In Mandarin in G2 we are learning to:
1. Know some basic skills of paper cutting 2. Say what we made in Mandarin 3. Write words and sentences of our paper cutting in Chinese characters Learning how to say words about paper cutting is not that hard. The word order in Mandarin about paper cutting is剪纸jiǎn zhǐ, which literally means cutting paper. In details, the words and sentences are: 剪纸 jiǎn zhǐ ( paper cutting) 剪刀 jiǎn dāo ( scissors) 纸 zhǐ ( paper) 红纸 hóng zhǐ ( red paper) 红萝卜 hóng luó bo ( red turnip) 胡萝卜 hú luó bo ( carrot) 白菜 bái cài ( cabbage) 锅 guō ( pot) 喜 xǐ ( happiness) 这是什么? Zhè shì shén me? ( What's this?) 中国 Zhōng guó ( China) 民间 mín jiān ( folk) 艺术 yì shù ( arts) I have made a set of cards on Quizlet (quizlet.com or download the app for phone or ipad) to help your child practice learning this topic. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose paper cutting. The video here explains how to use Quizlet https://vimeo.com/113241642 You do not need to know any Mandarin yourself to use any of these resources. Please let me know if you have any questions. In Mandarin in G3 we are learning to:
Learning the names of the the food (3 meals) in Mandarin is not too difficult. As 饭 (“fàn”, meaning “meal”, “rice”)is the root word for many phrases, it is easy to connect different words and extend vocabulary. Some of the names of the food are: 早饭 zǎo fàn - breakfast 午饭 wǔ fàn - lunch 晚饭 wǎn fàn - dinner 点心 diǎn xīn - snack 麦片 mài piàn- cereal 水 shuǐ - water 果汁 guǒ zhī - juice 饼干 bǐng gān - biscuits 月饼 yuè bǐng - mooncakes 比萨 bĭ sà – pizza I have made a set of cards on Quizlet (quizlet.com or download the app for phone or ipad) to help your child practice learning the topic. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose food-3 meals. The video here explains how to use Quizlet https://vimeo.com/113241642 If your child can already say the names of food then: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/mandarin/food_and_drink/chinese_food/ will give some ideas on how to extend their vocabulary. You do not need to know any Mandarin yourself to use any of these resources. Please let me know if you have any questions. In Mandarin in G4 we are learning to:
Learning the words of weather in Mandarin is not that hard. As you may have seen, some weather words share the same root word 天 (tiān, meaning “sky”, “day”). Only the first characters are different. In details, the words of weather are: 天气 tiān qì (weather) 晴天 qíng tiān (sunny) 阴天 yīn tiān (cloudy) 下雨 xià yǔ (rainy) 下雪 xià xuě (snowy) 刮风 guā fēng (windy) 今天天气怎么样? Jīn tiān tiān qì zěn me yang? (How's the weather today?) 今天天气很好。 Jīn tiān tiān qì hěn hǎo. (The weather is good today.) 今天你有空吗? Jīn tiān nǐ yǒu kòng ma? (Are you free today?) 今天我有空。 Jīn tiān wǒ yǒu kòng. (I am free today.) I have made a set of cards on Quizlet (quizlet.com or download the app for phone or ipad) to help your child practice learning this topic. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose weather. The video here explains how to use Quizlet https://vimeo.com/113241642 You do not need to know any Mandarin yourself to use any of these resources. Please let me know if you have any questions. In Mandarin in G5 we are learning to:
In this unit, we combine the new words and previously learned ones to extend our vocabulary. In details, the words of travel necessities 2 are: 袋子 dài zi ( bag) 信用卡 xìn yòng kǎ ( credit card) 电脑 diàn nǎo ( computer) 苹果电脑 píng guǒ diàn nǎo ( MacBook) 苹果手机 píng guǒ shǒu jī ( iPhone) 衣服 yī fu ( clothes) 书 shū ( book) 卫生纸 wèi shēng zhǐ ( toilet paper) 面巾纸 miàn jīn zhǐ ( tissue paper) 笔 bǐ ( pen) 牙刷 yá shuā ( toothbrush) 牙膏 yá gāo ( toothpaste) I have made a set of cards on Quizlet (quizlet.com or download the app for phone or ipad) to help your child practice learning the words of this topic. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose travel necessities 2. The video here explains how to use Quizlet https://vimeo.com/113241642 You do not need to know any Mandarin yourself to use any of these resources. Please let me know if you have any questions. In K2 each of us made a tangram, which is a Chinese shape game made up of 7 pieces. We could create a lot of things using the 7 pieces.
In Mandarin in G1 we are learning to:
Learning the names of the the fruit in Mandarin is not too difficult. As 果 (“guǒ”, meaning “fruit”)is the root word for many fruit, it is easy to connect different words and extend vocabulary. Some of the names of the food are: 水果 shǔi guǒ-fruit 苹果 píng guǒ-apple 芒果 máng guǒ-mango 梨 lí-pear 西瓜 xī guā-watermelon 木瓜 mù guā-papaya 草莓 cǎo méi-strawberry 香蕉 xiāng jiāo-banana 你喜欢什么水果? Nǐ xǐ huan shén me shuǐ guǒ?-Which fruit do you like? 我喜欢苹果。 Wǒ xǐ huan píng guǒ.-I like apples. I have made a set of cards on Quizlet (quizlet.com or download the app for phone or ipad) to help your child practice learning the names of the fruit. Search for laoshilinda (all one word lower case) and then choose fruit. The video here explains how to use Quizlet https://vimeo.com/113241642 If your child can already say the names of food then: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/mandarin/food_and_drink/healthy_food/ will give some ideas on how to extend their vocabulary. You do not need to know any Mandarin yourself to use any of these resources. Please let me know if you have any questions. |
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