Thanksgiving Printable Pack

Although the days grow shorter and colder, Thanksgiving makes us feel warm, heartwarming and grateful. It is a perfect time to teach our young learners about Thanksgiving words and expressions in Chinese and get them in the Thanksgiving spirit by doing fun and hands-on Chinese learning activities.

On this page, you can find the instructions of the Thanksgiving Printable Pack as well as the Thanksgiving Printable Pack itself which offers a full set of no-prep and hands-on activity worksheets for Thanksgiving-themed Chinese words and expressions.

Kids will enjoy learning the Thanksgiving topic with this 66-page fun and engaging Chinese learning activity pack.

Read through this page, you can also find the enjoyable and free to download Thanksgiving related printable worksheets. Scroll down to the end of the post, you can find the link to the Thanksgiving Printable Pack directly.

The Thanksgiving Printable Pack has 66 pages covering a vocabulary list,  flashcards, pinyin worksheets, Chinese character worksheets, vocabulary worksheets, sentence worksheets, and fun reinforcement activity worksheets.

By embedding repetitive words in over ten different activities, kids will delight in learning the Thanksgiving topic with this hands-on Chinese learning activity pack step-by-step from Pinyin to Chinese characters, from words to simple a sentence.

List of Contents:

1. Vocabulary List

The vocabulary list helps manage the overall learning content and activities. It can be used as the answer key to the whole learning pack.

The Thanksgiving theme pack contains eight words and one extra expression which is used to support the game and sentence practice.

The eight words can be either introduced all at once or slit up into two parts by learning four words each session, as the Pinyin and Chinese characters worksheets can also be split up accordingly.

2. Flashcards

Flashcards are great and effective learning tools for learning Chinese vocabulary. Kids can use flashcards to learn, practice, and review vocabulary. Besides, Flashcards can also be turned into fun and engaging Chinese learning games, which make the learning process more fun and interactive.

There are two versions of the flashcards in the learning pack: the single-sided version and the double-sided version.

Single-sided version

The single-sided version has a picture, Chinese characters, Pinyin (for spelling out the sound in Chinese), and English definitions all on one side. Kids can look at the pictures and read the words by looking at the Pinyin and trying to memorize how to say the words in Chinese.

Double-sided version

For double-sided flashcards, one side has Chinese characters, and the other side has an image, Pinyin, and English translation. It can help kids who are learning or would like to learn Chinese characters learn, practice and memorize Chinese characters.

How to Print the Flashcards

When printing the flashcards, bear in mind to set the printer to print in landscape orientation. For double-sided flashcards, select double-sided printing and flip on the short edge. Please make sure the paper is neatly placed in the printer so that the flashcards for double-sided printing can align properly. Suggest printing the flashcards on heavy paper for durable use. Laminate is perfect for durable use.

Since the flashcards have a different layout from that of the worksheets, I included them at the end of the printable pack in order to manage the print work easier.

Using Flashcards For Games

Matching Games – There are several ways to print the flashcards and do the matching game based on the learning goals. You can have the kids match Pinyin, match characters, or more difficulty, match Pinyin/English to the characters.

Other learning games such as Charades, and Bingo, etc. can also be played with flashcards.

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3. Worksheets

Pinyin Worksheets

Learning Pinyin is a fundamental step in learning Chinese, as it lays the groundwork for accurate pronunciation, listening skills, and overall language proficiency.

These Pinyin worksheets can help kids get familiar with the composition of the structure of the sound for the Chinese characters, which will support kids’ spelling and pronunciation of Chinese characters and words.

There are Pinyin that are not separated because they are the whole syllables.

Vocabulary Worksheets

The vocabulary worksheets have not only Chinese characters but also Pinyin, as Pinyin helps spell out the characters, it can support the kids to read and learn the Chinese vocabulary.

Chinese Character Worksheets

There are four Chinese character activities:

1) Trace and Write the Characters; 2) Chinese Character Jigsaw, 3) Match the word to the picture; and 4) Word Search.

They are perfect for kids to learn and memorize Chinese characters from visual perception to handwriting.

Chinese Character Jigsaw

Chinese Character Jigsaw activity is one of the above four character practicing activities and is the most popular Chinese characters practicing worksheets for our subscribers as they are fun, engaging, and no-prep activity.

Before you get the Thanksgiving printable pack which offers fifteen Chinese character jigsaw puzzles, in case you would like a Chinese character jigsaw worksheet sample, check out the Free Thanksgiving Chinese Characters Jigsaw Puzzle Worksheets which offers 6 pages of Chinese character jigsaw worksheets with 3 Chinese characters “感恩节|gǎn ēn jié” meaning “Thanksgiving” that are free to download.

