Lesson 12 Wood

小木偶

Lesson 11 Mountain

一二三四五 山上有老虎

Lesson 10 Morning

刷刷牙

Lesson 9 Moon/Month

月兒彎

Lesson 8 Sun/Day

祝你生日快樂

Lesson 7 Mouth

小白鵝

Lesson 6 Little/Small

大朋友小朋友

Lesson 5 Big/Huge

大熊大

Lesson 4 People

一二三木頭人

Lesson 3 Please

請你進來

Lesson 2 Numbers

一二三拍拍手

Lesson 1 Tones

媽媽早

A Chinese New Year Song

恭喜恭喜

A friend comes to visit

這是誰？

First time meeting someone

你好！

Telephone Conversation

"May I ask whom you are looking for?"

2011 Mountain House Chinese School Performance

三輪車 (Tricycle)

三輪車 跑得快

上面坐個老太太

要五毛 給一塊

你說奇怪不奇怪

小猴子 吱吱叫

肚子餓得不能跳

給香蕉 還不要

你說好笑不好笑

Allie, Lam, and Sophia

Click the video to listen to their speaking Mandarin Chinese:

Verbs and actions

Repeat the verbs and do the actions at the same time till you can memorize them:

Poem "Big Frog"

大青蛙，大青蛙
(Big frog, big frog)
有腳沒尾巴
(has feet but no tail)
問他名字叫什麼
(Ask him what his name is)
他說他叫呱呱呱
(He says he is called "gua gua gua")

你喜歡...嗎？(Do you like...?)

Use one of the following school subjects to practice asking and answering the question:

Q: 你喜 歡____嗎? (Do you like ___ ?)

A1: 我喜歡____。 (I like ___ .)
A2: 我不喜歡____。 (I don't like ___ .)

Subjects:

中文 (Chinese)
數學 (Math)
文學 (Literature)
科學 (Science)
歷史 (History)
美術 (Art)
音樂 (Music)
地理 (Geography)

How to say seven days and twelve months

Q: 今天星期幾？(What day is today?)
A: 今天星期一(二、三、四、五、六、日)。(Today is Monday,....)

Q： 現在幾月？ (What month is it now?)
A: 現在一(二、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、、十、十一、十二)月。 (Now is January,....)

Poem "小娃娃" (Little Doll)

我有一個小娃娃
兩隻眼睛眨呀眨
還有一張小嘴巴
可是不會叫媽媽

Daily Chinese language

Q: 這(裡)是哪裡？
A: 這(裡)是學校。

Q: 那(裡)是哪裡？
A: 那(裡)是公園。

Daily Chinese language

Q: 你叫什麼名字？
A: 我叫 ____ 。

Q: 你好嗎？
A: 我很好。

A: 謝謝你。
B: 不客氣。

A: 對不起。
B: 沒關係。

Nouns, Verbs, and Sentences

Click the video and practice reading out loud the nouns and verbs in your handout, and try to make sentences by using those nouns and verbs:

一ㄨㄩ with 6 Phrases

Click the video and practice 一ㄨㄩ with 6 Phrases in your handout:

Song "火車快飛"

Click the video and sing the song "火車快飛" (A Fast Train):

Phrases

ㄊ=> ㄊㄠ2/ㄗ5 (Peach)
ㄡ=> ㄏㄞ3/ㄡ1 (Seagull)
一ㄛ=>ㄞ/一ㄛ/
ㄨㄢ=>ㄨㄢ1/ㄉㄡ4 (Peas)
ㄨㄣ=> ㄏㄞ3/ㄊㄨㄣ2 (Dolphin)
ㄩㄢ=> ㄩㄢ2/ㄑㄩㄢ1 (Circle)
ㄩㄣ=> ㄅㄞ2/ㄩㄣ2 (White clouds)

3 Ws Questions & 12 animals (zodiac)

3 Ws Questions:

誰 ㄕㄟ2 (who)

什麼 ㄕㄜ2/ㄇㄛ5 (what)

哪裡 ㄋㄚ3/ㄌ一3 (where)

12 animals (zodiac):

鼠 牛 虎 免

龍 蛇 馬 羊

猴 雞 狗 豬

小星星(Little stars)

一閃一閃亮晶晶

滿天都是小星星

掛在天上放光明

好像許多小眼睛

一閃一閃亮晶晶

滿天都是小星星

一4/ㄕㄢ3/一4/ㄕㄢ3/ㄌ一ㄤ4/ㄐ一ㄥ1/ㄐ一ㄥ1
(winking, winking, and shining)

