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
Category: Teach Cantonese
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
Valentine’s Day Themed Activities for kids (Cantonese)
Activities to help your child learn Valentine’s Day related vocabulary in Cantonese – Valentines and cards in cantonese and chinese, vocabulary, tracing, cute cartoon Read More
Christmas Ornament Printable with Cantonese and Chinese vocabulary
Christmas Ornaments with Chinese and Cantonese vocabulary. An easy, low-prep activity while introducing more Chinese and Cantonese into the home this holiday season. Free printables. Read More
Christmas Countdown Calendar Printable 聖誕節倒數日曆
Christmas countdown is a simple and easy Christmas activity you can do to incorporate some Cantonese/ Chinese in this festive season. Free Printable. 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
Mid Autumn Festival – Cantonese Teaching Activities 中秋節粵語教材
Mid Autumn Festival 中秋節 – a time for family gatherings，mooncakes, full moon, lanterns, fire dragon dance and more! Here are some Cantonese teaching activities related to Mid-Autumn Festival. Download our free Mid Autumn Festival printables – song lyrics, vocabulary lists and worksheets. Read More
Free Online Chinese Textbooks and Course Materials
If you are teaching your kids Formal Cantonese/ Standard Chinese, these websites with free online Chinese textbooks and other course materials might be helpful for you. They are textbooks and course materials designed for the overseas Chinese. Read More
Colours in Cantonese 顏色（粵語）: Vocabulary lists and worksheets
Do you know all your colours in Cantonese? Download our free vocabulary printable including Cantonese onomatopoeic expressions such as 黃黚黚 (wong4 gam4 gam4 ) and 紅卜卜 (hung4 bok1 bok1 ). Also, worksheets with stroke orders are available for free download. Read More