Sing to Learn Chinese Sorry my Chinese is not so good by Transition Band is a featured song for the Sing to Learn Chinese series. The band members speak very good Chinese actually. They share their Chinese language journey with this fun and lovely song “Sorry my Chinese it no so good.” It is a lot of much fun to learn this song. After you are familiar or master the original lyrics you can replace some of
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Lunar New Year Papercutting Craft Chinese Lunar New Year paper cutting craft is a lot of fun for children. This paper design art is originated from cutting patterns for Chinese embroidery and later developed into folk art. The history of paper cutting began during the Hàn dynasty in China. It was in the 4th century. You may want to share some of the following cultural facts with your children when you introduce this Chinese New Year paper
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It was a fun year here at Miss Panda Chinese. Together, we have expanded Chinese language and culture teaching resources according to your needs at home or in the classroom. You now have an extended list of Chinese learning apps for kids. There are 15 Chinese cartoons that children can enjoy for learning and for leisure. Reading Chinese stories and books is always an important routine so there are books for you to start with. Last but
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Chinese Through Story: Meet This Young Foodie! Using authentic materials to introduce new items and new concepts to language learners is a great way to engage them. It is a way to learn the Chinese language and the culture. In this story you will meet Xiǎo mán, a beloved 3-year-old Chinese girl whose meal time videos have made her an internet star. First, look at the picture. Do you see a little boy? Do you see a
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Chinese Culture for Kids Series features teaching resources with videos, hands-on activities, printables, eBooks, and craft units! Exploring Chinese Culture with Kids! China, the oldest civilization on earth has so much for us to explore. The resources that I have included here will take children on an adventure with the Chinese language, festivities, food, music, art, architecture, philosophy, traditions, medicine, martial arts, and more. Here are the Chinese culture teaching tools for you at home or at
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Chinese Ghost Festival Meets Halloween and Day of the Dead – Is there a Chinese Halloween? The Chinese Ghost Festival is an event in the Chinese Ghost Month! In Chinese culture, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the “ghost month” and it has many taboos. These taboos include that people should not swim in rivers, weddings should not be held, and moving or buying a house is prohibited, just to name a few. Even though
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The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival or “Zhōng Qiū Jié” (中秋節) occurs on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month each year (falling in September or October on our familiar solar calendar). Because this holiday is based on the lunar calendar, where it falls on the solar calendar varies from year to year. As the festival is celebrated at the midpoint of the lunar month (also the middle of autumn), it is
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Summer Chinese Reading Playground Program We are bringing reading into summer! Summer Chinese Reading Playground is for children of all ages with or without Chinese language background. Everyone can participate! We want to boost children’s reading during the break with fun resources. We also want to help you build your home/classroom library with our fantastic giveaway! This is a FREE program for homeschool children and kids at school (Pre-K to Gr.6). We love to see your class
Read more →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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