Organs of the body 器官 (hei3 gun1)
Occupations 2 職業 (zik1 jip6)
This audio goes with the second set of occupation flashcards. The audio for the first set of flashcards can be found here. 會計師 wui6 gai3 si1accountant
Role play food menus
I created a basic cafe menu for kids’ role-play, with six food and drink items on each page. Click the button below to download. 三文治 saam1 man4 zi6sandwich
Spring 春天 (ceon1 tin1)
Click the button below to download the accompanying flashcards. 春天 ceon1 tin1spring
Talking to kids about racism
I was listening to a podcast recently, where the interviewee raised the point that he would rather initiate a conversation about racism with his 4-year-old daughter, rather than wait for her to ask him about it. His rationale was that this meant that he could control her first exposure to the topic, and ensure that it was explained properly to her. It can be tricky to talk about these topics with your child (and definitely a personal decision as to when you wish to do so), so I thought it may be helpful do list some basic vocabulary and sentences with Jyutping translations. The sentences are a bit simplistic but…
Musical Instruments 樂器 (ngok6 hei3)
Here is the audio accompaniment to the set of 12 flashcards on musical instruments. To use in a sentence, you would add the following verbs: 吹 ceoi1 = to blow (used for flute, harmonica, saxophone, trumpet)打 daa1 = to hit/strike (used for drums)拉 laai1 = to pull (used for cello, violin) 彈 taan4 = to play (used for guitar, harp, piano, ukulele, xylophone)
Medicine 醫科 (ji1 fo1)
Some basic medical terms in a set of 12 flashcards. Two of the terms (doctor and nurse) are also in the occupations set, but I didn’t want to leave these out! 醫生 ji1 sang1doctor
Occupations 職業 (zik1 jip6)
This audio goes with the set of 12 occupations flashcards. There will be at least one follow-up set with more occupations covered. Apologies if your occupation is not covered in this set!
Animals 動物 (dung6 mat6)
Back to basics! Here are some animal flashcards useful for babies/toddlers/kids of all ages. I’ve always found that most kids absolutely adore animals and that children particularly engage with real-life pictures. These are covered in the First Words and Animals books so can be used to help revise/reinforce vocab. Most of the phrases are used in formal Chinese as well. The exceptions are: 羊 joeng4 sheep – formally this is 綿羊 min4 joeng2雀仔 zoek3 zai2 bird – formally this is 鳥 niu5⽑⽑蟲 mou4 mou4 cung4 caterpillar – also more simply called ⽑蟲 mou4 cung4 狗 gau2dog
Emotions/feelings in Cantonese
Emotions are a difficult topic to discuss in any language. I have created a simple emotion wheel with illustrations that you can use with your kids. Here is the audio to go with the simple emotions/feelings wheel, which you can download by clicking the button below: 興奮 hing1 fan5excited