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Celebrating New Year – a Chinese Chant to Learn about Chinese New Year

小朋友，过新年， Xiǎopéngyǒu, guò xīnnián Little friends, we are celebrating the New Year 穿新衣，贴春联， Chuān xīnyī, tiē chūnlián We put on new clothes, and we glue the Spring Festival couplets 点灯笼，放鞭炮， Diǎn dēnglong, fàng biānpào We light up lanterns, and we set off firecrackers 还有饺子和压岁钱, Háiyǒu jiǎozi hé yāsuìqián There are also dumplings and lucky money […]

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10 Posts on Chinese Learning and Teaching for Kids You Don’t Want to Miss from Chinese4kids

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At the end of the year, it is a good time to look back. 2018 has been a good year for Chinese4kids. We’ve published posts on Chinese learning and teaching nearly every week. We’ve grown our community on Facebook and Pinterest. What’s more, we’ve added quite some eBooks to our eBook collection. It was also

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Theme-Based Chinese Learning – Christmas Theme Chinese Learning Pack for Kids

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When holiday season starts, it is exciting to see the festival decoration set up in the streets, in the shops and at home. It does not matter that Christmas is a religious holiday, what counts is the Christmas spirit and the feel inspired and warm. It is a beautiful season to celebrate Christmas and New

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Chinese Vocabulary Study Guide to Some Basic yet Essential Chinese Words

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A study guide is a condensed version of important information one needs to know in order to understand a concept, a word or rules. Chinese vocabulary study guide provides assistance and support for Chinese learners as a reference to some basic yet essential Chinese words. WHAT IS A STUDY GUIDE A study guide is “a

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Theme-Based Chinese Learning – Gift Theme Chinese Learning Pack for Kids

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It always feels good when giving or receiving a gift. As holiday season is starting, isn’t it nice to spice it up with Chinese when choosing, wrapping and giving gifts? Here I would like to share with you some activities to learn Chinese around the theme of gift. Whether you are planning for a holiday

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Thank You – A Chinese Children’s Song

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There is no better time than NOW to feel thankful. It is great that each year at around Thanksgiving, children and adults are doing thankful activities. However, further than being reminded to show our gratitude once a year, we should practice and teach our children to be thankful all the time. WHY IS BEING THANKFUL

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12 Chinese Proverbs on Friendship

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Abraham Lincoln says, “The better part of one’s life consists of his friendship.” Friends are so important to all of us. They bring support, love and excitement to our lives. Friendship is therefore an essential part a child needs to learn. As teachers and parents, what can we teach our kids the wisdom from our

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Use Role Plays to Motivate Children to Learn Chinese

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Have you seen children playing? They often take on several roles to act out situations they’ve seen or experienced, such as class, shopping, riding a bus, etc. Role plays are great for kids to practise their language skills as well as social skills. In this article let’s talk about the importance of role play in

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Chinese Vocabulary Study Guide – Hui

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The word 会 basically can be used in two ways: 1. to express an ability (a skill or knowledge) that has been learned; 2. to express the possibility of an action which happens in the future. Here is the Chinese vocabulary study guide 会. EXPRESS AN ABILITY WITH 会 The sentence structure is Subj +

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Halloween Vocabulary Flashcards in Chinese

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One of the most exciting festival for kids is around the corner — Halloween is coming! Do you know how to say Halloween in Chinese? It is 万圣节(or 鬼节). There are many other Halloween Chinese words, do you want to learn them all for this very special day? key Halloween Chinese words 蝙蝠

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Chinese Vocabulary Study Guide-Hen

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If we translate 很（hěn）into English, 很 literally means “very, quite”. However, it is often used before adjectives and its meaning is simply “to be”. Here is the Chinese vocabulary study guide 很. 很（hěn）vs 是　（Shì ) Both 很 and 是 can be translated into “to be”. The difference is that 是 is used in front

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How not to discourage children from reading Chinese books

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First of all, we should keep in mind: all children love books by nature. Children love to read Chinese books if we pay attention. The reading journey usually starts early when parents read books to their kids. Gradually children learn to read together with their parents, to read with friends, to finally read independently. The

