Kids Learning Chinese: Leveled Passages for Chinese Reading and Comprehension
When it comes to reading, there is no one-fit-all solution. Learning Chinese is not an exception, either. That’s why we decided to create these leveled reading passages to provide effective and engaging ways to improve students’ Chinese literacy through guided reading.
St. Patrick’s Day Bilingual Activities: Leprechaun Trap Making in a Chinese Immersion Classroom
This leprechaun trap activity is a great way to engage your bilingual learners on St. Patrick’s Day. It encourages creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork, making it an educational and enjoyable experience for all involved.
Best 5 Valentine’s Day Activities for Elementary Chinese Immersion Classrooms
Happy Valentine’s Day and Friendship Day! Here are some activities we created for your students to celebrate this holiday and have fun learning Chinese.
How to Teach Writing in Chinese Immersion Classrooms?
As Mandarin Chinese immersion schools are getting increasingly popular around the world, Chinese teachers are in need of more research-based and teacher-created resources. Having your students talk to each other in Mandarin Chinese every day may not be a challenging task, but how about getting them to start writing Chinese characters and sentences in Chinese?
Mid Autumn Festival Craft for Kids: Chinese Paper Fan + Free Printable
Are you looking for hands-on cultural activities to celebrate Mid Autumn Festival in your class? Here is an easy-prep fun craft freebie for you! Your students can make a Mid Autumn Festival Paper Fan and learn some Chinese poetry about the moon festival.
5 End-of-the-Year Chinese Learning Activities for Kids
Let’s celebrate your student’s achievements at the end of the school year by doing some fun activities! Here are some great end-of-the-year activities and craft ideas for your Chinese learners of all ages.
Best Back-to-School Read Alouds for K-2 Students
Are you looking for fun and heartwarming read-aloud books to open up this school year?
Here are some amazing read alouds to welcome your students in the first week of school. They will learn about school rules and expectations, social emotional skills and feel excited about the new school year!
Chinese Immersion Classroom Set Up Ideas
When I first started working as an English-Chinese bilingual teacher, I found that there was a lack of eye-catching and beautiful Chinese classroom decoration resources and bulletin board ideas.
We decided to create this big (and growing) bundle of Chinese classroom decoration materials for our bilingual Chinese teachers and Chinese immersion teachers. Your classroom will look organized and beautiful with these materials.
Best End-of-the-Year Read Aloud Books for K-2 Students
Are you looking for interesting and inspirational read-aloud books for the last weeks of school?
Check these fun stories your students will enjoy and heartwarming books that will empower them into the future.
How to Create Unlimited Drag-and-Drop Objects in Google Slides?
Are you a teacher who enjoys creating interactive Google Slides for your students? You can add unlimited drag-and-drop objects to your digital lesson plans and worksheets to make your lessons more engaging.
Simply follow the steps and learn how to create unlimited clip arts or images on your Slides.
10 Must-Read Authentic Children’s Books that Celebrate Chinese Culture
Children need to read books that they can see themselves reflected in, and books that allow them to see a world that might be different than the one they’re familiar with.
Check these 10 authentic books that help children learn about Chinese culture.
Teaching How to Add More Details in K-2 Personal Narratives
If I put a penny in a jar every time I told my students to add more details to their writing, I would be a millionaire in no time!
However, if we put ourselves into our students’ shoes, adding more details is such a vague and abstract direction. What is a detail? How can I add more details?
Best Books and Lessons for Teaching Compare and Contrast
Teaching Compare and Contrast is challenging because this reading comprehension skill requires higher-order thinking from students, and finding good mentor texts is not easy for teachers.
Your Online Lessons Should Only Be Six Minutes Long?!
Researchers from Stanford University have found that your audience tends to lose focus after about 6 minutes during an online video presentation. In other words, your students can learn better when your live instruction is shorter!
5 Best Lunar New Year Crafts for Kids with Free Printables
Celebrate Lunar New Year with these 5 easy-to-make crafts with your kids at home or in the classroom! Make Chinese Lantern, Spring Couplet, Dragon Puppet, Red Envelope and Fortune Cookies crafts today!
The Ultimate Guide of How to Write Your Tenure Portfolio for NYC Teachers
When you go through all your beautiful charts, checklist, graphic organizers and other wonderful self-created materials, imagine a moving box for the materials you will put in the tenure portfolio. You cannot choose everything because the box is only this big.
4 Tips to Make Your Zoom Lessons More Interactive in K-5 Classroom
Would you like to make your Zoom class more interesting? Apply these tricks to every Zoom lesson to keep students engaged, promote active participation, and excite students (and yourself) for virtual education.