Pre-k and k April

04/01/2020

Vocab Review: two tigers song

两只老虎 LiangZhi LaoHu Two Tigers

跑得快 PaoDe Kuai Running fast

一直没有耳朵 Yi Zhi MeiYou ErDuo One doesn't have ears

真奇怪 Zhen QiGuai So odd

一直没有尾巴 Yi Zhi MeiYou WeiBa One doens't have tail

真奇怪 Zhen QiGuai So odd

Quizlet vocabulary practice: two tigers song

https://quizlet.com/47783019/two-tigers-song-flash-cards/

04/02/2020

Chinese character writing practice: IOS app "Chinese Writer" If you do not have IOS, you can also download the app "Hello Chinese"

Cultural Video: The story of the Monkey King

Optional whole family activity: Taichi!

04/03/2020

Chinese character writing practice: IOS app "Chinese Writer" If you do not have IOS, you can also download the app "Hello Chinese"

Quizlet Chinese vocabulary review: Family Members

https://quizlet.com/23063583/chinese-family-flash-cards/

Today's vocab:

星期五快乐！ XingQiWu KuaiLe Happy Friday

春假 Chun Jia Springbreak

Here's another ancient poem (Song of the Palace) which is part of my poems side project. This poem is by 白居易 (Bái Jūyì - 772-846). Chinese Buddy is all about fun and groovy Mandarin Chinese learning through music.

淚侭羅巾夢不成 (lèi jǐn luó jīn mèng bù chéng) = Her handkerchief drenched in tears, she cannot dream.

夜深前殿按歌聲 (yè shēn qián diàn àn gē shēng) = In the depth of night before the palace, voices press forth.

紅顏未老恩先斷 (hóng yán wèi lǎo ēn xiān duàn) = Her rouged checks are old, yet she's severed from her first love.

斜倚薰籠坐到明 (xié yǐ xūn lóng zuò dào míng) = Leaning, enveloped in smoke, she sits till dawn.

04/13/2020 - 04/17/2020

Vocabulary:

星期一 XingQiYi Monday

星期二 XingQiEr Tuesday

星期三 XingQiSan Wednesday

星期四 XingQiSi Thursday

星期五 XingQiWu Friday

星期六 XingQiLiu Saturday

星期日 XingQiRi Sunday

我爱 Wo Ai I love

我爱星期六 Wo Ai XingQiLiu I love saturday

Vocabulary:

前天 QianTian The day before yesterday

昨天 ZuoTian Yesterday

今天 JinTian Today

明天 MingTian Tomorrow

后天 HouTian Day after tomorrow

Vocabulary:

今天 JinTian Today

是 Shi Is

我的 WoDe My

生日 ShengRi Birthday

明天 MingTian Tomorrow

我去 WoQu I go

踢球 TiQiu Kick ball

昨天 ZuoTian Yesterday

游泳 YouYong Swim

了 Le (shows past tense)

Vocabulary Practice on quizlet:

https://quizlet.com/264281933/chinese-days-of-the-week-chinese-flash-cards/

https://quizlet.com/168533452/chinesed-lesson3-dialogue-3-happy-birthday-flash-cards/

Vocabulary: Birthday song

祝你 ZhuNi Wish You

生日 ShengRi Birthday

快乐 KuaiLe Happy

The Chinatown neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois is on the South Side (located in the Armour Square community area), centered on Cermak and Wentworth Avenues, and is an example of an American Chinatown, or ethnic-Chinese neighborhood. By the 2000 Census, Chicago Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area had 68,021 Chinese.^[3] The combined 60616 and 60608 zip codes in Chicago, as of the 2010 Census, were home to 22,380 people of Chinese descent. In addition, as of 2010, the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville IL-IN-WI metro area had 92,712 people of Chinese descent.^[4] Chicago is the second oldest settlement of Chinese in America after the Chinese fled persecution in California. The present Chicago Chinatown formed around 1915, after settlers moved steadily south from near the Loop where the first enclaves were established in the 19th century.

Jianbing guozi (Chinese: 煎饼馃子) is a popular street food in Tianjin and hailed as "one of China's most popular street breakfasts". Tianjin people and Hebei people take it as breakfast. It consists of mung bean, eggs, and youtiao (fried dough sticks) or crispy "dragons", served with sweet bean sauce, diced green onion, and optionally chili sauce

Jianbing guozi originated in northern China. Its history can be traced back 2,000 years to Shandong province during the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 AD). According to legends, Chancellor Zhuge Liang encountered the problem of feeding his soldiers after they lost their woks. He ordered the cooks to mix water with wheat flour to make batter, and then spread it on shields, or flat copper griddles over a flame. The dish raised the soldiers’ morale and helped them win the battle. After that, jianbingguozi was passed down through generations in Shandong province and gradually spread to different parts of China

Hangzhou is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. It sits at the head of Hangzhou Bay, which separates Shanghai and Ningbo. Hangzhou grew to prominence as the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and has been one of the most renowned and prosperous cities in China for much of the last millennium. The city's West Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage site immediately west of the city, is among its best-known attractions. A study conducted by PwC and China Development Research Foundation saw Hangzhou ranked first among "Chinese Cities of Opportunity". Hangzhou is also considered a World City with a "Beta+" classification according to GaWC.

Hangzhou is classified as a sub-provincial city and forms the core of the Hangzhou metropolitan area, the fourth-largest in China. During the 2010 Chinese census, the metropolitan area held 21.102 million people over an area of 34,585 km² (13,353 sq mi). Hangzhou prefecture had a registered population of 9,018,000 in 2015.

04/20/2020 - 04/24/2020