手指大拇指动动动 One Finger One Thumb Keep Moving

Well the kids have grown a bit, but we did used to love the old Wiggles 🙂 So we translated the Wiggles’ version of ‘One Finger One Thumb Keep Moving’ for our Mandarin Motion Song and Story Time, which we had fun singing today 🙂

Here is the Wiggles’ English version to help you sing the Chinese version.  Just replace our Mandarin lyrics below.  My kids plan to make a Mandarin version video for you 🙂

手指大拇指 动动动

我们都很高兴 (repeat after each verse)

手指大拇指 胳膊 动动动

手指大拇指 胳膊 动动动

手指 大拇指 胳膊 点着的头动动动

手指 大拇指 胳膊 点着的头 站起来 坐下来动动动

手指 大拇指 胳膊 点着的头站起来 转个圈 坐下来 动动动

shǒu zhǐ dà mǔ zhì dòng dòng dòng

wǒmen dōu hěn gāo xìng (repeat after each verse)

shǒu zhǐ dà mǔ zhì gēbo dòng dòng dòng

shǒu zhǐ dà mǔ zhì gēbo tuǐ dòng dòng dòng

shǒu zhǐ dà mǔ zhì gēbo tuǐ diǎn zhe de tóu dòng dòng dòng

shǒu zhǐ dà mǔ zhì gēbo tuǐ diǎn zhe de tóu zhànqilai zuòxialai dòng dòng dòng

shǒu zhǐ dà mǔ zhì gēbo tuǐ diǎn zhe de tóu zhànqilai zhuàn ge quān zuòxialai dòng dòng dòng

One finger One Thumb keep moving
We’ll all be happy and bright.
One finger, One Thumb, One Arm, keep moving
One finger, One Thumb, One Arm, One Leg, keep moving
One finger, One Thumb, One Arm, One Leg, One nod of the head, keep moving
One finger, One Thumb, One Arm, One Leg, One nod of the head, Stand Up, Sit Down, keep moving
One finger, One Thumb, One Arm, One Leg, One nod of the head, Stand Up, Turn around, Sit Down, keep moving

The Pet Dragon, Mandarin Song and Story Time Wednesday 31st May 2017

We will read ‘The Pet Dragon’ by Christoph Niemann this week, as requested from one of our students 🙂 It is a lovely book to introduce Chinese characters through clever illustrations.

We might see if we can be just as clever and make some of these characters with our bodies, on our own or as a team 🙂 Here is the illustration for 上下 in our book.

And here are our kids making them with their bodies:

We sing lots of songs that have 上 (shàng) ‘up/above/over etc.’ and 下 (xià) ‘down/below/under etc.’ in them. A good song and video to keep watching for ‘Up/Down’  is the Groovi Pauli ‘Going Up Going Down’ song, which you can watch by clicking on the song name! And don’t forget our ‘Where is the teacher?’ song that has ‘Up there’ and ‘Down there’ in it.  We move our shoulders ‘Up and down’ in our Clap hands song.  Our ‘London Bridge’ activity too has ‘falling DOWN’ in there.  And our Jelly Fish song has Up/Down in it! Here is a video I forgot I had of my kids a couple of friends singing this a few years back! You can watch it here but click on the London Bridge link for more details and lyrics of the song. There are no excuses for getting our 上 and 下 mixed up 🙂

So come along for some kinesthetic character learning fun!

谁拉的便便?Who did the poo?

For our Mandarin Song and Story Time this week we will read  谁拉的便便?(shéi lā de biàn biàn?) or ‘Who did the poo?’, a perfect follow on from all that food the hungry caterpillar ate last week 🙂

who-did-a-poo

Kids will get to guess ‘who did it’ and we will also add a few words about what happens before a poo…(eating!) and what we do after our poo (this language is great to hear over and over in the wiping bottom song)!

Here is the transcript to the book:

谁拉的便便? 我拉的。shéi lā de biàn biàn? wǒ lā de.  Who did the poo?  I did! (Guessing whose poo belongs to which character).

怎么没有人? zěn me méi yǒu rén.  What, no one is there?

我正在冲便便呢!wǒ zhèng zài chōng biàn biàn ne.  I was just flushing!

拉完了便便还应该做什么呢? lā wán le biàn biàn hái yīng gāi zuò shén me ne ?When you’ve done your poo what should you do?

擦屁股,穿裤子,冲马桶,洗洗手 cā pì gu,chuān kù zi ,chōng mǎ tǒng ,xǐ xǐ shǒu.  Wipe bottom, pull up pants, flush, wash hands.

