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!

The Best Teacher Ever

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

Kids were having a great time in the classroom before I left for my next class. There was an end of the year class party going on. After I finished the last class I quickly walked back to the second grade classroom. I saw John, one of the students, sobbing. John was standing next to Mrs. Watanabe. Red teary eyes. Tears. Now, he was crying. Crying so hard. Mrs. Watanabe was hugging him and trying to calm

There Might Be Fear

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

Jane is the head coach for Science Olympia. She has an extensive engineer background and she wants to recruit parents to be coaches for the weekly after-school practice. These elementary school students who are sitting in the cafeteria for the first team meeting are excited. They are more interested in what they are going to do and what they are going to build than all the logistics parents are talking about. Tammy’s son is in the team.

The Poor Piano Teacher

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

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Piano teacher. “What’s your piano teacher’s name?” I asked. One of the kids answered, “I don’t know.” They all shrugged their shoulders. Then, another one whispered to me, “We don’t like her.” The poor piano teacher. I had one, too. He was my poor piano teacher years ago. He always said I was not ready for the recital. My friend, Yu did. He was so good at playing piano. He practiced playing the piano every day. His

Connecting Cultures

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

Connecting Cultures. Home culture connects with community culture. Classroom cultures connect with home culture. School cultures connect with community culture. It is like a circle. This connection expands. The first year I had the dumpling-making event at school. The teachers were supportive and the kids were excited. Then, a teacher came to me and told me that the cafeteria might not work with the hours we needed for the event. I went to see the cafeteria manager

Play Peekaboo

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

Play peekaboo with a young child is a lot of fun. The giggles, laughter, and excitement are the sound of joy. I had a baby blanket between my baby girl and me. “Mèimei zài nǎlǐ？” I asked. The baby blanket was between us. Mèimei zài nǎlǐ？(pinyin) Where is the little sister? (English translation) 妹妹在哪裡? (traditional Chinese) 妹妹在哪里? (simplified Chinese) There was silence. “Mèimei zài nǎlǐ？” I asked again. In a few seconds, I dropped the blanket. Almost

Finding Time

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

Finding time for the things you want to do, you want to learn, and you want to try. Time that every one has every day. Twenty four hours exactly for you and me yesterday. Today, also, twenty-four hours. It was a great GWATFL conference. I was very happy to see hundreds of educators atteneded this professional development event for foreign language educators. It was not on a work day. It was on the weekend. Why were they

Read A Classic Chinese Poem Quiet Night Thought

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

Read A Classic Chinese Poem for Kids | Miss Panda Chinese

Read a classic Chinese poem with kids in the National Poetry Month. Young kids enjoy singing, rhyming, and poems. As children sing songs, recite rhymes, and listen to the reading of poems, they hear sounds, rhymes, and language patterns. They are all great ways for literacy building. Classic Chinese poems are short with limited word count. The 5-word poems have twenty Chinese characters. Here we are looking at Quiet Night Thought written by one of the most

The Best Story

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

The best story is the one that your child wants you to tell again and again. One of my best stories is about a close encounter with a wildlife llama. That few seconds were almost like a Jurrasic Park experience. Not with dinosaurs. But with a curious llama. All the people in the car didn’t think this cute creature would keep following us and getting closer and closer to the car. I am sure you also have

Counting Jellybeans Colors Numbers and Play

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

Counting jellybeans | Miss Panda Chinese

Counting jellybeans is a lot of fun for Jay. He first sort out the colors. Then he talks about the favors. He likes fruit so he keeps all the fruit flavored jellybeans on one side. When his brother joins him Jay starts counting： one jellybean 一個糖豆 yí gè táng dòu 一个糖豆, two jellybeans 兩個糖豆 liǎng gè táng dòu… His little brother corrects him: two is 二 èr. Jay repeats, two jellybeans 兩個糖豆 liǎng gè táng dòu, and

Time to Say Good Night

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

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Time to say good night! Good night 晚安 wǎn ān！ Maria sings Dear Sweetheart lullaby to her daughter every night. Her little girl was hiding behind her and smiling. Dear Sweetheart is a song I wrote for my daughter when she was just a tiny new born baby. When we went home with her this song became a bed time routine. Bed time routine is a good way to wrap up the day with the little ones.