In Week 5, children will learn 'Happy Birthday' and 'How old are you?'
Download Week 5 Panda Club presentation
Download the Happy Birthday sign to pas... Read More...
Introduce characters and allow students to use Chinglish to write stories. Chinglish is part English and part Chinese.
Students can write stories and use the... Read More...
Use the worksheet below to describe each monster. Students can use Chinese to describe eyes, ears, nose, legs etc., and another student can guess which monster ... Read More...
Before any Chinese characters are introduced I allow students to discover the space that the characters take up. We then look at parts of characters that are bu... Read More...
Students will role-play visiting a restaurant and review Monkey Magic vocabulary.
Lesson Plan Week 7
Cartoon characters flashcards - 我叫
Match the Food ... Read More...
Use this cartoon worksheet for students to draw and write their own characters and speech bubbles. Students will use: 你姓什么 and 你叫什么名字？
Download the Cartoon B... Read More...
In this task, students will make their own Simpsons puppets and rehearse introducing the Simpson family in Chinese.
Cut out each family member. Attach to a p... Read More...
Why not have a 买东西 Shopping Day one day a month, when students can exchange coupons they receive for small Chinese artifacts?
I print off the Chinese Coupons... Read More...
Download the HSK Level 6 vocabulary list here.
This Excel file includes traditional and simplified characters, English translation and pinyin.... Read More...
It is important as teachers to continually be reflecting on best practices and adapting our teaching style to the needs of our students.
Read the following s... Read More...
It is very common to have a mixed ability class of students. Some may be native speakers, others may have learned Chinese for a short time, and some students ma... Read More...
What are Work Stations?
Work Stations are sets of activities prepared by the teacher and set up in different areas of the room. Groups of students rotate aroun... Read More...
I start Chinglish writing in the first week. Students can use English and Chinese characters to write in a Journal. This breaks down barriers to writing charact... Read More...
I use a method called 'Look, Cover, Write, Check' to teach students how to write characters.
I do not use grids or memorization. After students explore the s... Read More...
In Week 4 of the Preschool / After-school sessions, students will:
Learn parts of the body
Sing 'Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes' song
Sing 'Happy Bir... Read More...
