These pictorial series of Chinese Classic titles were published by Singapore publisher Canfonian Pte Ltd. The series already discontinued but continued to be sought after as collectables!
Check all the Canfonian Pictorial series titles in Xihaha Facebook
Thursday, 30 September 2010
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Thursday, 16 September 2010
Free Mid autumn festival (Moon festival) colouring pages for children
The mid autumn festival or Moon Festival falls on the 15 day of August every year in the Chinese calendar. This year the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on 22nd September 2010. It is a popular tradition in China and is a festival full of fantasies. We called it Moon Festival, because all the activities are related to the moon.
Traditionally, on this day, Chinese family and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, eat moon cakes and drink tea together.
There are many legends relating to this holidays like the popular tale of Chang er’s Flight to the Moon, HouYi Shoots the Sun and another classic is the story of Jade Rabbits Pounding Medicine.
Please browse some pictures related to those stories, enjoy!
Source: Xihaha
Traditionally, on this day, Chinese family and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, eat moon cakes and drink tea together.
There are many legends relating to this holidays like the popular tale of Chang er’s Flight to the Moon, HouYi Shoots the Sun and another classic is the story of Jade Rabbits Pounding Medicine.
Please browse some pictures related to those stories, enjoy!
Source: Xihaha
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Chinese Treasure Chest Volume 1 & 2
 Volume 1 ISBN 13: 9789814281362 (Simplified) 9789814272926 (Traditional) Size: 216mm x 278mm Extent: 330 pages Finishing: Spiral bound Edition: 1st RRP: £38.00 |  Volume 2 ISBN 13: 9789814246620 (Simplified) 9789814281577 (Traditional) Size: 216mm x 278mm Extent: 420 pages Finishing: Spiral bound Edition: 1st RRP: £38.00 |
Now in UK Chinese Treasure Chest (Publisher: Cengage Learning Singapore) is an imaginative teaching resource that offers hundreds of reproducible pages of activities. The activities are organized into 12 monthly sections to fit the school year. Volume 1 covers September to December, volume 2 covers January to August. Each volume is available in simplified and traditional Chinese.
Within each month, there will be featured topics (e.g., greetings, schools, weather) and cultural/seasonal themes. Activities are carefully selected so that different difficulty levels are available for the teacher to choose from, to cater to beginner, intermediate and advanced learners.
Students learn the Chinese language and culture through games, songs, crossword puzzles, picture cards, TPR activities, role-play, chants and conversations. This book offers plenty of ideas for such activities. It will make the classroom experience more fun, enriching and rewarding for teachers and students alike!
Each section begins with teacher notes that states the learning objectives and difficulty level of each activity, and offers suggestions on how to implement an activity to get the best results.
Chinese Treasure Chest is a joint effort of three experienced Chinese teachers, and encapsulates their years of teaching experience and innovative approaches to teaching young children. It will make the classroom experience more fun, more enriching and more rewarding for teachers and students alike!
这是一套为中文教师设计的教学活动资源手册。全书分为12个月，按照各年级每月的课程主题和月份主题，提供出相应的语言、文化、会话等方面的多种课堂活动，并配有中英对照的活动说明供教师参考。
课程主题方面，包括基本常见的自我介绍、打招呼、数字、家庭、时间、身体部位、食物、颜色等，以及中高年级的学校、运动、爱好、公共场所、旅游、动物、天气、情绪等。月份主题则以文化为主线，主要包括每月的重要节日、中西文化比较等。根据这些主题设计的活动也与其他学科的内容相交织和呼应，使学生的学习可以做到与日常生活结合，融会贯通。
开展这样的教学活动，可以为学生营造良好的学习语境，教师也可以充分运用多种有效的语言教学技巧，如肢体演示、角色扮演、游戏、歌谣、关氏连句法、手工制作、看图说话、趣味问答等来提升听、说、读、写各方面的语言能力，并达到学习语言的沟通、贯连、比较、文化和学以致用的终极目标。
本书精彩的创意教学方案，必将带给您不一样的中文课堂经验！
Source: Xihaha Children Bookshop
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