我们每天都要吃东西。wǒ men měi tiān dōu yāo chī dōng xi 。We eat stuff everyday.

我们每天都要上厕所。wǒ men měi tiān dōu yāo shàng cè suǒ 。We go to the toilet everyday.

I think our story ending might be a good springboard to learn about being hungry and eating things….so we will enjoy Groovi Pauli’s song ‘I’m Hungry!’  And do the Fruit Conga again 🙂

 

Lyrics to song:

What sound is that?  什么声音? shén me shēng yīn?
Are you hungry? 你饿吗? nǐ è ma?

I’m hungry 我饿了wǒ è le
I want to eat something 想吃东西 xiǎng chī dōng xī
So hungry.

Ah-ya. I’m so hungry. 哎呀。我好饿。āi yā  wǒ hǎo è
My stomach is rumbling. 我肚子咕噜咕噜叫。wǒ dù zi gū lū gū lū jiào
I want to eat eat eat eat something. 我要吃吃吃吃东西。wǒ yào chī chī chī chī dōng xī
I want to eat til I’m full. 我要吃到饱。wǒ yào chī dào bǎo

I’m hungry 我饿了wǒ è le
I want to eat something 想吃东西 xiǎng chī dōng xī
So hungry.

 

好饿的毛毛虫 Very Hungry Caterpillar

This week at our Mandarin Motion Song and Story Time we will read 好饿的毛毛虫  (hǎo è de máo mao chóng) ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’.  We have all the food ready to feed our very hungry caterpillar!

This book is great for kids to make so many connections in Mandarin!  It has days of the week, counting, and lots of different measure words to hear!

We can also sing along to these two cool Groovi Pauli songs , salsa to the fruit song, and listen to our bellies 咕噜咕噜叫 (gū lu gū lu jiào) ‘rumble’!

苹果,苹果,苹果 (píng guǒ, píng guǒ, píng guǒ) apple, apple, apple
香蕉,香蕉,香蕉 (xiāng jiāo, xiāng jiāo, xiāng jiāo) banana, banana, banana
葡萄,葡萄,葡萄 (pú táo, pú táo, pú táo) grapes, grapes, grapes
橘子 (jú zi) tangerine

水果,水果,水果 (shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ) fruit, fruit, fruit
营养 (yíng yǎng) nutritious
水果,水果,水果 (shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ) fruit, fruit, fruit
水果 好吃 (shuǐ guǒ hǎo chī) Yummy fruit

草莓,草莓,草莓 (cǎo méi, cǎo méi, cǎo méi) strawberry, strawberry, strawberry
西瓜,西瓜,西瓜 (xī guā, xī guā, xī guā) watermelon, watermelon, watermelon
梨,梨,梨 (lí, lí, lí) pear, pear, pear
柚子 (yòu zi) grapefruit

水果,水果,水果 (shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ) fruit, fruit, fruit
营养 (yíng yǎng) nutritious
水果,水果,水果 (shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ) fruit, fruit, fruit
水果 好吃 (shuǐ guǒ hǎo chī) Yummy fruit

 What sound is that? 什么声音 shén me shēng yīn
Are you hungry? 你饿吗 nǐ è ma

I’m hungry 我饿了wǒ è le
I want to eat something 想吃东西 xiǎng chī dōng xī
So hungry.

Ah-ya. I’m so hungry. 哎呀。我好饿。āi yā wǒ hǎo è
My stomach is rumbling. 我肚子咕噜咕噜叫。wǒ dù zi gū lū gū lū jiào
I want to eat eat eat eat something. 我要吃吃吃吃东西。wǒ yào chī chī chī chī dōng xī
I want to eat til I’m full. 我要吃到饱。wǒ yào chī dào bǎo

I’m hungry 我饿了wǒ è le
I want to eat something 想吃东西 xiǎng chī dōng xī
So hungry.

See you Wednesday!

谁的屁股?Whose bottom?

We love stories and songs about bottoms 🙂 So we will read 谁的屁股? (shéi de pìgu) ‘Whose Bottom?’ this week, Wednesday 10am in our Mandarin Song and Story Time. For more posts on bottoms check out our wiping bottoms page, who did the poo page, tones and poo page, and poos and water page!

Lucas has also been busy this week playing with iMotion, and has made a little video to go to our 开门关门 song.  We have been singing this song for years in our story time, I wrote it when my kids were little and used to enjoy ‘Open Shut Them’ at regular library story time, and I wanted to try and write a similar action song in Mandarin to the same tune.  So here it is to enjoy at home 🙂 Well done Lucas 🙂 The words to the song are underneath the video.

