Elementary School 1 Chinese with Dalong, Xiaolong, Mike and Candy Marcus Reoch and Anne Martin Our book aims to encourage children to learn primary school Chinese with the emphasis on speaking, writing Chinese characters and having lots of fun! In total there are ten chapters with each chapter introducing a key topic that is linked to a child’s everyday life. Each chapter contains a certificate, a Great Wall Challenge and stickers to further reinforce the key learning points. There is also a CD of the sound recordings at the back of the book. Book 1 also includes a free login to Elementary School Chinese Online - a webportal full of games and competitions based on what they have already learnt. Please go to www.elementaryschoolchinese.com for registration. 2 CONTENTS Introduction Let’s meet our friends! The 4 Chinese sounds Chapter 1 Hello! Chapter 2 Names & Numbers Chapter 3 Age & Numbers Chapter 4 My Family Chapter 5 My Home Chapter 6 My School Bag Chapter 7 Food & Drink Chapter 8 Parts of the Body Chapter 9 What’s the Time? Chapter 10 My Clothes 3 Let’s meet our 2 Chinese dragons, Dàlóng and Xiaolóng! Dàlóng Big Dragon Xiaolóng Little Dragon Now let’s meet their 2 friends, Mike and Candy! Mike Candy 4 Let’s learn the 4 Chinese sounds! 1st sound is like singing a song! 2nd sound is like climbing a ladder! 3rd sound is like being on a roller coaster! 4th sound is like falling over and saying ‘ow’! Chapter 1 Hello! First words... Zhongwén Chinese laoshi teacher Greetings ni hao hello zàijiàn goodbye xièxie thank you Ni hao ma? How are you? Wo hen hao. I am well. ‘a’ sounds Ma Mum chá ma dà tea horse big 5 6 Chapter 1 Hello! What language are we going to learn? Zhongwén Chinese Who is going to teach us? laoshi teacher Say hello in Chinese! Say goodbye in Chinese! ni hao hello Join the red stars to see the word! zàijiàn goodbye Join the blue dots to see the word! Chapter 1 Hello! Let’s learn how to say thank you in Chinese! 7 xièxie thank you How do you say ‘How are you’? Ni hao ma? and... ‘I am well’ ? Wo hen hao. I am well. How are you? A-maze! Find your way out of the maze and say the words that you pass on the way to teacher! hao ta ni shi lao hao ma? wo xiao ni Start dà lóng hen hao End Chapter 1 Hello! 8 Let’s learn some ‘a’ sounds in Chinese! a á a à Let’s learn some ‘a’ words in Chinese! Ma Mum chá tea ma dà horse big Practise some ‘a’ sounds with your classmates! à a á a Chapter 1 Hello! 9 Let’s write big and small in Chinese characters! 大小 dà xiao big small Let’s write good in Chinese characters! 女 woman + 子 child = 好 hao good 10 Chapter 1 Hello! Draw the Chinese characters below! dà big xiao small hao good = Chapter 1 Hello! Help Dàlóng finish writing in the box. Help Xiaolóng finish writing in the box. Colour in this happy Chinese character in red, blue, yellow and green! 11 12 What have you learnt in Chapter 1? 1 dà ma chá ma laoshi 13 Match the correct stickers to the Chinese words! 14 Chapter 1 Certificate Congratulations, you have completed Chapter 1. Your name:________________________________________ Now I can... say hello and goodbye in Chinese. say thank you in Chinese. say ‘How are you?’ and ‘I am well’ in Chinese. say 4 different ‘a’ sounds in Chinese. write big, small and good in Chinese characters. rn a e l d n a Let’s go e in s e n i h C more ! 2 r e t p a Ch se e in h C l o o h c S ry a t n e m le E Online! . .. s e m a g & n u f e r o m For y r a t n e m e l e . w w w m o c . e s e n i h c l o scho