Happy Father’s Day! How do you celebrate Father’s Day in your family? This is a great time to surround the learning around “All About Dad!” You can do a countdown and start from 5 things about Dad! I have created literacy-building resources for Happy Father’s Day. This is a post with audio support!
You will also enjoy the Happy Mother’s Day eBook. Also, make sure you check out the Chinese Culture for Kids Series: Dragon Boat Festival eBook!
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me.”-Jim Valvano
Happy Father’s Day Printables
Here are two Happy Father’s Day Printables and a set of puzzles for kids to play with and to create their own decoration.
There are two sets in each printable. The first set is in traditional Chinese characters with pinyin and English support. The second set is in simplified Chinese characters with pinyin and English support. I have included both traditional and simplified characters in the Phrase Box so children are exposed to both writing forms. Happy Father’s Day Puzzle sets work the best when you print them on stock paper.
For coloring printables, click on the image to download. The puzzle sets are fun to play with and it has three high-frequency words: dad, I, love.
Download and print out all of the Funtastic pages. Play and create! Listen to the audio track and follow along!
Happy Father’s Day Videos
There are three short video clips to explore and expand your teaching:
(1) How to say Dad in Chinese and how to write the Chinese character, Dad.
(2) The meaning of family, 家 Jiā for Chinese.
(3) Music video of You are the Sun, I am the Star by a father and a daughter.
Happy Father’s Day Coloring Pages
Now color the Chinese characters. Color and decorate the tie. Learn the phrases in Chinese and teach Dad and everyone in your family how to say them!
Happy Father’s Day
Tie: Click here for the Simplified characters version.
Color the Chinese characters, color and decorate the shirt with Dad. Be as creative as you can. Is it a shirt that Dad can wear to work or to a party? Make sure you teach Dad some of the phrases in Chinese included in this fun sheet.
Happy Father’s Day
Shirt: Click here for a simplified character version.
Puzzle Set Printable
Happy Father’s Day Literacy Fun with Puzzles
Puzzle Sets include Chinese only version. Traditional Chinese with pinyin and English version. Simplified Chinese with pinyin and English version. Click below to download.
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Videos to Explore:
How to say Dad in Chinese and how to write the word Dad in Chinese with stroke order.
Chinese character for Family and the meaning in Chinese: 家 Jia = family; home.
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Book Pick – Red Kite, Blue Kite by Ji-Li Jiang
The author based on her childhood survival of China’s Cultural Revolution tells a moving picture-book story of a child in the harsh times. Tai Shan loves flying kites and it is used as secret signals between the boy and his father. (Gr. 1-3).
Music Video: A Song for Father’s Day –
You are the Sun, I am the Star. Sung by a Dad and his daughter, Xiǎo Chòu Chòu.
Image Credit: Printable graphic images courtesy of MyCuteGraphics.
Happy Father’s Day! 父親節快樂 [父亲节快乐] – Fù qīn jié kuài lè
Culture Note:
父親 [父亲] = Fù qīn – father, a formal title for fathers.
爸爸 = Bà ba – dad, a commonly used expression among children and adults to call their Dad.
Do you know:
Father’s day is on August 8 in Taiwan. Why? It is because the pronunciation of the number “8”= “bā” in Mandarin Chinese sounds like “Bà” = Dad. They only have different tones. August 8th is “bā yuè bā rì,” and people would say “bā bā” – eight/eight and it sounds like “Bà ba” – dad. So it becomes the day for Dads in Taiwan, The Republic of China!
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