Cantonese For Families - Helping Families Learn Cantonese

Mother’s Day Cantonese Resources 母親節粵語教材

Mother’s Day is almost upon us! Here’s a compilation of various Mother’s Day themed Cantonese resources, ranging from cartoons to book readings, activities and printables to Cantopop. Read More

Cantonese TV Programs for Kids on YouTube

A awesome compilation of fun and educational Cantonese TV program for kids. It is certainly helpful to see real people especially children speak Cantonese. Read More

COVID -19 Resources in Many Languages

If you are looking for COVID-19 resources to explain the situation to your children, here is a list of ebooks in English and many other languages including French, Spanish, Japanese, Vietnamese, and more. Read More

Free Sagebooks Wordlists Printable with Cantonese Jyutping

Free Printables: Sagebooks 500 Chinese characters with Jyutping PDF available for download. Read More

Your Ultimate Guide to Free Sagebooks Resources 基礎漢字500 on the Internet

Are you using Sagebooks 基礎漢字500 (basic 500 characters) ? Here’s a very comprehensive list of free resources, ranging form flashcards to character search games and advent calendars to help you as you go along. Read More

Reading in Cantonese to Your Child – Storytelling (口語) or Story Reading (書面語)?

The question parents often ask is “Storytelling or Story Reading? Here are two pieces of research that might help you decide between telling the story in Colloquial Cantonese (口語) or in Formal Cantonese (書面語)? Read More

Covid-19 : Chinese-English Christian Resources for Families

For many families, especially those in countries affected by the COVID-19, it can be a trying time. For us Christians, how should we respond? Here are some Chinese and English articles and resources to guide you. Read More

Cantonese Resources for kids: Hand Hygiene and other Healthy Habits

Check out these Cantonese resources – songs, stories, games, videos,, posters and more – to help your child build lifelong healthy habits to keep illnesses at bay. Read More

Updated: COVID-19 Resources for Children in Chinese and Cantonese

If you are looking for resources to explain Novel Coronavirus in Chinese or Cantonese, here’s a round-up of stories, games, music, factsheet etc that can help children understand what it is, and what are the preventive measures we can take. Links to various downloads. Read More

How to Create a Cantonese-Rich Environment

I am delighted and honoured to share the experience and advice of Grace, founder of Michigan Cantonese Storytime. Although we are living on the opposite ends of the world, I have seen and used so many of the free Cantonese materials, games, and song videos she has developed and generously shared, and have been inspired Read More

Free Leveled Readers with Colloquial and Formal Cantonese Audio

This is the only set of Leveled Readers, paid or otherwise) that I have found, which have both Colloquial Cantonese and Formal Cantonese audio. Approximately 50 books. And available to all for free! A valuable resource if you are learning to read in Cantonese. Read More

The Ultimate Guide to Cantonese Nursery Rhymes 粵語兒歌 on YouTube

If you are looking for Cantonese Nursery Rhymes 粵語兒歌, there are plenty to be found on YouTube. Here’s a compilation of channels, playlists and songs that spans across Classical Nursery Rhymes, original compositions, and modern re-edits. With hundreds of songs, you should be able to find something suitable. Read More

Colloquial Cantonese Kids’ Educational Resources and Printables

Many second and third generation Chinese in Western countries, who may not be fluent in reading Chinese characters, often struggle with finding educational resources. What they are looking for are resources written in Colloquial Cantonese and with a pronunciation guide. Below are a list of resources specially for children, found after hours of searching the Read More

The Long List of Free English Leveled Readers

With the school closures at the moment, I have also been looking for English leveled readers, to boost my kid’s English reading. There are sooo many resources online for English, that are free and generously available. Some are made available only for this period of school closures. These that I have included, have the entire Read More

Easter Cantonese Activities and Resources 復活節粵語教材

This Easter season, as you celebrate at home with close family, create fun with your kids in different ways, while helping them improve their Cantonese. Here’s a variety of videos and craft ideas, and teaching materials in Cantonese for you. Easter-themed videos 1. Easter themed book reading series A whole playlist of books about Easter, Read More