Learning Chinese characters doesn't need to be hard. Use this Chinese Zodiac characters worksheet to help students remember each animal word by using pictures.
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Our next Webinar online will be held on Sunday, September 20th from 1pm-2pm, EST. It's a great opportunity to meet other teachers... Read More...
Use the Fish game to help students recognize Chinese characters. Make fishing rods with rulers, strong and magnets to pick up the fish.... 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...
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...
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...
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...
Every character I teach, I ask students to think of a way to remember it. I encourage students to use visual cues, stories, and shapes to remember the meaning o... Read More...
The first stage in teaching characters to students, is to focus on the shape and components.
See below for the stages I use to introduce characters. I print ... Read More...
Before students even begin to write characters with a pencil or pen, I encourage them to try some tactile activities so they can get a feel for the strokes and ... 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...
Students need a lot of tactile experience with Chinese characters, before writing can begin.
Why not give students some pretzels and ask them to create Chine... Read More...
Do your students know the secrets of Chinese characters?
This Ppt is a great way to introduce characters at the beginning of the school year.
Students mus... Read More...