Chinese Characters
Chinese characters are derived from drawings that have evolved over the years. To build a good foundation of learning Chinese characters, begin by learning the "radicals" that make up a Chinese character. And don't forget to check our creative minibooks with hands-on and visual exercises to help your child learn through play.
Chinese Characters
Chinese characters are derived from drawings that have evolved over the years. To build a good foundation of learning Chinese characters, begin by learning the "radicals" that make up a Chinese character. And don't forget to check our creative minibooks with hands-on and visual exercises to help your child learn through play.
Minibooks
Birthday Play Dough Character Mat
Your little one and the birthday guests will have so much fun building Chinese characters and putting candles on the cake with this Birthday Play Dough Character Mat printout. After they have finished decorating the cake, don’t forget to take a photo and share it with the parents and grandparents. More play dough activities here. […]
Recognize Numbers and Colors with Apples
Challenge your little one with this Recognize Numbers and Colors with Apples worksheet. Your little one will practice counting and build Chinese number character recognition skills. It’s a great combo activity that activates both cognitive and fine motor skills. For more color character exercises, see our Chinese Radical Puzzles for Colors and Match Apple and […]
Chinese Character Trace Apple
Build familiarity with the Chinese characters for “apple” with this tracing worksheet. These characters are used in favorite food words like apple pie, apple juice, apple cider, apple crisps and so on. This is an essential worksheet for all little apple fans! For more apple-licious activities, see our Apple Theme Collection. Include Traditional and Simplified […]
Chinese Radical Puzzles “艹”
Chinese Radical Puzzles are a wonderful way to build familiarity with Chinese characters. This Chinese Radical Puzzle is a fun practice to learning about the radical “艹”, which is often used with Chinese characters associated with plants and grasses. Match the radicals to make up a Chinese character for flower, grass, apple and sprout and […]
Wizarding World Color by Size
Challenge your budding magician’s visual discrimination and Chinese size character recognition skills with the help of this Wizarding World Color By Size activity. Students will practice recognizing the Chinese characters for big and small and determine which image to color in. This activity features images of the wand, wizard’s hat, broom, bat, feather pen and […]
Crystal Ball Color Matching
Our Crystal Ball Color Matching activity is a great resource to reinforce Chinese color character recognition and matching skills. It’s a fantastic exercise that will help your children learn to identify Chinese color characters and develop cognitive skills. Matching activities like this can bring a sense of calm and concentration which can be extremely satisfying […]
Fruits Word Search
Encourage your children to hone their fine motor and Chinese character recognition skills with our Fruits Word Search. Extend the learning by asking students to name the fruits they find in the puzzle. You might also like our Fruits I Spy, Counting 1 to 10 with Fruits and Fruits Flashcards with Seasons. Include Traditional and […]
Sight Character Maze: Dad
This Sight Character Maze: Dad activity is a great way of getting your children to engage with character recognition learning. It’s perfect for pre-k and kindergarten kids. Your child’s mission is to help dad find the way to his biking helmet by following the Chinese character for dad from one side of the maze to […]
Chinese Character Big 大
This set of worksheets features the Chinese Character Big 大. The first page helps your student learn the stroke order and commonly used words with this Chinese character. The next page features 2 simple activities to help your students practice Chinese character recognition. This Chinese character is part of a 5-Chinese character series of 大小半多少 […]
Chinese Character Few 少
This set of worksheets features the Chinese Character Few 少. The first page helps your student learn the stroke order and commonly used words with this Chinese character. The next page features 2 simple activities to help your students practice Chinese character recognition. This Chinese character is part of a 5-Chinese character series of 大小半多少 […]
Chinese Character Half 半
This set of worksheets features the Chinese Character Half 半. The first page helps your student learn the stroke order and commonly used words with this Chinese character. The next page features 2 simple activities to help your students practice Chinese character recognition. This Chinese character is part of a 5-Chinese character series of 大小半多少 […]
Chinese Character Many 多
This set of worksheets features the Chinese Character Many 多. The first page helps your student learn the stroke order and commonly used words with this Chinese character. The next page features 2 simple activities to help your students practice Chinese character recognition. This Chinese character is part of a 5-Chinese character series of 大小半多少 […]
