One day late...sorry :(

Review! Review!! Review!!! after a Thanksgiving break!!!!

Singing away with greetings, numbers, animals, colors, having friends, finding friends, and brushing teeth!!!!!

Still, booster class has no takers, so if you are interested in it, please email me @ hsiaoningtu@gmail.com for details.

That is all, folks! See you next time.  

Cheers!!
杜老师 （Du4lao3shi1）

Two of six :-)

In anticipation of a hectic Thanksgiving holiday....no Chinese next Wednesday (November 21st)!

More review! Numbers are sounding better, so are animals.

Songs!

Looiking for friends:

Song of colors:

This is my pet:

So far, booster class has no takers, so if you are interested in it, please email me @ hsiaoningtu@gmail.com for details.

That is all, folks! See you next time.  

Cheers!!
杜老师 （Du4lao3shi1）

Fall 2: one of six done!

Hello! Nice to see some old as well as new faces!! It has been too long since our last meet!

Greetings--Numbers--Animals! For review, please look down to previous posts for reference.

One new song:
Animals....

If you would like to participate in the booster class at my house, it will be tomorrow (Thursday, November 8th) from 11:30 am to 3 pm. It is free of charge, but do bring your questions, ideas, and anything that you would like to share. Please respond to this posting if you and your little one are coming. I will then send you my address privately. You may also connect with me via either Line or Wechat (See my id on the note-card!).

That is all, folks! Have a great week.  

Cheers!!
杜老师 （Du4lao3shi1）

First Chinese Learning Lab concluded!

Happy end of October! The first series of Chinese Learning Lab has concluded. This parent-child-learning-together model might or might not work for all, but, hopefully, everyone walks away understanding my intent and respecting my effort!

New colors:

Hong2se4  (红色): red color
Huang2se4  (黄色): yellow color
Lan2se4  (蓝色): blue color
Lü4se4  (绿色): green color
Hei1se4  (黑色): black color
Bai2se4  (白色): white color

New Fruits
Ping2guo3  (苹果): apple
Mang2guo3 (芒果): mango
Xiang1jiao1 (香蕉): banana
Xi1gua1 (西瓜): water melon
Nan2gua1 (南瓜): pumpkin

New animals:
Qi3e2  (企鹅): penguin
Wu1gui1  (乌龟): turtle

New songs--some happy marriage between numbers and animals
 
10 cute little sleep

10 penguin

That is all, folks! Tomorrow afternoon booster class as usual! See you, I hope! 

杜老师 （Du4lao3shi1）

6 down and 1 more to go....until 11 yue4

I hope you are not frustrated or intimidated with my reviews. I would love to hear from you if you do. I am open to suggestions and appreciate feedback tremendously!

Only two new vocabulary words:

Er2zi  (儿子): son
Nv3er2 (女儿): daughter

That is all, folks! Tomorrow afternoon booster class as usual! See you, I hope! Have a great week.  

Cheers!!
杜老师 （Du4lao3shi1）

More review; more perfection!!!!!

Another lively class today! For those of you who didn't make it today, we missed you!!

More review and more attempt to perfect what we have learned.

Here are the weekly key words for your reference:

Mao1  (猫): cat
Xiong2 (熊): bear
Mao1xiong2 (猫熊): panda bear; BUT Chinese people tend to call panda bear Xiong2mao1 (bear- cat, just think you should know)!!!

Let's do math with little bears!!

12 zodiacs!

Ask your little one to go brushing teeth every night in Chinese: Shua1ya2 (刷牙)!!

That is all, folks! Tomorrow afternoon booster class as usual! See you, I hope! Have a great week. 

Cheers!!
杜老师 （Du4lao3shi1）  

4 done, 3 to go!!!!

Lively class today! Did not cover too much new ground, but the existing information is moving into permanent land with vigor.

Here are the weekly key words for your reference:

Chinese zodiac signs have come full circle!
Shu3 niu2 hu3 tu4 (鼠，牛，虎，兔）rat/cow/tiger/rabbit
Long2 she2 ma3 yang2 (龙，蛇，马，羊) dragon/snake/horse/sheep
Hou2 ji1 gou3 zhu1 (猴，鸡，狗，猪）monkey/chicken/dog/pig

Zhe4 (这): this
Shi4 (是): to-be verb (is/are/was/were...)
Zhe4 shi4 wo3 de ba4ba. (这是我的爸爸): This is my dad.

