In Mandarin in G4 we are learning to:
1. Understand the story about the Mid-Autumn Festival
2. Say the key words of the Mid-Autumn Festival
3. Write the keys words of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Chinese characters
You may have known that 27 September Sunday is the Mid-Autumn Festival for the Chinese all over the world. As one of the important celebrations among the Chinese community, it is also called the Moon cake Festival or Lantern Festival in Singapore. The words about this festival are:
中秋节 Zhōng qiū jié ( Mid-Autumn Festival)
月亮 yuè liang ( moon )
月饼 yuè bǐng ( moon cake)
灯笼 dēng lóng ( lantern)
团圆 tuán yuán ( reunion)
故事 gù shì ( story)
后羿 Hòu Yì ( Hou Yi)
后羿射日 Hòu Yì shè rì ( Hou Yi shot the suns down.)
妻子 qī zǐ ( wife)
嫦娥 Cháng é ( Cháng é)
嫦娥奔月 Cháng é bēn yuè ( Cháng é flew to the moon.)
兔子 tù zi ( rabbit)
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 Mid-Autumn Festival.
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.
1. Understand the story about the Mid-Autumn Festival
2. Say the key words of the Mid-Autumn Festival
3. Write the keys words of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Chinese characters
You may have known that 27 September Sunday is the Mid-Autumn Festival for the Chinese all over the world. As one of the important celebrations among the Chinese community, it is also called the Moon cake Festival or Lantern Festival in Singapore. The words about this festival are:
中秋节 Zhōng qiū jié ( Mid-Autumn Festival)
月亮 yuè liang ( moon )
月饼 yuè bǐng ( moon cake)
灯笼 dēng lóng ( lantern)
团圆 tuán yuán ( reunion)
故事 gù shì ( story)
后羿 Hòu Yì ( Hou Yi)
后羿射日 Hòu Yì shè rì ( Hou Yi shot the suns down.)
妻子 qī zǐ ( wife)
嫦娥 Cháng é ( Cháng é)
嫦娥奔月 Cháng é bēn yuè ( Cháng é flew to the moon.)
兔子 tù zi ( rabbit)
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 Mid-Autumn Festival.
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.