Kids Summer Chinese Reading Program

We are so excited to kick off this year’s Summer Chinese Reading Program! (2017 program has closed. Thank you for your participation) The mission of this challenge is to keep our bilingual children reading in Chinese, having fun in Chinese, and learning more about the Chinese language, Chinese culture, and the world during the summer. We have picked awesome books for your to start with.  We are looking forward to having your and your child’s book recommendations. 

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“Miao Mi” App Helps Children Learn Mandarin Chinese at Home and On The Go

Disclaimer: This post was sponsored by App Masters for “Miao Mi” APP.  All opinions are my own. It is difficult for parents in North America to find quality Chinese language learning resources for their kids,” said Todd Miller, CEO of Celestial Tiger Entertainment, a leading media company in Asia that creates and operates popular channels focusing on Asian entertainment, including “Miao Mi.” “We created Miao Mi to give parents a wide range of entertaining and educational programs

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Chinese Culture for Kids: Lion Dance and Dragon Dance

Year of the Rooster

 Picture Chinese Series:  Chinese New Year Special     The Chinese New Year celebration is a 15-day festivity.  With all the Spring Festival cultural events going on around the world this is a great time to locate one and to experience the celebration in person in your area.  If there is nothing similar locally you can join me to see what it is like.  I got a chance to visit Chinatown in Washington DC.  The year of

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Chinese Cooking with Kids: Chinese Beef Noodle Soup Recipe

Tomato Beef Noodle Soup

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Chinese Beef Noodle soup is one of the most popular dishes in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.  There are different variations of this recipe depending on the location people are from but the popularity of this soup is unbeatable.  There are noodle shops specialized in beef noodle soup all over Taiwan.  The signature beef noodle soup from different restaurants compete annually for the championship of the best noodle soup.  This is a

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Multicultural Children’s Book Day: The Mysterious Stream Book Review by Miss Panda

The Mysterious Stream by FB Smit - Book Review by Miss Panda Chinese

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Multicultural Children’s Book Day: January 27th, 2017 #ReadYourWorld January 27th is Multicultural Children’s Book Day.  The co-creators of Multicultural Children’s Book Day are Mia from PragmaticMom and Valarie from JumpIntoABook.  I (Miss Panda) am thrilled to be a part of this wonderful event once again this year and help to bring brilliant, diverse books to more homes, classrooms, libraries, and schools. Today I am sharing a wonderful multicultural book–“The Mysterious Stream” by

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Teach Chinese: Christmas Printables and Merry Christmas Unit

Teach Chinese December Christmas NO PREP unit | Miss Panda Chinese

Chinese for Kids series features Christmas printable set and Merry Christmas Unit to help you keep the holiday excitement with fun Chinese learning!  With all the Christmas decorations and music here and there on the street and at the stores you will be adding seasonal fun to Chinese class in school or play time at home. The holiday season and winter break are a wonderful time to celebrate your achievement this year.  Your joyful teaching continues even

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World Culture: Roasted Turkey Meets Beijing Roasted Duck!

What is the one Chinese dish that is close to roasted Turkey that we have for Thanksgiving in the U.S.? Have you tried Peking Roasted Duck?  Have you heard about three ways of eating Peking roasted duck?  The first one is crispy duck wrap, the second one is duck stir fry and the third one is duck soup.  All three dishes are from one Peking roasted duck.  Does it sound similar to how we eat Thanksgiving turkey? 

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Sing to Learn Chinese: Let’s Sing Turkey in the Straw (in Chinese)

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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Who is Not Afraid of Goblins on Halloween?

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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