Here at Chinese Learning Activities for Kids, you’ll find engaging and educational activities designed to make learning Chinese fun and effective for children. From interactive games and colorful flashcards to exciting worksheets and creative crafts, you can find fun educational activities tailored to different age groups and skill levels for kids learning Mandarin Chinese as an additional language. Our carefully curated content not only helps kids build a strong foundation in Mandarin but also fosters a love for Chinese culture, making language acquisition a delightful and enriching experience.
Kids have a natural fascination with farm animals and their babies. Learning the Chinese names of farm animals is an important part of the farm unit. This Mom and Baby Farm Animals Puzzle activity is a great extension to Chinese learning themes of the farm, animals, baby animals, and so on. Farm Animals and Their […]
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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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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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Mother’s Day is a very special day, especially for little children. It is a great day to celebrate, to show appreciation to the greatest person in the world, Mom! People give gifts to Moms on this day, but no gift is better than one made by the child. Let’s get some inspiration to combine this
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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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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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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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When we talk about Spring, some happy songs come to my mind. Where Is Spring song, or “春天在哪里” (chūn tiān zài nǎ lǐ) is a great example. What is “Where is Spring” Song About It begins by asking the question “Where is spring? Where is spring? “ Then we explore the answers together: Spring is
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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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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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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
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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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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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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