Chinese Tips for the Christmas Holidays 圣诞假期中文学习提示

Christmas holidays should be a time for fun, games and family, but there are ways to keep up Chinese skills without it feeling too much like homework! Ms Franny Guo, Year 3 Chinese Teacher, shares her ideas.

圣诞假期应该是娱乐、游戏和家庭欢聚的时刻，但也有一些方法可以温习中文技能，而且不会有应付家庭作业的感觉！ 3年级中文教师Franny Guo女士分享了她的想法。

Make Christmas Cards

制作圣诞贺卡

Making Christmas and New Year cards is a fun creative activity. Ask your child to write their cards in Chinese, using some of the vocabulary they’ve learned from school. If there is a character they do not know, they can replace it with pictures and pinyin. This is also an opportunity to write something special and meaningful in Chinese. 

制作圣诞和新年贺卡是一个有趣并且富有创造力的活动。让你的孩子用在校学到的中文写贺卡。不会写的汉字可以用图画和拼音代替。这样不仅可以练习中文书写，还有特殊的意义，这样一张充满了心意的贺卡将会是最好的礼物。

Make a Holiday Album 

制作假期相册

We love to see photos and hear stories from school holidays. This Christmas, ask your child to add Chinese descriptions and titles to their holiday album. When you return, you can share your memories with your teachers in Chinese!

我们喜欢与学生分享他们在假期的照片和故事。这个圣诞，让你的孩子制作一个中文版的假期生活的照片和视频集合，放假回来后，给老师和同学们分享。在完成项目的过程中，复习中文。

Download “Art of Chinese”

下载“Art of Chinese”应用程序

Art of Chinese is a beautifully designed app that helps students memorise characters in a visual way. It has a good range of basic characters so I recommend this app for reading beginners. The app also shows the evolution of the Chinese characters from oracle bone script to the present day, helping deepen understanding. 

“Art of Chinese”是一款汉字学习软件，界面满满的中国风，主要包含一些基础汉字的学习，尽管内容相对较少，但设计感较强，适合儿童和初学者接触中文。值得一提的是，软件提供了所学汉字的演化过程（从甲骨文到现在），可以加强学生对中国文化和文字演进的认识，并且提供汉字书写练习。

Learn Your Chinese New Year Songs!

学习中文新年歌曲！

Now the Christmas concerts are over, we have already started rehearsing our Chinese New Year songs! Encourage your child to learn the words to the songs and practise over Christmas!

我们的圣诞音乐会已经落幕，假期回来后的两周就是一年一度的中国新年表演，如果在假期能练习自己班表演的节目，背一背歌词，跟着音乐唱一唱歌，那会非常有帮助！

Merry Christmas from the Chinese department! For more info, click “Read more” below.

中文部祝您圣诞快乐！了解更多，请点击下面的“阅读原文”。

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