ㄇㄢ3/ㄊ一ㄢ1/ㄉㄡ1/ㄕ4/ㄒ一ㄠ3/ㄒ一ㄥ1/ㄒ一ㄥ1
(whole sky is filled with little starts)

ㄍㄨㄚ4/ㄗㄞ4/ㄊ一ㄢ1/ㄕㄤ4/ㄈㄤ4/ㄍㄨㄤ1/ㄇ一ㄥ2
(hanging up the sky and brightening it)

ㄏㄠ3/ㄒ一ㄤ4/ㄒㄩ3/ㄉㄨㄛ1/ㄒ一ㄠ3/一ㄢ3/ㄐ一ㄥ1
(look like many little eyes)

一4/ㄕㄢ3/一4/ㄕㄢ3/ㄌ一ㄤ4/ㄐ一ㄥ1/ㄐ一ㄥ1
(winking, winking, and shining)

ㄇㄢ3/ㄊ一ㄢ1/ㄉㄡ1/ㄕ4/ㄒ一ㄠ3/ㄒ一ㄥ1/ㄒ一ㄥ1
(whole sky is filled with little starts)

Yi4 Shan3 Yi4 Shan3 Liang4 Jing1 Jing1

Man3 Tian1 Dou1 Shi4 Xiao3 Xing1 Xing1

Gua4 Zai4 Tian1 Shang4 Fang4 Guang1 Ming2

Hao3 Xiang4 Xu3 Duo1 Xiao3 Yan3 Jing1

Yi4 Shan3 Yi4 Shan3 Liang4 Jing1 Jing1

Man3 Tian1 Dou1 Shi4 Xiao3 Xing1 Xing1

Daily Conversation

ㄋ一3/ㄕ4/ㄕㄟ2/?
(Who are you?)

ㄨㄛ3/ㄕ4/___/。
(I am ___ .)

ㄊㄚ1/ㄕ4/ㄕㄟ2/?
(Who is he/she?)

ㄊㄚ1/ㄕ4/___/。
He/She is ___ .

ㄋ一3/ㄏㄠ3/ㄇㄚ5/?
(How are you?)

ㄨㄛ3/ㄏㄣ3/ㄏㄠ3/。/ㄋ一3/ㄋㄜ5/?
(I am very fine. And you?)

ㄨㄛ3/一ㄝ3/ㄏㄣ3/ㄏㄠ3/。
(I am very fine, too.)

ㄗㄠ3/ㄢ1/!
(Good morning!)

ㄨ3/ㄢ1/!
(Good afternoon!)

ㄨㄢ3/ㄢ1/!
(Good night/evening!)

ㄅㄚ4/ㄅㄚ5/ㄗㄠ3/!
(Daddy, morning!)

ㄇㄚ1/ㄇㄚ5/ㄗㄠ3/!
(Mommy, morning!)

ㄌㄠ3/ㄕ1/ㄗㄠ3/!
(Teacher, morning!)

ㄆㄥ2/一ㄡ3/ㄗㄠ3/!
(Friend, morning!)

Two sentences

ㄇㄚ2/ㄑㄩㄝ4/

ㄓㄢ4/ㄗㄞ4/

ㄉ一ㄢ4/ㄒ一ㄢ4/

ㄕㄤ4/ㄇ一ㄢ4

ㄨㄛ3/ㄩㄥ4/

ㄑ一ㄢ1/ㄅ一3/

ㄏㄨㄚ4/ㄌㄜ5/

一4/ㄕㄨㄤ1/

ㄒ一ㄝ2/ㄗ5

Poem "Little Rabbit"

"ㄒ一ㄠ3/ ㄊㄨ4/ ㄗ5"

ㄒ一ㄠ3 /ㄊㄨ4/ ㄗ5

一ㄠ2/ 一ㄠ2/ ㄦ3/ ㄉㄨㄛ5

ㄏㄠ3 /ㄒ一ㄤ4/ ㄉㄨ4/ ㄗ5/ ㄜ4/ ㄌㄜ5

ㄒ一ㄠ3/ ㄊㄨ4/ ㄗ5

ㄋ一3 /一ㄠ4/ ㄔ1/ ㄕㄣ2/ ㄇㄜ5

ㄋㄥ2 /ㄅㄨ4/ ㄋㄥ2/ ㄍㄠ4/ ㄙㄨ4/ ㄨㄛ3

Different measure words for animals & insects

一4/ㄓ1/ㄔㄤ2/ㄐ一ㄥ3/ㄌㄨ4 (one giraffe)

ㄌ一ㄤ3/ㄊㄡ2/ㄉㄚ4/ㄏㄨㄤ2/ㄋ一ㄡ2 (two big yellow oxes)