If you would like the young learners to challenge and have fun with the advanced level of the character jigsaw puzzles, check out these 3×3 nine-piece jigsaw puzzle worksheets. 

The Chinese Character Jigsaw activity includes not only Chinese character jigsaw puzzles but also tracing and writing activities, Each Chinese character on this worksheet incorporates Pinyin, stroke order, and English definition which are accessible to learners of all levels, from beginners to advanced students. There are also Pinyin writing grids on the worksheets that allow kids to practice writing Pinyin as well.

This activity can be used for kids aged 5+ as it is fun and engaging compared with the character writing activity.

On the contrary, the Chinese writing worksheets are more suitable for older kids (aged 8+ ) to practice writing. In this case, the Chinese Character Jigsaw can be picked selectively as a fun, motivating, and reinforcement activity.

Chinese Sentence Worksheets

There are 3 pages of worksheets for sentence practice that cover five different types of activities.

Activity 1-Copy Sentence

Copying sentences is a good way of reinforcing learners’ memory. It helps enhance learners’ reading comprehension along with the accumulation of their vocabulary.

Activity 2-Fill in the Blank

Learners will read the two sentences and choose one proper word for each sentence from the four given words and then fill in the blanks.

The hints are given by showing the sentences in Pinyin.

Activity 3-Rearrange words

This is to practice sentence structure. Rearranging words will make the learners think about what the correct order should be. It helps learners enhance their understanding of the grammar and sentence structure rules and is a great exercise for learning the Chinese language.

Activity 4-Draw a picture to show the meaning of the sentence.

This is a fun and relaxed time that allows learners to actively draw about what they have learned. It helps stimulate learners’ creativity and motivation in the learning process.

Activity 5-Sentence Search.

Sentence Search activity is just the same as word search, it is fun, engaging, and also provides the opportunity to enhance the young learners’ Chinese recognition and Chinese sentence pattern recognition skills.

4 Fun Reinforcement Activity Pages

These fun and engaging reinforcement activity pages are aimed at solidifying the learners’ Chinese language skills and improving retention.

They can be done either at the end of the learning process or right after vocabulary learning in order to reinforce and motivate kids’ learning.

Activity 1– Bingo

Bingo game is perfect for learning a language. It helps learners reinforce their vocabulary and enhance listening comprehension.

There are two versions of the bingo game: The picture version and the Chinese character version.

Picture version can be used for practicing listening. Listen to the items that the teacher or parent called out and find the correct items.

The Chinese character version is used for literacy plus listening practice, therefore it is more difficult than the picture version. Same way, the teacher or parent calls out the items, and students need to recognize and find the Chinese characters.

Bingo Game Instructions：

1. Print the bingo card page and the 3×3 bingo board page for each learner.
2. The learners cut out all nine cards and arrange them on the 3X3 bingo board in any order they like.
3. Teachers or parents cut out the objects on the Vocabulary List to make them as the calling cards. Shuffle the cards and get ready to play.
4. Game starts. As the parent or teacher calls out the names of the object. The learners will turn the card over.
5. The learner who turns three cards over in a straight line first wins the game. This game can be played over and over again.

Activity 2– Maze

Maze helps learners reinforce their vocabulary in a fun way.

Kids will help the characters find their objects. Each character and object has a cute image with Chinese characters and Pinyin, which makes learning fun and enjoyable.

Activity 3-Coloring

After the Chinese learning activity, it is time to relax and enjoy some fun!

Coloring pages are popular for kids. Color the big cornucopia by the given color code which also has Chinese characters and Pinyin for each color. It is fun and enjoyable, and kids can also have some visual perceptions of some color words in Chinese.

Activity 4-Draw and Write

Having kids draw and write things that they are thankful is hands-on and fun. This activity worksheet can be print on a think paper and make it as a greeting card. People who receives the card would feel heartwarming and cheerful.

Activity 5-Puzzles

Puzzles are hands-on and fun and can be used as the language learning activities. In this activity:

-cut out the pieces ( It requires the teachers or parents to help with cutting activity for young children).

-scatter the pieces and have kids find the correct puzzle board and solve the puzzles on the board.

To extend the difficulty, instead of solving the puzzles one after another, put all the pieces of the three objects together and scatter them, then try to solve the puzzles on the correct puzzle boards.

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