
Learn about these festivals and more with the animated collection from Better Chinese. Take up a martial art like Kung Fu or Wushu. Listen to the Taipei Chinese Opera and the beautiful sound of various Chinese instruments. Read a historical fiction - for example, The Transcontinental Railroad. Interview a foreign exchange student from China. Choose from this selection of animated Chinese Fairy Tales from Better Chinese. Become an archeologist and Discover Terra-Cotta Soldier.
Create a "fú 福" lucky word sign or banner for Lunar New Year.Create an accordion style mini book of the Chinese zodiac animals.
Celebrate Chinese New Year in San Francisco.
Learn how to make Chinese paper cutting. Learn a poem for Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival with stories, games, and Moon Cakes. Go on a scavenger hunt in Chinatown or an Asian market. Create a poster like this one, " Fruits". Learn the Sid Shuffle - Dance and Rap with Sid from Ice Age. Print out a Hanzi Grid for practice writing Chinese characters. Explore the BBC Primary Languages website for online games, stories, and lessons. Enjoy the animated films of Miyazaki - a documentary in Mandarin Chinese. Learn the lyrics to a favorite song, like Let it Go!. Choose from the many titles available from Better Chinese. Write your own picture book in Mandarin. Read a favorite children's book in Mandarin to a friend. Use children's books to build vocabulary. Watch a short cartoon and retell the story.
Learn about money and set up a store - practice bargaining. Volunteer to teach a Kindergarten class how to say and write Nihao 你好 and XieXie 谢谢. Create a menu for a traditional Chinese meal. Create a poster to teach others the colors. Interview a family member and write a script for a newscast. Use a photograph to elicit conversations. Free printables and activities from, Ni Hao, Kai-Lan. Use a world map and Lego minifigs to identify countries and the languages they speak. Here, you will find literally hundreds of free language-learning lessons, games, and activities. To keep kids and even adults engaged and interested, language learning activities should be fun as well as challenging. It can be a challenge at times as well - memorizing lists of vocabulary words or writing Chinese characters over and over can get a little monotonous. Learning a new language is very rewarding.