It’s Singapore’s birthday. When I was young, my dad would bring us to watch the annual NDP fireworks 🎆. During Secondary 2 days, my school participated in the National Day Parade (NDP) performance. We spent months rehearsing in school and at Padang. It was a year of minimum homework and tonnes of fun with friends. …
Living in Malaysia and sometimes Singapore, our family has friends who celebrate Halloween although we don’t really do so. We were invited to a Halloween party once where little El dressed up as a pumpkin and that was about the experience we had. Nevertheless, the kids spent some time learning about Halloween in English and …
After a few weeks of stuffing ourselves with mooncakes, it’s finally Mid-Autumn Festival today! The kids spent some time learning Chinese history and language. We read a story on the Mid-Autumn Festival from the book above. The children have already heard variations of the story over the years. So this year, we focused more on …
Here are more ways to bring Chinese reading alive, while learning the 石部首 (shí bùshǒu, radical of “stone”). Since 石 means stone, we worked with many little stones in a Montessori way. To save you time researching, you’ll be able to download the printables later. All you need to do is to write the words …
Over the years, the LINE Dictionary has become our favourite online Chinese-English dictionary. What’s more, it’s free… Our story… I learnt English and Chinese as first languages in Singapore. Now, my children are studying in a Malaysian Chinese school (SJKC), where the standard of Chinese is way higher. They also learn Mathematics and Science in …
It’s Dragon Boat Festival today, so we took the opportunity to explore Chinese history and language. We read a story on the Dragon Boat Festival from the book above. Since the main character Qu Yuan took his life by jumping into a river, you may wish to read this to a child who is mature …
Little El is learning to read Chinese and has been mixing up Chinese characters of the radical 辶 (走字底 zǒu zì dǐ). So I made a Montessori-style printable puzzle to help him remember better. It’s very simple… Puzzles pieces… Show the components of each character, spot the differences… Control of error behind each puzzle… Materials …
If you’re interested in teaching your child to read Chinese, this post is for you. Little El only had Primary 1 lessons for about a month before his school closed for 3 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since there’s no news of school reopening, we’re prepared to do home learning for more months ahead. …
This is a series of compiled Chinese lessons for Standard 5 students from Malaysia SJKC. View the entire series here. 《江南春》 《我们在山上露营》 生字 嫩蕊 打瞌睡 帐篷 一捆 无拘无束 撤退 凉风习习 心旷神怡 跨过 连绵 山峦 高耸入云 陶醉 流连忘返
This is a series of compiled Chinese lessons for Standard 5 students from Malaysia SJKC. View the entire series here. 《音乐之都维也纳》 生字 手稿 矗立 惟妙惟肖 漫步 雕像 墓地 自娱又娱人 星罗棋布 宏伟壮观 完美无瑕 豪华 容纳 悬挂 精彩绝伦 爆满