Playing Balls and Celebrating Valentine's

In today's Mandarin class at McKinley Elementary, students practiced self-introduction:

• 大家好 hello everyone

• 我叫 my name is

• 我__岁了 I am__years old

• 我是男孩/女孩 I am a boy/girl

Each student got a chance to say each of the sentences in Mandarin before the class.

For Valentine’s Day, we made a 心形 (heart-shaped) dog. It is a fun activity for children to review animal and body parts-

• 狗 dog

• 心形 heart shape

• 头 head

• 耳朵 ears

• 身体 body

• 腿 leg

• 尾巴 tail

For more hands-on play, the class dedicates 15 minutes each day playing soccer or football outside in the yard.

Sports in Mandarin

1. 橄榄球 football

2. 网球 tennis

3. 足球 socker

4. 乒乓球 ping-pong ball

5. 冰球 hockey

6. 篮球 basketball

7. 棒球 baseball

Read it. Say it. Immerse it.