100 Chinese Language Learning Activities

Language Lessons & Activities
- Learn the Cardinal Directions
- Use a world map and Lego minifigs to identify countries and the languages they speak
- Learn the Gong Xi Song
- Keep a journal while on vacation
- Free printables and activities from, Ni Hao, Kai-Lan
- Watch movies dubbed in Mandarin
- Use a photograph to elicit conversations
- Interview a family member and write a script for a newscast
- Create a poster to teach others the colors
- Describe what others are wearing
- Create a brochure for a zoo
- Explore a new Chinese idiom each month
- Create a menu for a traditional Chinese meal
- Learn Mandarin through Yoga
- Download a Better Chinese game app
- Volunteer to teach a Kindergarten class how to say and write Nihao 你好 and XieXie 谢谢
- Text a friend
- Sign a song in Chinese
- Learn about money and set up a store - practice bargaining
- Watch a short cartoon and retell the story
- Use children's books to build vocabulary
- Read a favorite children's book in Mandarin to a friend
- Write your own picture book in Mandarin
- Choose from the many titles available from Better Chinese
- Learn the lyrics to a favorite song, like Let it Go!
- Enjoy the animated films of Miyazaki - a documentary in Mandarin Chinese
- Explore the BBC Primary Languages website for online games, stories, and lessons
- Print out a Hanzi Grid for practice writing Chinese characters
- Learn the Sid Shuffle - Dance and Rap with Sid from Ice Age
- Create a poster like this one, "Fruits"
- Study Chinese Radicals
- Learn about the Dragon Boat Festival
- Make an origami boat
- Go on a scavenger hunt in Chinatown or an Asian market
- Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival with stories, games, and Moon Cakes
- Learn a poem for Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
- Learn how to play Mahjong
- Learn how to make Chinese paper cutting
- Learn how to make Chinese knots
- Celebrate Chinese New Year in San Francisco
- Enjoy these 12 Chinese New Year Books
- Create an accordion style mini book of the Chinese zodiac animals
- Create a "fú 福" lucky word sign or banner for Lunar New Year
- Even Halloween and Easter!
- Take a Taichi class in your local area
- Learn about the provinces of China
- Play a geography game
- Become an archeologist and Discover Terra-Cotta Soldier
- Read a Chinese Folk Tale
- Choose from this selection of animated Chinese Fairy Tales from Better Chinese
- Interview a foreign exchange student from China
- Read a historical fiction - for example, The Transcontinental Railroad
- Create a family tree
- Listen to the Taipei Chinese Opera and the beautiful sound of various Chinese instruments
- Take up a martial art like Kung Fu or Wushu
- Learn about these festivals and more with the animated collection from Better Chinese
- Learn about Chinese numerology and hand gestures for counting
- Celebrate Lunar New Year by collecting postage stamps from all over the world
- Explore the art of Kam Mak
- Try your hand at Chinese-style brush painting
- Challenge your friends to a game of table tennis or ping pong
- Learn how to use chopsticks
- Wo ai zhong guo cai - 我愛中國菜 - I Love Chinese Food
- Take a cooking lesson and try a new vegetable
- Learn to make jiaozi (dumplings) for Spring Festival
- Enjoy a Chinese Tea Ceremony
- Learn to make hand-pulled noodles
- Learn to make zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) for the Dragon Boat Festival
- All About Moon Cakes -a traditional delicacy of the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
- Visit a Hot Pot Restaurant
- Choose your favorite dishes and prepare them for friends http://youtu.be/6s3XpCsDAn4
- Create a cook book of your favorite Chinese recipes to share with family
- Visit (albeit virtually) Beijing's Donghuamen Night Market or Wangfujing Night Market
- Do a research report on the provinces of China and discover how their food preferences vary by region
- Try making Peking Duck or order it at a favorite restaurant
- Compare Chinese eating customs to another culture
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- The Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy
- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Williams
- Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
- Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
- The Seven Chinese Sisters by Kathy Tucker
- Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
- Dim Sum for Everyone by Grace Lin
- Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
- The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean
- Elmer's Day by David McKee
- Dragon's Pupils - The Sword Guest by Martin Chu Shui
- Discover the author Laurence Yep
- Read the bilingual books of Huy Voun Lee
and create your own
- Sky High: The True Story of Maggie Gee by Marissa Moss
- Read a favorite book or series in Chinese like Warriors: Into the Wild
by Erin Hunter
- The Monkey King by Aaron Shepard

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