For the month of November we are singing “Turkey in the Straw” in Chinese. It is a cute song and the tune is familiar so it is fun to follow along and sing together in the class or at home. Watch the video, listen to the music, and have movements for the song when you sing together. Miss Panda has prepared the lyrics in traditional characters, simplified characters, and pinyin with English translation for you to follow
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Click on the Matching Game image above to download the Holiday Fun Sheet! Thanksgiving is coming and we are going to have fun learning more Chinese words and phrases about this day. Here is a Thanksgiving Matching Game. Cut. Match. Paste. Complete the sentences with the words/phrases on the fun sheet Wǒ xǐ huan ___________________. 我喜歡。。。 [audio:https://www.misspandachinese.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Miss-Panda-Chinese-I-like….mp3] ＝ I like ___________________ Wǒ fēi cháng xǐ huan ____________. 我非常喜歡。。。 [audio:https://www.misspandachinese.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Miss-Panda-Chinese-I-like-it-very-much.mp3] = I like ___________________ very much.
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Thanksgiving is almost here! The holiday season is a great time to introduce fun and exciting new words, phrases, and sentences to children in your target language. My kids and I put together a fun word list every week. We talk about the meaning of each word. We make sentences and we make up a story using as many new words/phrases as possible. Then we cook and bake to make our tummies happy while we are learning.
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This post has affiliate links. Thank you for your support! Raising bilingual kids is a popular topic in recently years. How to raise bilingual kids at birth? How to start raising a bilingual child in early years? What method to use? Is the bilingual parenting approach you have chosen working for your family? When should I start? A year from now you may wish you had started today. –Karen Lamb Raising Bilingual Kids You might have heard
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萬聖節快樂 (traditional characters 繁體字)| 万圣节快乐 (simplified characters 简体字) =Wàn shèng jié kuài lè (pinyin 拼音) Watch the video and see who is not afraid of all the goblins in all sizes and shapes. Happy Halloween! Happy #Halloween to all of the unshakeable teachers out there! pic.twitter.com/siR9wnOUeK — edutopia (@edutopia) October 31, 2016 You can’t scare me. ＝ 你不會嚇到我! | 你不会吓到我！- Nǐ bù huì xià dào wǒ. I am a teacher. = 我是一個老師。| 我是一个老师。 – Wǒ shì yī
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A Bilingual Family Journey interview with Angela Mingjung Chen, World Language Chinese Instructor and linguist along with her daughter, Joweina Hsiao. You will hear their story from both the mother’s and the daughter’s perspectives. How does Angela keep her heritage language (Chinese) and culture alive at home? Angela shares her insight on bringing up her bilingual/multilingual children as a native Chinese speaker. Joweina, a sophomore in college gives her take on her multilingual journey growing up. You
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Disclosure: I received a copy of this cookbook to review. All opinions are my own. “Katie Chin’s Everyday Chinese Cookbook: 101 Delicious Recipes from My Mother’s Kitchen” has a delicious collection of recipes that you can prepare at home for the whole family. Many of the dishes can be made with the help of children. Before exploring all the recipes, you will learn about Chinese ingredients, basic cooking tips, essential tools and utensils then the must-know sauces
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Here are fun Halloween words and phrases for you! Let’s match the words to the pictures. Read the words/phrases on the Fun Page first. If you need some help the hints are below in English, Pinyin and Chinese characters. Print, read aloud, and have fun! Hints: pumpkin – Nán guā 南瓜 bat – Biān fú 蝙蝠 candy – Táng guǒ 糖果 witch – Wū pó 巫婆 ghost – Guǐ 鬼 Halloween Related Post & Resource: Halloween Bingo
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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! = 中秋節快樂 (traditional characters) = 中秋节快乐 (simplified characters), this greeting is read as Zhōng qiū jié kuài lè. The festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar and it falls on September 16 this year (2016). The dates for the Mid-Autumn festival in the next a few years are as below. October 4, 2017 September 24, 2018 September 13, 2019 October 1, 2020 September 21, 2021 September
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Theme-based learning is interactive and is designed with the children’s and students’ needs and progress in mind. The multi-directional approach in each unit engages children to have fun learning new words/phrases with easy sentences and/or short stories. Repetition and re-enforcement of new items are lead by fun activity pages. You will also enjoy Reading Circus that is included in many of the learning units. Kids love stories and they make words and phrases vivid in their imagination.
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