Kāimén guānmén Kāimén guānmén,  Pāi Pāi Pāi Pāi shǒu

Kāimén guānmén Kāimén guānmén, mōmō jiǎozhǐtou

Zhànqǐlái zuòxià Zhànqǐlái zuòxià, Pāi Pāi Pāi Pāi shǒu

Zhànqǐlái zuòxià Zhànqǐlái zuòxià, mōmō nǐde tóu

开门关门开门关门, 拍拍拍拍手

开门关门开门关门, 摸摸脚指头

站起来坐下站起来坐下, 拍拍拍拍手

站起来坐下站起来坐下, 摸摸你的头

English translation is : Open the door, shut the door, open the door, shut the door, give a little clap, Open the door, shut the door, open the door, shut the door, touch your toes, stand up, sit down, stand up, sit down, give a little clap, stand up, sit down, stand up, sit down, touch your head.  Children put hands in prayer position and open and shut them to imitate a door opening and shutting for the first verse.  Children respond immediately as they know the tune so well.

We often, as with other songs, choose to sing this one 快 kuài /fast or  慢  màn /slow.  Kids love doing movement songs in speed and skow motion, and the slow version allows them to listen to and sing the song with very clear drawn out syllables.

See you Wednesday 🙂

谁的房子?Whose House?

We will guess which animal lives in which house at our Mandarin Motion Song and Story Time this week, reading Jeannette Rowe’s book…谁的房子? (Shéi de fáng zi?) is how we say ‘Whose House?’   Also, here is the ‘Direction’ song we have been jumping around to the last couple of weeks (上下左右歌)….the kids have found iMotion, a stop motion animation app, and created a lego version video of the song…well done Aurora and Lucas 🙂 The words are simply 上下左右前前后后中  shàng xià zuǒ yòu qián qián hòu hòu zhōng (Up Down Left Right Front Front Back Back Middle). Here is the original song on another You Tube link:  

回收! Recycle!

We went to an environmental centre last Tuesday to learn all about recycling! It is something we need to learn how to do better to help contribute to the achievement of the Global Goal of Responsible Consumption and Production. We also learned how to talk about recycling in Mandarin, so that we could share our learnings to both the English and Mandarin speaking communities of Brisbane 🙂

(for more insight into the Global Goals see our blog posts Heroes for Change, sending light , a day without electricity, and using milk to make plastic)

So from their research, the kids learned that Australia is not recycling as well as we could, and it seems mostly to do with confusion of what can and cannot be recycled, especially when each City Council has its own rules!  So we thought we would start with finding out what we can and cannot recycle in the Brisbane City Council area…we learned things we didn’t know!  So the kids made a video to share their findings about ‘Recycling’ in Brisbane.  They made this one in both English and Chinese, so that we could share these findings with both the English and Chinese speaking communities in Brissie!

Words to the song in our video are same as Groovi Pauli’s version below…but we had to change the words in our version to reflect our Council’s classifications! 🙂  Our classifications are Plastic 塑料  (sù liào)  Glass 玻璃 (bō li) Paper 纸 (zhǐ) Cardboard 纸板 (zhǐ bǎn) and Metal 金属 (jīn shǔ).  There are tables in the video that show examples of what can and cannot be recycled in each classification, in both English and Mandarin.  These tables are copied in this post at the bottom, but unfortunately I cannot colour code them on this page like they are in the video!

Some piks from the Recycle talk at Osprey House Environmental Centre:

The song that the kids sing in the video is taken from Groovi Pauli’s ‘Recycle song’ on his ‘Go Green’ album (top album to buy and listen to!), they had to change the lyrics a little to suit our Council’s classification and rules!  But here is Groovi Pauli’s version to listen to:

Lyrics to Groovi Pauli’s Recycle song are:

我说嘿!

垃圾分类

要资源回收

 看看你的垃圾

你有没有回收?

OH哦,没有没有

分类一下

回收容易了

瓶子    玻璃

        电池

都可以回收

不要乱丢

wǒ shuō hēi !
lā jī fēn lèi
yāo zī yuán huí shōu
kàn kan nǐ de lā jī
nǐ yǒu méi yǒu huí shōu ?
OH ò , méi yǒu méi yǒu
fēn lèi yī xià
huí shōu róng yì le
píngzi    bōli
zhǐ     diànchí
dōu kě yǐ huí shōu
bù yào luàn diū

I said ‘Hey’
separate your rubbish
you must recycle natural resources
look at your rubbish
have you recycled it?
Oho, no, no
sort it
recycling is easy
bottles, Glass,
paper, batteries  (NB lyrics/materials in our kids’ version changed to reflect Brisbane City Council’s classifications)
all can be recycled
don’t throw it away!

