We will read 拼拼凑凑的变色龙 (Pīn pīn còu còu de biàn sè lóng) ‘The Mixed-Up Chameleon’ by Eric Carle at our Mandarin Song and Story Time this week.

This is a nice story about a chameleon who fancies himself as something bigger, but realises he finds himself happy just the way he is.

Seeing as our little chameleon imagines himself as lots of animals, maybe we will sing our ‘What animal?’ song this week too?  Here it is to sing to at home.  This song also has face parts in it, if you need a reminder of face parts, see blog post for a refresher on the face song.

It kind of goes to the ‘Skip to My Lou my darling’ tune, but here is my little girl singing this one for you. Animals and lyrics below. Maybe at home you can sing your own version using some of the animals in the book, other face/ body parts and different adjectives?  See you Wednesday at 10am 🙂

兔子 (tùzi) 大象 (Dàxiàng)

河马 (Hémǎ)

青蛙 (Qīngwā)
Here are the lyrics for you in characters, followed by pinyin and translation for non-Mandarin speaking parents:

什么动物耳朵长？

什么动物鼻子长？

什么动物嘴巴大？

什么动物眼睛大？

兔子兔子耳朵长

大象大象鼻子长

河马河马嘴巴大

青蛙青蛙眼睛大

Shénme dòngwù Ěrduo cháng?

Shénme dòngwù bízi cháng?

Shénme dòngwù zuǐbɑ dà?

Shénme dòngwù Yǎnjing dà?

tùzi tùzi Ěrduo cháng

dàxiàng dàxiàng bízi cháng

hémǎ hémǎ zuǐbɑ dà

qīngwā qīngwā Yǎnjing dà

What animal has long ears?
What animal has a long nose?
What animal has a big mouth?
What animal has big eyes?
rabbit rabbit has long ears
Elephant elephant has long nose
Hippo hippo has big mouth
Frog frog has big eyes