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Free Mid Autumn Festival Colouring Worksheets

Colouring is an enjoyable and easy activity for my children to immerse in the Chinese festivities. So every year, I…

7 of the best Mandarin Chinese English Bilingual Picture Dictionary

Picture dictionaries are very useful for learning new vocabulary and looking up unfamiliar terms independently for young children. Visual representations…

Books / Top Tips

Teach children to read with these Chinese levelled readers: Odonata 幼儿首1200字

At Mandarin Homeschool, we have read a lot of Chinese readers. I like to divide our Chinese books into two…

Festivals / Mid Autumn

Everything You Need To Know to Teach the Mid-Autumn Festival

What is the Mid Autumn Festival 中秋节? Mid-autumn falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month every year.…

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How to get your children to speak more Mandarin Chinese

Do you find it hard to start a conversation with your children? I find myself constantly asking my children to…

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Heartfelt Lunch Notes – A little bit of love and daily Chinese reading

How do you say I love you? Love doesn't have to be a complicated and big gesture. Take a cue…