Let's learn Chinese kinship terms and exercise with the baby shark!

Let's count to 30...

If you would like to participate in the booster class at my house, it will be tomorrow (Thursday, October 4th) from 3 to 5 in the afternoon. It is free of charge, but do bring your questions, ideas, and anything that you would like to share. Please respond to this posting if you and your little one are coming (required). I will then send you my address privately. You may also connect with me via either Line or Wechat (See my id on the note-card!).

That is all, folks! Have a great week.  

Cheers!!
杜老师 （Du4lao3shi1）

3 down, 4 to go!!!

Here are the weekly key words for your reference:

Number related:

Yue4 (月): month
Hao4 (号): date

Jiu3 yue4 er4shi2liu4 hao4: September 26th

Chinese zodiac animals 8/12

Shu3 niu2 hu3 tu4 (鼠，牛，虎，兔）rat/cow/tiger/rabbit
Long2 she2 ma3 yang2 (龙，蛇，马，羊) dragon/snake/horse/sheep

Kong3long2 (恐龙): dinosaur
Yi1 zhi1 kong3long2 (一只恐龙) One dinosaur
Zhi1 (只): measure word for most animals

Adjectives:

Da4 (大): big vs. xiao3 (小): small

Xiao3 mao1 （猫）kitten
Xiao3 Gou3 （狗）puppy

Family:

Jia1 (家): home/family
De (的): possessive ( ') marker
Wo3 de jia1 (我的家): my home/my family
Ba4ba (爸爸): papa
Ma1ma (妈妈): mamma/mom

Ba4ba de ba4ba jiao4 (is called) ye2ye (爸爸的爸爸叫爷爷。)
Ba4ba de ma1ma jiao4 nai3nai (爸爸的妈妈叫奶奶。)
Ma1ma de ba4ba jiao4 gong1gong (妈妈的爸爸叫公公。)
Ma1ma de ma1ma jiao4 po1po (妈妈的妈妈叫婆婆。)

Song: 10 dinosaurs

If you would like to participate in the booster class at my house, it will be tomorrow (Thursday, September 27th) from 3 to 5 in the afternoon. It is free of charge, but do bring your questions, ideas, and anything that you would like to share. Please respond to this posting if you and your little one are coming (required). I will then send you my address privately. You may also connect with me via either Line or Wechat (See my id on the note-card!)

Cheers!!
杜老师 （Du4lao3shi1）

Hurray!! 2nd class under our belt!!

Here are the weekly key words for your reference:

Dui4 bu4 qi3 (对不起！) I am sorry!
Mei2 guan1xi（没关系!）It is all right!

Xie4xie （谢谢！）Thank you!
Bu2xie4 （不谢！）Don't mention it!

Animals:

Mao1 （猫）cat
Gou3 （狗）dog
Shu3 niu2 hu3 tu4 (鼠，牛，虎，兔）rat/cow/tiger/rabbit

Don't forget to count numbers whenever is possible.

Here is the Hello-good morning-good night song:

Friend song:

If you would like to participate in the booster class at my house, it will be tomorrow (Thursday, September 20th) from 3 to 5 in the afternoon. It is free of charge, but do bring your questions, ideas, and anything that you would like to share. Please respond to this posting if you and your little one are coming (required). I will then send you my address privately. You may also connect with me via either Line or Wechat (See my id on the note-card!)

That is all, folks! Have a great week.

杜老师 （Du4 lao3shi1）

Greetings, PlayArts parents!!

It was very nice having you all in my first fall series class: Chinese Learning Lab!

Welcome 欢迎 ( huan1 ying2)！

Here are the weekly key words for your reference:

Lao3 shi1 (老师）: teacher
Ni3 hao3 （你好）: hello
Zao3shang4 hao3 （早上好）: morning good (good morning)
Xie4xie (谢谢）: Thank you
Zai4 jian4 （再见）: again see (goodbye/see you again)

First sentence:
Wo3 ai4 ni3. （我爱你。）: I love you.

Here is the good morning song that I love:

Learn to sing Chinese numbers 1 to 10:

See you next week!

杜老师 (Du4 lao3shi1)