The following tables were created to give examples of what can and cannot be recycled in each classification of the Brisbane City Council..in both English and Mandarin 🙂

Metal materials that can be recycled:

Metal 金属 jīn shǔ
Tin cans 罐头 guàn tou
Soft drink cans 软饮料罐 ruǎn yǐn liào guàn
Foil trays 银箔托盘 yín bó tuō pán
Aluminium foil 铝箔 lǚ bó
aerosols 喷雾罐 pēn wù guàn
Paint tins 颜料罐 yán liào guàn

Metal Materials that cannot be recycled:

Metal 金属 jīn shǔ
Batteries 电池 diàn chí
Gas bottles 煤气罐 méi qì guàn
Metal wire 金属线 jīn shǔ xiàn
Scrap metal 废钢铁 fèi gāng tiě
Stainless steel cutlery 金属制的餐具 jīn shǔ zhì de cān jù
White goods 白色家电 bái sè jiā diàn

Glass Meterials that can be recycled:

Glass 玻璃 bō li
food bottles and jars 食物玻璃瓶和玻璃罐 shí wù bō li píng hé bō li guàn
Drink bottles 饮料玻璃瓶子 yǐn liào bō li píng zi
Perfume bottles 香水瓶 xiāng shuǐ píng

Glass Materials that cannot be recycled:

Glass 玻璃 bō li
Drinking glasses 玻璃杯 bō li bēi
Heat resistant glass 耐热玻璃 nài rè bō li _
Mirror glass 镜玻璃 jìng bō li
Window glass 窗玻璃 chuāng bō lí
Light bulb 灯泡 dēng pào

Plastic Materials that can be recycled:

plastic 塑料 sù liào
Soft drink bottles 软饮料瓶子 ruǎn yǐn liào píng zi
Takeaway containers 塑料容器 sù liào róng qì
Butter/yoghurt tubs 黄油/酸奶包装容器 huáng yóu / suān nǎi bāo zhuāng róng qì
Disposable plates /cutlery 塑料餐具 sù liào cān jù
Shampoo/detergent bottles 洗发水/洗涤剂瓶 xǐ fà shuǐ / xǐ dí jì píng
Biscuit / sushi trays 饼干/寿司盘 bǐng gān / shòu sī pán
Milk /juice bottles 牛奶 /果汁瓶 niú nǎi / guǒ zhī píng

Plastic Materials that cannot be recycled:

plastic 塑料 sù liào
Hard plastics (eg. toys /toothbrushes) 硬质塑料 (比如玩具/牙刷) yìng zhì sù liào ( bǐ rú wán jù / yá shuā )
Straws 吸管 xī guǎn
Plastic bags 塑料袋 sù liào dài
Cling wrap 保鲜膜 bǎo xiān mó
Chip packets 薯片包装 shǔ piàn bāo zhuāng
Toothpaste tubes 牙膏管子 yá gāo guǎn zǐ
Bubble wrap 气泡包装 qì pào bāo zhuāng

Paper Materials that can be recycled:

paper zhǐ
newspaper 报纸 bào zhǐ
Junk mail / advertising brochures 垃圾邮件/广告邮件 lā jī yóu jiàn / guǎng gào yóu jiàn
Office paper 办公废纸 bàn gōng fèi zhǐ _
Gift wrap 礼物包装纸 lǐ wù bāo zhuāng zhǐ _
Note books 笔记本 bǐ jì běn _
magazines 杂志 zá zhì _
Phone books 电话簿 diàn huà bù
Greetings cards 贺卡 hè kǎ
Paper bags 纸袋 zhǐ dài
envelopes 信封 xìn fēng

Paper Materials that cannot be recycled:

paper zhǐ
Padded envelopes 软包装的信封 ruǎn bāo zhuāng de xìn fēng
photos 照片 zhào piàn
Wax coated paper 蜡纸 là zhǐ
tissues 纸巾 zhǐ jīn
Toilet paper 卫生纸 wèi shēng zhǐ
Baking paper 烤纸 kǎo zhǐ

Cardboard Materials that can be recycled:

cardboard 纸板 zhǐ bǎn
boxes 纸箱 zhǐ xiāng
milk / juice cartons 牛奶箱 /果汁箱 niú nǎi xiāng / guǒ zhī xiāng
Egg cartons 鸡蛋箱 jī dàn xiāng
Toy boxes 玩具纸板包装 wán jù zhǐ bǎn bāo zhuāng
Pizza /cereal boxes 比萨饼盒 /谷物盒子 bǐ sà bǐng hé / gǔ wù hé zi
Detergent boxes 洗涤剂盒子 xǐ dí jì hé zi
Tissue boxes 纸巾盒 zhǐ jīn hé
Cardboard coffee cups 纸板咖啡杯 zhǐ bǎn kā fēi bēi

Cardboard Materials that cannot be recycled:

cardboard 纸板 zhǐ bǎn
Wax coated boxes 蜡涂层的纸板箱子 là tú céng de zhǐ bǎn xiāng zi

Happy Recycling!

