Download the 'Book train tickets' worksheet.
Students will read a short dialogue and then create their own role-play about buying a train ticket.... Read More...
Recognizing words in text (PDF) - Students will use an authentic sign from China to identify radicals - building blocks of characters.
Exploring words - Stud... Read More...
Exploring_components - Students will dissect a complex character into it's parts - radicals.
Classifying_component_meanings - 48 basic radicals. Students wil... Read More...
After students have learned some simple radicals and characters, I then introduce the Chinese character Hunt game.
Students as young as 5 can play the game, ... Read More...
Download the Top Secret Mission
Students will be given lots of character cards and find things that are the same and different about them.... 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...
Download the HSK Level 6 vocabulary list here.
This Excel file includes traditional and simplified characters, English translation and pinyin.... Read More...
Download the Let's go to the Restaurant Ppt
Use these images to create your own Restaurant menu - hamburger, cake, water, pizza, milk, fried rice,
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Download this simple Ppt to review simple Chinese characters. I teach these simple words in the first two weeks of classes by using visual cues and students cre... Read More...
Use this idea to make a dragon and also to review numbers 1-10.
Give students colored paper and ask them to trace around a circle until they have 10 circles.... Read More...
Students will learn how humans, butterflies and frogs change using the Chinese language. This is a great series of lessons suitable for Preschool-2nd Grade.
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School Timetable - Download the Timetable and use it for a Reading activity.
Students will read the Timetable and see when school subjects are being studied.... Read More...
Starting off the new school year introducing Chinese radicals and simple characters is essential. It is important to break down the barrier that some students f... Read More...
