We talk about the weather all the time. How to get our kids to talk about it in Chinese? Here are some Chinese vocabulary and sentence structures we can teach them. The most common questions we use when asking about the weather are 天气怎么样？How is the weather? 今天天气怎么样？ How is the weather today? For this […]
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People approach to time and task management differently. More efficient people generally have a planner, either physically or digitally. Using a homeschool planner is critical for the success of teaching our children Chinese at home. Here are some reasons you want to use a Chinese homeschool planner. Having an overall picture For parents, homeschooling is
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Surely you know that the Chinese New Year is coming. And this new year is going to be the year of Ox! Ox is the 2nd zodiac animal in Chinese zodiac animals. As we are preparing for the celebration, I thought it would be a good idea to add a bit more fun into Chinese
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Kids love toys, we all know it. Although there are countless toys in the market, some of them are loved by all kids around the world. Let’s make a mini accordion book with our kids while learning Toys in Chinese. Toys Chinese Vocabulary The toys we’re going to learn are 泰迪熊 teddy bear 汽车 car
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Chinese new year is coming, Feb 12, 2021, to be exact. Do you know which year it’s going to be? It is the year of the OX! On that day, we’ll say goodbye to the year of the Rat and welcome the year of the Ox. Following my little tradition (a learning pack for each
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It’s much easier for us to focus on what we believe right for our kids rather than what they are interested in at the moment. This often leads to “no” when we communicate with our kids. As we know, negativity does not help shape our kids in the way we want them to become, so
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It’s hard to believe the year 2020 is almost over. As the new year is quickly approaching, I bet we all start to anticipate a good start and wish that the new year is going to be a year of health, growth, joy, and success. And, surely, a year of progress in Chinese learning. Establishing
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Chinese requires practice. And practice makes it perfect. Chinese Learning progresses from pinyin, character writing, sentence writing to creative writing. Here are 6 types of practice paper for Chinese learning that help kids progress writing at each stage. All four skills, listening, speaking, reading, and writing, need regular exercise. There are different sheets to practice,
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We’ve talked about Chinese radicals. One of them is 口，meaning “mouth” in Chinese. The Chinese characters with this component often have something to do with the mouth. Today let’s have a look at another similar radical female 女. Source: Wikipedia 女 by itself is a word, meaning a female or daughter. 女人 nǚ rén
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Chinese characters with the same radical many times have something in common. Chinese characters containing “口” (mouth) are often grouped together in the “口” section in Chinese dictionaries and usually involves “mouth”. What is a radical? A Chinese radical is so called 部首 bùshǒu, literally meaning, “section header”. It is sometimes translated as an indexing
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In Chinese, there are many 2-character words that turn into different words with the 2 characters reversed. For example, 奶牛 and 牛奶 are two words with the same two characters: 牛and 奶. The first emphasizes on the 牛 and the latter on the 奶. That is, 奶牛 means cow and 牛奶 means mild from a
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Halloween is coming soon and it’s always fun preparing for the day with kids. Pumpkins, bats, ghosts and all the other spooky things. I thought it is a good idea to add some Halloween themed Chinese handwriting, coloring and tracing worksheets so that even the really young kids can enjoy Chinese learning during this period.
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Mid Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival, is an important festival for Chinese people. In China, it is a family reunion time for families, just like Thanksgiving for Americans. It falls on the 15th day of the 8th month in the Chinese lunar calendar, which is normally in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar.
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Daily calendars are great for kids to establish routines. Visual calendars are especially useful as they help kids use pictures, icons, and other fun visuals as a way to keep everyone staying on track in terms of the day’s expectations. Chinese visual calendar for kids serves as a tool not only showing the important information
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It’s again the back-to-school time, and the time to get kids ready for Chinese learning. However, things are a bit different this year. Some kids may not go to school but have to attend the classes virtually; those who do go to school may have to wear masks and keep a social distance. For this
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Over the years, our Chinese learning materials for kids collection has grown into a Chinese learning resource bank, with eBooks tackling different aspects of Chinese learning for kids. The eBooks can be categorized into the following groups: Chinese learning textbooks and/or workbooks, Chinese learning must-haves, useful learning materials, Chinese children’s poems or chants, and theme-based
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Sunny and hot, we all feel like to go out and have fun — yes, summer has officially come! If we ask a child what season s/he likes the most, I bet the answer would be summer. Sure, summer is the vacation time. Kids can rest more, play more and have more free time at
Fun makes learning enjoyable. What Chinese learning activities are fun for kids to take an active part in? In addition to other activities such as role play, I would also vote for a scavenger hunt! Yes, scavenger hunt is great for kids in their Chinese learning. What is a Scavenger Hunt? A scavenger hunt is
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The last couple of weeks in a school year always pass by quickly. How to best make use of the time and end the school year strong? Here are some end of year Chinese learning activities to help kids review and reflect the year , to cherish their accomplishments and then celebrate it. Review the
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When the weather is good, isn’t it nice to get an ice cream? Isn’t it cooler to know Chinese around ice cream? How to say ice cream in Chinese Ice cream is a foreign word. There are two terms, both referring to ice cream, both are the combination of the word meaning （ice冰）+ pronunciation of cream.
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