ㄙㄢ1/ㄓ1/ㄉㄚ4/ㄏㄟ1/ㄓㄨ1 (three big black pigs)

ㄙ4/ㄓ1/ㄒ一ㄠ3/ㄌㄠ3/ㄕㄨ3 (four small mice)

ㄨ3/ㄓ1/ㄒ一ㄠ3/ㄅㄞ2/ㄊㄨ4 (five small white rabbits)

ㄌ一ㄡ4/ㄓ1/ㄏㄨㄤ2/ㄏㄨ2/ㄉ一ㄝ2 (six yellow butterflies)

ㄑ一1/ㄓ1/ㄒ一ㄠ3/ㄨ1/ㄍㄨㄟ1 (seven small turtles)

ㄅㄚ1/ㄊ一ㄠ2/ㄉㄚ4/ㄉㄨ4/ㄩ2 (eight big tummy fishes)

ㄐ一ㄡ3/ㄓ1/ㄒ一ㄠ3/ㄒ一1/一4 (nine small lizards)

ㄕ2/ㄓ1/ㄏㄨㄥ2/ㄇㄚ3/一3 (ten red ants)

Chinese New Year Song "恭喜恭喜"

ㄇㄟ3 ㄊ一ㄠ2 ㄉㄚ4 ㄐ一ㄝ1 ㄒ一ㄠ3 ㄒ一ㄤ4
每 條 大 街 小 巷
ㄇㄟ3 ㄍㄜ5 ㄖㄣ2 ㄉㄜ5 ㄗㄨㄟ3 ㄌ一3
每 個 人 的 嘴 裡
ㄐ一ㄢ4 ㄇ一ㄢ4 ㄉ一4 一2 ㄐㄩ4 ㄏㄨㄚ4
見 面 第 一 句 話
ㄐ一ㄡ4 ㄕ4 ㄍㄨㄥ1 ㄒ一3 ㄍㄨㄥ1 ㄒ一3
就 是 恭 喜 恭 喜
ㄍㄨㄥ1 ㄒ一3 ㄍㄨㄥ1 ㄒ一3 ㄍㄨㄥ1 ㄒ一3 ㄋ一3 一ㄚ5
恭 喜 恭 喜 恭 喜 你 呀
ㄍㄨㄥ1 ㄒ一3 ㄍㄨㄥ1 ㄒ一3 ㄍㄨㄥ1 ㄒ一3 ㄋ一3
恭 喜 恭 喜 恭 喜 你

The Song "老鷹抓小雞"

Click the video and sing the song "The eagle is catching little chicks":

Chinese Measure Words

裡 面 有 什 麼 ？
(What's inside?
有 一 隻 手
(There's one hand.)
有 一 隻 腳
(There's one foot.)
有 一 條 腿
(There's one leg.)
有 一 個 鼻 子
(There's one nose.)
有 兩 隻 耳 朵
(There are two ears.)
有 兩 隻 眼 睛
(There are two eyes.)
有 一 個 布 娃 娃
(There's one doll.)

The 2nd half of the lyrics of the Song "兩隻老虎"

Use your handout and click the video to practice reading the 2nd half of the lyrics of "兩隻老虎(Two Tigers)":

手 在 哪 裡 ？ 手 在 哪 裡 ？
在 這 裡 ！ 在 這 裡 !
你 今 天 好 嗎 ？
我 今 天 很 好 。
再 見 吧 ！ 再 見 吧 ！

2nd Poem "下雨啦(It's raining)!"

Phrases and a brief phone conversation

Click the video to practice the phrases and the telephone conversation in your handout:

Basic Concepts of Chinese Language

Take out your handouts and click the video to learn the 3 parts of Chinese language -- Characters, Phonetic Symbols, and Tones. And, blend the symbols (beginning and ending sounds) with right tones to speak Chinese language correctly:

The Poem "CAT"

Click the video to practice reading out loud the poem "Cat" on your handout:

12 Zodiac in Chinese culture

Click the video and practice blending the initials and finals with correct tones in your handout to pronounce the 12 Zodiac (Animals) in Chinese culture:

鼠(rat) 牛(ox) 虎(tiger) 兔(rabbit)
龍(dragon) 蛇(snake) 馬(horse) 羊(goat)
猴(monkey) 雞(rooster) 狗(dog) 豬(pig)

The Lyrics for "兩隻老虎" (Two Tigers)

Take out your handout to practice blending the beginning sounds and ending sounds with correct tones in the lyrics of the song "兩隻老虎" (Two Tigers):

兩隻老虎，兩隻老虎，
跑得快！跑得快！
一隻沒有耳朵，
一隻沒有尾巴，
真奇怪！真奇怪！