for your child to know about what kids in another part of the world do at the beginning of the year. Here in the

Chinese Tones Practice Cry or Cool with audio

By Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett on / Bilingual Parenting, teaching tip

Chinese tones practice net or prince | Miss Panda Chinese

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

Chinese Tones Practice Rain or Fish with audio

By Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett on / Bilingual Parenting, Teaching Chinese to Children

Chinese tones Practice Rain or Fish Miss Panda Chinese

Chinese tones practice rain or fish. We are looking at two commonly used Chinese words and we have them in two sentences. Children enjoy listening to songs. When they hear songs they hear intonation. Mandarin is a tonal language like many Asian languages. If you sing you have experience with tones. So, the more you and your child listen to songs, sentences, and stories the better you are familiar with tones in Mandarin. Listen and listen more.

Teach Your Kids Chinese When It Is Not Your Native Language

By Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett on / Bilingual Parenting, teaching tip

Teach Your Child Chinese Learning Together _ teach kids Chinese _ Miss Panda Chinese

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

Top Chinese Dictionaries For Parents Big Kids and Adult Learners

By Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett on / Bilingual Parenting, teaching tip

Top Chinese English Dictionaries for Parents

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

Everyday Chinese: Compliments for Kids with audio

By Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett on / Bilingual Parenting, teaching tip

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

Chinese Tones Practice Mom or Horse with audio

By Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett on / Bilingual Parenting, teaching tip

Chinese tones Practice Mom or Horse | Miss Panda Chinese

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

Chinese Tones Practice Candy or Soup with audio

By Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett on / Bilingual Parenting, Teaching Chinese to Children

Chinese tones practice candy or soup | Miss Panda Chinese

Chinese Tones candy or soup? This tone card has two Chinese words with the same sound but different tones. Listen to the audio and have your child point to the matching picture. Listen to the audio recording for the tone card. What does Bao Bao want? Candy or soup? How about Miss Panda? Does Miss Panda want to have candy or soup? What does your child want? How about you? Chinese Tones Practice Candy or Soup in

Chinese Tones Dumplings or Sleep with audio

By Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett on / Bilingual Parenting, teaching tip

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