It is again the time of the year: we want to wrap up the year by looking back, recognizing our achievements, adventures, people we’ve met and especially the people who have given us a hand, brought joy to our lives and those we appreciate and love. Maybe you are thinking of giving some gifts, gifts […]
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Children’s songs are great for learning Chinese. The ones with simple and repeated verses, such as “Happy Birthday” (祝你生日快乐), are especially easy and fun to learn. While we are getting into the festive mood, why don’t we teach our kids a Christmas song, such as “Jingle Bells“. Here I will show you another Christmas carol,
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It is dark and cold in winter. It can be however a really interesting season for children, especially on the snowy days. Here let’s learn a Chinese nursery rhythm named “It’s Snowing”. 下雪了 It’s Snowing 下雪了，下雪了 xià xuěle, xià xuěle It is snowing, it is snowing 屋子长高了 wūzi zhǎng gāole Houses grow higher 小路变胖了 xiǎolù
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Let’s say, you read a book and find many new Chinese words. You want to learn these new Chinese words, what do you do? You probably will look up in the dictionary and write them down in a notebook. The words help you to understand the book. But After a while, you may forget about
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Halloween time is always a fun time for kids. Parties, costumes, trick and treat, candies… so much enjoyment! We can make it also a fun Chinese learning opportunity. We’ve created Halloween Chinese Learning Pack for Children so they can learn some Chinese while getting ready for this very exciting day. What’s in the pack?
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Food is an essential part of our lives. For Chinese people, food is more than its necessity to feed. It provides joy, serves as a medium to entertain, to connect and to unite. In Chinese, a common greeting is “吃了吗？(Chīle ma?Did you eat?)” When friends meet in the street, they would invite each other “一起去吃顿饭吧！（Yīqǐ
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In this harvest season, apples are everywhere. It is interesting for children to learn Chinese around the theme of apples, and there are so many things to learn about apples. Here are some examples: parts of an apple, apple products, apple life cycle, and so on. This Apple Theme Chinese learning Pack Contains the Following
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When learning English, children usually start with sight words. Sight words are a collection of common, frequently used words that a child should recognize in order to prepare for reading. The famous Dolch’s list (published in 1948 by Edward William Dolch) features 220 words. These 220 words serve as a foundation for children to improve
It is now the most exciting time for everybody – the school is starting, teachers, parents and kids are all getting ready for the new school year! Most of the time, a child receives a supply list from school and knows what to shop. Sometimes we need a little bit help especially for a subject
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Research supports the idea that “learning is an integrated process, a process focused on constructing meaning, and a process largely dependent on the ability to communicate. “(Sandra Rollins Hurley, Ph.D., and Sally Blake, Ph.D.). When we identify the facts and ideas that connect with each other across subjects, we construct meaning. When we learn to
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What’s your summer plan this year? If visiting China is in your plan, you got to learn some key phrases and sentences before you go there. Chinese travel expressions help open a conversation, ask for direction, catch attention and move around with more comfort and confidence. 4 Must – Know Chinese Phrases 1.How are you?
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This is my favorite song, after many years, it is still my favorite song. “Olive Tree”, a tree which usually grows in a distant country, interprets the desire to explore the world, although the journey can be lonely and painful. However, the dream of searching for the olive tree is strong enough for any toughness.
At the end of the school year, it is a good time to set aside some time to conduct some end-of-year activities. Just to name some activities: summarising the key things the kids have learned during the year; recalling and recognise the important person, special moments and interesting subjects during the year, etc. One activity
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Kids like zoo and the animals living in the zoo. They also like the creatures living under the water. With so much unknown, the sea world is fascinating. The creatures living in this world are even more amazing: just imagine those colourful fish, mysterious octopus, lovable dolphins, and much more! How about we learn these
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This lovely book written by Sam McBratney and illustrated by Anita Jeram has been one of my favorite books which both my children and I have enjoyed every time we read it together. Guess How Much I love You, the two hares, a parent and a child, start to tell each other how much they
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After last week’s “Insects Chinese Vocabulary” post, I’ve received many requests for more of this kind of lessons. So here you are, let’s learn how to say zoo animals in Chinese! Zoo is always a fascinating place for kids to visit, again and again. There are many animals living in the zoo and that makes
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In the club, the children all wanted to be the first one to sing a song. In the end, it became difficult to decide who goes first. To be fair, we decided to go for “剪刀石头布”（jiǎndāo shítóu bù — scissors, stone, fabric), also known as Rock, Scissors, Paper. To show 剪刀(scissors), you extend the index
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When the weather gets warmer, we start to see insects everywhere: in the garden, we can find ants; in the park, we can see butterflies, ladybugs and bees. Have you introduced these little friends to your child? Let’s learn some insects Chinese vocabulary together! Insects Vocabulary in Chinese Insect is called 昆虫(kūnchóng) in Chinese. Here
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Flash cards are a simple and common tool for studying foreign languages. It is well used for Chinese learning, especially for learning Chinese vocabulary – Chinese characters, words, and Chinese expressions. There are many ways, and here I am going to talk about 4 types of flash cards we can usein Chinese vocabulary learning. Text-Only
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Earth Day (地球日) has become an important day for all of us to recall what we’ve done and what we can do to make our earth a better place. Every year there is a different theme and the theme of 2019 Earth Day is “Protect Our Species”（保护物种）. To celebrate this day, let’s learn a Chinese
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