Learning about fruit

Kids always get so excited when I bring real fruit to the classroom. What a yummy show-and-tell! They smell so good and they look so delicious. You can have your own fun fruit day with your little one at home. Review the words in my video for your next trip to the supermarket!

Ready, set, eat some fruit!

Music Video: Two Tigers - Liǎng zhī lǎo hǔ - 兩隻老虎

"Two Tigers" is a classic Chinese song for children. This is a familiar tune and is fun to sing with the little ones. Don't forget to add movement and action along with the lyrics to make it an action-filled play-learning experience!

I've put the lyrics below in Pinyin, traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese with the English translation on top.

Two tigers two tigers
Liǎng zhī lǎo hǔ Liǎng zhī lǎo hǔ
兩 隻 老 虎 兩 隻 老 虎
两 只 老 虎 两 只 老 虎

Running fast running fast
Pǎo de kuài pǎo de kuài
跑 的 快 跑 的 快
跑 的 快 跑 的 快

One does not have eyes
Yī zhī méi yǒu yǎn jīng
一 隻 沒 有 眼 睛
一 只 没 有 眼 睛

One does not have a tail
Yī zhī méi yǒu wěi ba
一 隻 沒 有 尾 巴
一 只 没 有 尾 巴

How strange how strange
Zhēn qí guài zhēn qí guài
真 奇 怪 真 奇 怪
真 奇 怪 真 奇 怪

(Lyrics above from the Companion Learning Guide for the Miss Panda Chinese audio CD)


*** Video source: amandalin720's channel on You Tube ***

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Chinese Play Time with Miss Panda introduces songs and activities to children and parents.

Today we are singing We Wish You a Merry Christmas in Chinese. You know this song very well and now you can sing it in Chinese.

Activity:
Party Time! Take out the bells and instruments and have fun!

Listen to Miss Panda and sing with her and MeiMei! Click the link below for audio track.

Miss Panda Chinese Play Time - I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

(C) 2011 Chia-Chen Hsiung-Blodgett www.MissPandaChinese.com All Rights Reserved.

Family Members

Who do you have in your family? Who plays basketball? Who bakes the best cakes? Let's take a look at our family members. Join Miss Panda and have fun speaking Chinese! Ready? Let's go! My special guest today is Ge Ge - big brother! Click link below to the podcast.

Click HERE to listen to Miss Panda Chinese Podcast

Word List for this edition of Podcast: English/pinyin/Chinese traditional

Daddy/Dad - bà ba - 爸爸

Mommy/Mom - mā ma - 媽媽

Older brother - gē ge- 哥哥

Younger brother - dì di- 弟弟

Older sister - jiě jie - 姊姊

Younger sister - mèi mei - 妹妹

These are your family members in your family.

Family/ Family member(s) - jiā rén - 家人

Have fun and see you next time!
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Eentsy Weentsy Spider

Chinese Play Time with Miss Panda introduces songs and activities to children and parents.   

Today we are singing Eentsy Weentsy Spider in Chinese.  You know this song very well and now you can sing it in Chinese. 

Activity:
(1) Finger play - use fingers as a spider and going up and down.
(2) Spider fun - use a plastic or plush spider to climb up all the way to the head and down.

Game: "Is the spider going up or down?"
Take turns with your child. One asks the question and the other answers with the fingers/a spider going up or down.

Listen to Miss Panda read the lyrics first and sing with her!  Click BELOW for audio track.
Chinese Play Group - Eentsy Weentsy Spider! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE AUDIO TRACK

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