反义词 Opposites!

Our older group is learning a play, and this song might help them to learn some of the vocab, by grouping the words into opposites!  Enjoy this video put together  by Jacky Tse, try and learn the words for our opposites game next week 🙂

The lines in between are pronounced as follows:

反义词歌

现在我们做什么?

大家说说反义词

反义词    反义词

大家说说反义词

fǎn yì cí gē

xiàn zài wǒ men zuò shén me ?

dà jiā shuō shuo fǎn yì cí

fǎn yì cí fǎn yì cí

dà jiā shuō shuo fǎn yì cí

Mandarin Motion Song and Story Time Wednesday 19th April 2017

Three cheeky cows jumping on chicken’s sofa again this week!

 

This is a great book by Jan Thomas, as children just have this innate desire to jump on the sofa, and so relate to the cows’ inability to control themselves, their regret as they are reminded they shouldn’t do it, and how they get around promising not to do it again!   It’s also really a great book to use repetitive and meaningful Chinese to the children.  It reinforces lots of phrases we use in the classroom regularly, apologising, and reinforces ‘Up Down’.  It will help the students talk about the location of things by using the location marker 在 (zài). Eg.

哪里? niú zài nǎ lǐ? literally ‘Cow is located where?’

you can then answer with exactly where they are:

沙发上。 niú zài shāfā shàng. literally ‘Cow is located sofa on’

To get this location marker stuck in your head, don’t forget our teacher song!

You can download a lovely finger puppet activity to act this story out at home, on the author’s website Jan Thomas Books.

Here are some of the words the children hear when sharing this book in Chinese:

小鸡           xiǎo jī                            Little chicken
小牛           xiǎo niú                         Little cow
沙发           shāfā                             sofa

准备好了吗?              zhǔnbèi hǎo le ma?                      Are you ready?
准备好了!                  zhǔnbèi hǎo le!                            Ready!
跳上跳下                      tiào shàng  tiào xià                        Jump up and down
跳舞                              tiàowǔ                                              Dance
扭来扭去                      niǔ lái niǔ qù                                  Wiggle around
在沙发上                      zài shāfā shàng                               on the sofa

别!                              biè!                                                   Don’t!
别跳!                          biè tiào!                                           Don’t jump!
别跳舞!                      biè tiào wǔ!                                     Don’t dance!

Here is the song the older students were introduced to last week to understand the really common usage of 上下 (shàng xià) or ‘Up / Down’ in Chinese.  Another cool song by Groovi Pauli!  Little kids will like singing the main part of this song! Lyrics are below.

shàng shàng shàng going up up up,
xià xià xià going down down below

上上上going up up up, 下下下going down down below.

Activity

In the up down song we sing in class, a few examples of shàng and xià are explored.  Use these around the house /community.  Let Groovi Pauli help you pronounce these by watching the video lots of times!

shàng chuáng – Getting in bed
shàng chē – Getting in the car
shàng lóu – Going up the stairs
shàng kè – starting class

xià chuáng – getting out of bed
xià chē – getting out of the car
xià lóu – going down the stairs
xià kè – finishing class

在挠痒痒一次 One More Tickle! Mandarin Motion Song and Story Time Wed 15th /Thurs 16th March 2017

We will be reading ‘One More Tickle’ this week at our Mandarin Motion Song and Story Time.

你的脚怕痒吗?看看吧。停停停!nǐ de jiǎo pà yǎng ma ? kàn kan ba 。 tíng tíng tíng !Are your feet ticklish? Let’s see. Stop Stop Stop!

Tickle in Chinese is 挠痒痒 (náo yǎng yang). ‘Ticklish’ is 怕痒 (pà yang) literally ‘scared of being tickled’ 🙂

In this book ‘Little Nutbrown Hare’ 小栗色兔子 (xiǎo lì sè tù zi) gets tickled on many parts of his body!  So watch some of those songs with body parts in before you come to class!  Here are a few:

Happy Tickling!  See you Wednesday or Thursday 🙂