Chinese Characters Combo 大小半多少
Introducing “This Chinese Characters Combo 大小半多少”! This comprehensive resource features five essential Chinese characters: 大 (big), 小 (small), 半 (half), 多 (many), and 少 (few). With a matching word activity and a spin and cover game, this combo is designed to reinforce your students’ understanding of these characters in an engaging and interactive way. Pair […]
Chinese Character Small 小
This set of worksheets features the Chinese Character Small 小. The first page helps your student learn the stroke order and commonly used words with this Chinese character. The next page features 2 simple activities to help your students practice Chinese character recognition. This Chinese character is part of a 5-Chinese character series of 大小半多少 […]
Rice Dumpling Sight Character Maze
This easy sight word maze will help your children recognize one of the most frequently used words during the Dragon Boat Festival “粽子 | zongzi” which is also known as the rice dumpling. Rice dumpling is must-eat to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival! Each one is wrapped with a bamboo leaf and stuffed with sticky […]
Dragon Boat Festival Connect the Words
Practice the common vocabulary for the Dragon Boat Festival with this easy Connect the Words activity. Read aloud the vocabulary in Chinese with pinyin and connect the picture with the correct Chinese words. You can also pair this activity with our Dragon Boat Festival Flashcards for more practice of character recognition skills. Include Traditional and […]
Rice Dumpling Color Match Dress-up
This Rice Dumpling Color Match Dress-up activity features a colorful wardrobe for the rice dumplings. Students will match the “outfit” to the correct rice dumpling. Use this color match activity to create a hands-on center to help kids learn to recognize colors. Print and laminate the worksheets to create a long-lasting activity. Matching activities are […]
Dragon Boat Race Fill in the Number
This Dragon Boat Race Fill in the Number activity gives your kids an opportunity to participle in a race on paper! Your kindergarteners and first-graders will get plenty practice for sequencing numbers in Chinese. Afterward they can color in the Dragon Boats with their favorite colors! Include Traditional and Simplified Chinese versions.
Dragon Boat Festival Color By Size
Use this Dragon Boat Festival Color By Size worksheet to develop your kid’s understanding of sizes and the Chinese characters for large, medium and small. This activity will strengthen visual discrimination and fine motor skills. It’s also a great exercise for learning about the ingredients inside a rice dumpling, a popular dish during the Dragon […]
Dragon Boat Counting Clip Cards
In this Dragon Boat Counting Clip Cards set, your kids will practice counting and recognizing Chinese numbers 1 to 12. This is also a great activity for learning about the Dragon Boat Festival. Each clip card features a common Dragon Boat Festival item that your kids can color in while they count. Include Traditional and […]
I Spy Mom
I Spy Mom is a great activity to strengthen visual discrimination and Chinese recognition skills. Children will use the checklist at the bottom determine which items/Chinese characters they need to find. This I Spy Mom also adds a little coloring practice for your little one! See our blog post to discover more All About Mom […]
Connect Mom and Dad Characters
If your child likes balloons, he/she will love this fun Connect Mom and Dad activity. In this worksheet, your child will draw a line to pair up the balloons with the same Chinese characters. It’s a wonderful practice to develop character recognition and writing skills. After all the balloons have been paired, color them in […]
Playdough Chinese Character Writing Mat: Mom
Explore and learn the Chinese characters for Mom using this simple Playdough Chinese Character Writing Mat. This mat features the Chinese characters for Mom. It’s a great activity to add to your play dough center to increase fine motor skills, hand strength and character recognition! See our blog post to discover more fun All About […]
Color By Flower Height
Which is taller? This Color By Flower Height is a fun comparison activity for your budding gardener! Encourage your child to out which flower in each pair is shorter and which is taller. And show your child the Chinese character for tall and short. This is a great way to help your child identify and […]
Playdough Character Writing Mats: Earth and Environment
Your children will love building Chinese characters with these Playdough Character Writing mats! Simply print and place it in a clear sleeve and start building! This activity features the word for Earth and Environmental Protection in Mandarin Chinese. It’s a great activity to increase fine motor skills, hand strength and Chinese character sense. See our […]
Sight Character Maze: Egg, Chicken, Rabbit
These Sight Character Maze activities are a wonderful way to get your child engaged with character recognition. This set features the Chinese characters for egg, rabbit, and chicken. It’s perfect for pre-k and kindergarten kids. Your child’s mission is to help the chick, bunny, and egg find their way to their destination by following the […]
