Valentine’s Day is a popular special day. The idea of giving something with love to loved ones and friends makes the day sweet and memorable. For kids, it is always to send a Valentine’s Day card to a friend, teachers, or family members; or to learn one or two Valentine’s poems; or even to color […]
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For Chinese learners, Chinese study notebooks are helpful with their language learning journey. The use of physical notebooks provides tactile engagement with the written language, increasing retention and understanding while also allowing the students to track their progress. There are different Chinese study notebooks that cater to different needs at different levels. For example, pinyin
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Nursery rhythms, 童谣, are great for kids to learn Mandarin Chinese. The simple sentences and easy rhythms make it fun for children to learn; the themes nursery rhymes often feature are relevant and close to children’s lives, and that generates curiosity and interest. Here you’ll find 6 Chinese New Year nursery rhymes that are not
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Chinese New Year is coming. Following the year of the Tiger, 2023 is the year of the rabbit, a year of peace and hope, as people in China believe. The year of the Rabbit, more specifically, water rabbit, will start on Jan 22, 2023 and the whole celebration will last till Feb 05, which is
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Like learning any other languages, Mandarin Chinese learning needs to take place regularly. If a person can spend even as little as 5 minutes a day, it can make a huge difference. Here I want to show you how to learn Mandarin Chinese on a daily basis with the 365 Days Chinese Journal. How Does
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Thanksgiving is not a well-known festival outside North America; actually many people know little about it. However, as an important festival celebrated in both Canada and USA, it is good to get to know about it. It is also a great opportunity for children to learn Mandarin Chinese at the same time. When is Thanksgiving?
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You now know how to say “Hello” and “Goodbye” in different situations in Chinese, you can impress a lot of people. Let’s learn to say Thank You in Chinese like a native. A PLAIN “THANK YOU” IN CHINESE “Thank you” is 谢谢 in Chinese, which you might already know. Indeed, if you only know “谢谢“，you
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Before kids can write, they draw and paint. Besides words, drawings, coloring, and painting are outlets for them to express and entertain themselves. Color and learn Chinese vocabulary can go hand in hand. As days are becoming shorter and colder, we spend more time indoors as families. Keeping our kids busy can be a struggle.
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Halloween is an exciting event for people, esp. kids. Carving pumpkins, decorating houses, putting on scary costumes, trick or treat… so many exciting things for all to enjoy. If you are preparing to welcome Halloween, check out the post Halloween Chinese Learning Ideas and Activities for Kids for ideas. Halloween Chinese Learning Activities Here I’m
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Autumn is such a beautiful season: colors, harvest, weather change… One thing we can see everywhere is Pumpkins! That’s why I created a Chinese learning pack around the theme PUMPKINS。 Let’s have a look what we can help kids learn Chinese about pumpkins. Anatomy of a pumpkin and the life cycle of a pumpkin The
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Autumn is such a beautiful season with so many things to do and so much to learn with kids. There are many words children can learn around the Autumn theme, from nature to insects, from food to celebrations. Here are some examples, 树叶 leaves 蜘蛛 spider 苹果 apple 派 pie 怪物 monster 大餐 feast
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It’s back to school time. New and current students are coming to your Chinese classroom. The following 3 steps will help you make a great great impression. Step 1: Decorate Your Chinese Classroom A key to a positive Chinese learning experience starts with a fun and friendly classroom setup. The purpose of setting up a
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Every year when summer is near the end, it’s time for Chinese people to start looking at the moon closely. The moon get more and more round as soon as it enters the lunar month of August. And August 15 is Mid-Autumn Festival, a festival for all Chinese people around the world to think of
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In such a colorful world, how great it is to know all the colors in Mandarin Chinese! Colors are important in Chinese learning With the knowledge of names of colors, children can point to different objects of the color; they can describe the objects and they can make connections of various things they see, use and play with in their daily lives. Colors therefore are super interesting for kids to learn. There are many colors, the basic colors in Chinese are as below: Red – 红 hóng Blue – 蓝 lán Yellow – 黄 huáng Green – 绿 lǜ Purple – 紫 zǐ White - 白 bái Orange - 橙 chéng Pink –
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Like colors, we see shapes everywhere in our world. Learning the basic shapes i is very important for any Chinese learners, especially children as they can associate shapes to the real life objects that they are learning at the same time. Basic Chinese Shapes There are many shapes, and the most common ones are as
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Summer, the most fun season of the year, is here! What do you plan to do with your kids this summer? If Chinese learning is part of your plan, you’ll be interested in Chinese around Summer Theme : activities such as scavenger hunts, Chinese children’s poems, ice cream theme, etc. And here I would like
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As Chinese has become one of the most popular foreign languages in the world, more and more people are learning Chinese. Most of the learners, however, face a common issue: It is not easy to remember Chinese characters, learning to write the characters is even harder. Some cannot help wondering if it is OK not
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Have you heard of Duanwu Jie, Dragon Boat Festival? If yes, fantastic! If not, read on… Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanwu Jie (端午节）, together with Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, is one of the most important festivals in China. It originated traditionally to remember the patriot poet Qu Yuan ((c. 340–278 BC)), who drowned himself in
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Needless to say, Chinese vocabulary is a difficult part of Chinese learning. Many Chinese learners dread learning Chinese vocabulary because they feel it only involves memorizations. Luckily, the truth is far from the case. There are a variety of techniques or tools we can use to help absorb, not just memorise, new Chinese words. Below
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Hanyu Pinyin (汉语拼音), also called Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the official romanization system for standard mandarin Chinese. It is often used to teach Mandarin Chinese which is written using Chinese characters. The Pinyin system is used to help pronounce the characters as well as to input Chinese characters with a computer. What Does Hanyu Pinyin
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