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Use Spaced Repetition System in Chinese Learning

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A common issue a lot of Chinese language learners face is how to retain the vocabulary and all the rules. It seems to be so difficult to remember all those characters or learning points even if it might have seemed to be easy at the beginning. Unfortunately it is an unavoidable issue for all the new things

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Use Chunking to Increase Chinese Vocabulary Efficiently and Effectively

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Like all the other languages, Chinese language can be broken down to units. The smallest uint in Chinese is characters. Characters form Chinese words or phrases. Combinations of Chinese words and/or phrases make sentences. From there we can compose paragraphs and articles. So the logical solution to learn Chinese is to learn Chinese characters, the

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Adding Chinese Learning into Summer Schedule – Make Summer Holidays Enjoyable and Meaningful

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For most children around the world, summer has already started. In some countries, summer vacation is about 6 weeks; in others, it is 2-month long. What a blessing for many of us to have such a long free time! However, having it wide open can be a bummer. We need to have some sort of

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Chinese End of Year Memory Activity

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The school year 2017-2018 is nearly to its end. At this time of the year, both teachers and students have lots to do. A major task is to wrap the school year up well: everything a child needs to know should be covered; Another big task is to reflect, celebrate and plan for the next

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16 Animal Sounds You’ll love to Know in Chinese – Animals Sound Different in Chinese

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Do you know which animals make these sounds: Meow, woof and chirp? Surely you know the answers. The animals are cats, dogs and birds. What sounds do these animals make in Chinese? Cats make 喵喵(miāo miāo)，dogs 汪汪(wāngwāng) and birds 叽叽(jī ji). Do Animals Sound Different in Chinese Sounds of animals are a form of onomatopoeia, the

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Chinese Vocabulary Study Guide- Yao

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In this Chinese vocabulary study guide, we are about to talk about 要 (yào), which basically means “want”. As an auxiliary verb, it often comes before main verbs to help express a tone . 要 has several meanings which sometimes can only be determined by the context in which it is used. Expressing “Want” with 要

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Chinese Language Song by S.H.E – A Chinese Song about Chinese Language

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中国话，”Chinese Language”, an interesting title for a song. You are right. It is indeed quite puzzling if you only look at the title. However, if you listen to the Chinese Language song, you will understand why it has such a title. Chinese language song starts with a well-known Chinese tong twister biǎn dān kuān bǎn

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Chicken, Cow, Dog… Farm Animals in Chinese

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It is interesting to visit farms, especially for children. Farm animals such as chicken, cows and dogs are great fun for children to watch and sometimes even to play with. Because children love farm animals and farm animals can be found in any farm, kids usually find it easy to learn the animal words in

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Celebrating New Year – a Chinese Chant to Learn about Chinese New Year

10 Posts on Chinese Learning and Teaching for Kids You Don’t Want to Miss from Chinese4kids

Theme-Based Chinese Learning – Christmas Theme Chinese Learning Pack for Kids

Chinese Vocabulary Study Guide to Some Basic yet Essential Chinese Words

Theme-Based Chinese Learning – Gift Theme Chinese Learning Pack for Kids

Thank You – A Chinese Children’s Song

12 Chinese Proverbs on Friendship

Use Role Plays to Motivate Children to Learn Chinese

Chinese Vocabulary Study Guide – Hui

Halloween Vocabulary Flashcards in Chinese

Chinese Vocabulary Study Guide-Hen

How not to discourage children from reading Chinese books

Use Spaced Repetition System in Chinese Learning

Use Chunking to Increase Chinese Vocabulary Efficiently and Effectively

Adding Chinese Learning into Summer Schedule – Make Summer Holidays Enjoyable and Meaningful

Chinese End of Year Memory Activity

16 Animal Sounds You’ll love to Know in Chinese – Animals Sound Different in Chinese

Chinese Vocabulary Study Guide- Yao

Chinese Language Song by S.H.E – A Chinese Song about Chinese Language

Chicken, Cow, Dog… Farm Animals in Chinese

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