Find the Matching Characters Easter
Use this Easter Find the Matching Characters to reinforce character recognition and identification! This worksheet features the Chinese characters for flower, rabbit, chicken and egg. At the end of this exercise, your child will be able to recognize these common Easter Chinese characters! Pair this Matching Character worksheet with more Easter activities. Include Traditional and […]
Mystery Picture with Numbers: Flower
Use this mystery picture activity with your kids to practice Chinese number recognition 1 to 6. To complete this activity, they will need to recognize the Chinese number characters and color according to the key. Once they fill in all the squares, they will discover a fun picture of a flower! This activity requires focus […]
5 Senses Dice
This 5 Senses Dice is perfect for teaching toddlers, preschools, kindergartners and grade 1 kids about 5 senses in Chinese! It includes pictures of a mouth, ear, nose, hand, and eye next to each Chinese character with pinyin. You can use it to play games of senses. Roll the dice and ask what your child […]
Color By Chinese Radical Saint Patrick’s Day
This fantastic Color By Chinese Radical with a Saint Patrick theme activity helps your child practice recognizing common Chinese radicals. It’s a fun exercise that strengthens your child’s visual recognition and coloring skills. Building familiarity with Chinese radicals at an early age will make learning Chinese characters much easier as the characters get more and […]
What Hour Is It?
Teaching kids how to tell the time takes time. Start with this easy worksheet to prime your kids’ understanding and skills of telling time on the hour. What Hour Is It focuses on building confidence with the hour hand by drawing it on an analog clock. In this practice, your children will learn to convert […]
Can You Tell The Time?
“Can You Tell the Time?” is a wonderful challenge that reinforces your children’s understanding of telling time. It combines the skills of reading digital and analog clocks and recognizing Chinese number characters. It’s a hands-on activity that your kids will love playing again and again. If you like more hands-on activities for learning about time, […]
Color By Sight Character – Love
Reinforce Chinese character recognition and formation using this Color By Sight Character activity. This activity focuses on 3 Chinese characters, “愛 ai”,“心 xin” and “甜 tian” which means love, heart and sweet. You will find these characters everywhere during Valentine’s Day. Help your child learn how to identify these Chinese characters in different fonts and […]
Chinese Zodiac Matchup Cards
Learning about Chinese Zodiac signs is easy with these handy character and picture cards. One set of cards features the animal drawings and one set of cards features the matching word in Chinese. There are many different ways to play with these cards. You can match the character card with the right picture card or […]
Find Chinese Zodiac Animal Characters
This Chinese Zodiac Character activity is a great resource to reinforce character recognition and visual matching skills. It’s like an I-Spy but with Chinese characters! Your kid will get to color in the matching characters and learn to recognize Chinese characters of rat, ox, tiger, and rabbit. Pair it with this Zodiac Sequence activity for […]
Chinese New Year Couplet Character Matching
Chinese New Year / Spring Couplets are an important custom when it comes to celebrating the Chinese New Year. They are banners that are posted on either side of the door or on the wall with auspicious messages. In this activity, your little gets to make kid-size couplets by matching up the Chinese characters. It’s […]
Chinese Characters Strength and Knife
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Chinese Characters Nine and Ten
Learning Chinese characters has never been easier with LingoBuddies.fun’s unique Chinese Character learning approach. Children learn through play and stories. We made each Chinese character into a real character, a cartoon one that is! Each “character” has a personality that is derived from the Chinese character’s meaning. Your child will be able to connect with […]
Chinese Characters Seven and Eight
Learning Chinese characters has never been easier with LingoBuddies.fun’s unique Chinese Character learning approach. Children learn through play and stories. We made each Chinese character into a real character, a cartoon one that is! Each “character” has a personality that is derived from the Chinese character’s meaning. Your child will be able to connect with […]
Chinese Characters People and Enter
Learning Chinese characters has never been easier with LingoBuddies.fun’s unique Chinese Character learning approach. Children learn through play and stories. We made each Chinese character into a real character, a cartoon one that is! Each “character” has a personality that is derived from the Chinese character’s meaning. Your child will be able to connect with […]