Chinese Theme-Based Learning offers an engaging and immersive approach to mastering the Chinese language for kids and Chinese beginning learners. It features a wide range of thematic units designed to make Chinese learning both fun and relevant. Each theme is carefully crafted to align with children’s interests and everyday experiences. Chinese vocabulary and grammar are presented in a context they can easily understand and relate to. Through stories, songs, activities, and cultural insights, children not only develop language skills but also gain a deeper appreciation for Chinese traditions and lifestyles. Perfect for young learners, our theme-based lessons create a vibrant and dynamic environment where Chinese learning becomes an exciting adventure.
When spring comes, working in the garden such as planting seeds , watering flowers and so on is a great fun, for both adults and children. It is also a good time to teach kids some gardening words in Chinese. Here is a gardening theme Chinese Learning pack for kids. The pack contains the following printable: · Gardening theme […]
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Safety and discipline are two big topics adults cannot talk about enough to our children. How to say them in Chinese? Here are a list of sentences you can use when it is necessary. SAFETY 1. 小心。 xiǎoxīn Be careful. | Watch out. 2. 小心路滑。 xiǎoxīn lù huá Be careful. It is slippery. 3. 小心楼梯。
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What are the important things for a child? Objects for the school! Here are some commonly used school objects in Chinese. It would be useful for the children to get to know them all! 铅笔盒 qiānbǐ hé pencil-case 钢笔 gāngbǐ pen 铅笔 qiānbǐ Pencil 记号笔 jìhào bǐ marker 尺子 chǐzi ruler 橡皮 xiàngpí eraser 固体胶棒
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How is the weather? In Chinese, we say 天气怎么样？Tiānqì zěnme yàng? Is it sunny? Is it rainy? Is it little cloudy? Is it snowy? Is it windy? Is it foggy? 是晴天吗？ Shì qíng tiān ma? 是下雨吗？ Shì xià yǔ ma? 是多云吗？ Shì duōyún ma? 是下雪吗？ Shì xià xuě ma? 是刮风吗？ Shì guā fēng ma? 是多雾吗？
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When we introduce ourselves, the countries we come from and our nationalities are important. To say nationalities in Chinese, we get to learn the names of countries first. The Chinese word for nation/country/kingdom is 国家（guójiā).国(guó) is used many times to indicate a country. How to Say China in Chinese? China is called “中国”（Zhōngguó）in Chinese. It literally
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Summer has come! For my kids, Summer vacation officially starts today! The kids are busy at end-of-year parties. Soon families will go on vacation — the sun, the beach and lots of fun! Isn’t it a good idea to get to know all the summer vocabulary in Chinese so to spice the season up with some hot Chinese summer
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Valentine’s Day is coming. It is not a really special day in China traditionally, but it is becoming more and more popular among young people even in China. Flowers and chocolate are good gifts for the loved ones. Valentine’s Day cards are essential together with gifts. In sprite of its increasing popularity, unlike in USA
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Recently I have posted a short survey, “What is the most struggle for your child to learn Chinese?“. From all the responses I have received, Hanzi, Chinese writing and Chinese reading are the major areas which require more guidance and support. Chinese characters are indeed the bottleneck for Chinese learning. Consistent work has to be
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The falling leaves, abundance in food, richness in colors and the beautiful but a bit chilly weather all tell us that Autumn has arrived. Autumn Theme Chinese Word Wall words are a collection of key Fall vocabulary in Chinese. They are useful for kids to learn about the fascinating season of Autumn. What are the
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The Chinese New Year is coming! This Thursday is going to be the 1st day of the year of Goat (羊）. Here are some craft ideas for children to celebrate the arrival of the new year. Let’s first start with a fun poster of the personalities of “Goat People”: elegant, artistic, tender, loving and so
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There is only one week away from Thanksgiving. It is time for all of us to be grateful for what we have and what we have received from others. It is also a good time for children to start a gratitude journal. I have created a template here for you to print out and start
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Today is Halloween, is your child ready to go for “Trick or Treat”? It would be cool to know how to say “trick or treat” in Chinese, right? OK, I am going to tell you: Trick can be translated as “捣蛋” (dǎo dàn) Treat can be translated as “招待”（zhāo dài） So, put them together, we
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This is an interesting video displaying Chinese characters describing Weather. Watch it carefully and see how many characters you can recognize!
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Chinese zodiac animals are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. The Chinese characters somehow show how the animals look like. Have a look at this video and have a guess what characters represent the animals!
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Today is 大年三十(New Year’s Eve). In China, it is the most important and cheerful day. Like Christmas in western countries, the reunion dinner has significant meaning to Chinese people since all family members will get together. In addition to family reunion dinner, people stay up all night to celebrate the arrival of new year. After
The Chinese new year of Horse will fall in two-week time, that is, Jan. 31. It will last till lasts to Feb. 18, 2015. Horse is well loved by children. To celebrate this particular year, in addition to the other traditional craft activities, I would like to share with you some of ideas I came
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Chinese new year is coming… This year it will arrive on Jan 23. It will be a special year — a year of Dragon! According Wikipedia, “In contrast to European dragons, which are considered evil, Chinese dragons traditionally symbolize potent and auspicious powers, particularly control over water, rainfall, hurricane, and floods. The dragon is also
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