Category Archives: Bilingual Parenting and Teaching Ideas

More Fun & No-Prep Classroom Activities Your Students Will Love

If you loved the first collection of Top 50 Fun & No-Prep Classroom Activities, here is even more good news — this new post adds a fresh batch of simple, engaging, zero-prep activities that work for ESL classrooms, Chinese classrooms, primary classrooms, fast finishers, substitute teachers, or anyone who needs purposeful and fun learning momentsContinue reading “More Fun & No-Prep Classroom Activities Your Students Will Love”

Save the Cat! A Fun, No-Prep Classroom Activity for Vocabulary & Sentence Practice

If you’re looking for a fun, interactive, and low-prep activity that your ESL or Chinese students will instantly fall in love with, “Save the Cat!”. Save the cat classroom activity is the perfect classroom game. It works for any language level, any vocabulary unit, and any age group from kindergarten to upper elementary. Teachers loveContinue reading “Save the Cat! A Fun, No-Prep Classroom Activity for Vocabulary & Sentence Practice”

Teaching Kids About the Mid-Autumn Festival – Free Fun and Printable Activities

The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节 Zhōngqiū Jié) is one of the most celebrated traditional festivals in Chinese culture. It usually falls in September or October, when the moon is at its brightest and fullest. Families gather together, enjoy delicious mooncakes, light lanterns, and admire the beauty of the full moon. For children learning Chinese, this festivalContinue reading “Teaching Kids About the Mid-Autumn Festival – Free Fun and Printable Activities”

Top 50 Fun and No Prep Chinese & ESL Classroom Games and Activities

This post contains affiliate links, which means that I may receive a small commission from purchases made through these links to support this educational website at no additional cost to you. As a Chinese and English teacher, I love fun and no prep classroom games and activities. Classroom games and activities can save teachers preparationContinue reading “Top 50 Fun and No Prep Chinese & ESL Classroom Games and Activities”

A Step-By-Step Guide to The Popular Chinese Podcast-Ximalaya

I have introduced Ximalaya ( in Chinese: 喜马拉雅）, a Chinese podcast in my other post. It is one of the largest online audio platforms in China, with an average of 268 million monthly active users across all scenes in 2021, and many audios have been listened for more than a million or even a billionContinue reading “A Step-By-Step Guide to The Popular Chinese Podcast-Ximalaya”

The Best Chinese Podcast Platform for Kids to Learn Chinese-XIMALAYA

Today I would like to introduce one of the most popular audio platforms in China – Ximalaya ( in Chinese: 喜马拉雅）. It has tons of audio resources that you can listen to for free which is great for both children and adult Chinese language learners. As I mentioned in another post, there are many greatContinue reading “The Best Chinese Podcast Platform for Kids to Learn Chinese-XIMALAYA”

7 Benefits of Audiobooks for Kids

I started listening to audiobooks with my kids a few years ago. My kids really love audiobooks as they think there are a lot of interesting stories that are fun to listen to. My son also loves to listen to kids’ songs in addition to stories. Although we live in Japan and the predominant languageContinue reading “7 Benefits of Audiobooks for Kids”

Tips for Arousing Kids’ Interest in Learning A Second Language

With the accelerated development of globalization nowadays, more and more parents are intending to have their children learn another language than ever. It is known that now over half of the world’s population speaks at least two languages. Whether in monolingual or bilingual families, it is practical to expect a child to be bilingual. ButContinue reading “Tips for Arousing Kids’ Interest in Learning A Second Language”