Mandarin Chinese For Kids

少年儿童中文课程

We are offering multiple courses for kids.

我们为青少年儿童提供不同的中文课程。

Our courses are personalized and customized to cater to individual needs. Our course advisors collaborate with students and guardians to select teaching materials and develop tailored course plans based on the students’ unique requirements and interests.

 

For students who are embarking on their Chinese learning journey for the first time and are unsure where to start, we offer themed courses as options. If a student is interested in specific topics or courses, please inform the course advisor of the course name. The course advisor will incorporate the topics or courses of interest into the student’s study plan.

 

We also offer textbook-based Chinese classes. To find suitable Chinese textbooks, please visit our textbook recommendation page.

 

 

 

COURSES

Chinese Short Course ( Topic-based ) For All Level Students 

If you do not sure your kids are ready to learn Chinese or not, just let them try a topic Chinese class.

Beginning level, All ages

Let’s go on a zoo tour!!!

Duration: 3 classes     30 min/ class

We will learn at least 15 vocabulary items with a zoo tour, we will play games and do some activities to remember the vocabulary items. So students will not feel stressed when memorizing Chinese.
Lesson 1: we start the zoo tour learning some of the animals’ names in Chinese and how to write their characters.
Lesson 2: we continue the tour, learning the rest of the animals’ names in Chinese through a game, and watch the Chinese 12 zodiacs story.
Lesson 3, we focus on learning Chinese sentence structure. Students will use what they learned in lesson 1 and 2 to introduce animals in the zoo.

 

 

Beginning level, All ages

Colors!

Duration: 2 classes     30 min/ class

Lesson 1: We will learn basic colors, such as red, blue, yellow, green, black, white. We will practice through games and activities.
Lesson 2: We will learn more color through a song. Also, students will learn some phrases from the song.

 

 

 

COURSES

Chinese Courses For Heritage Students & Intermediate Level Second Language Learners

100 classes for one textbook 30min/ class

K-5 National Standard Chinese Course 国家标准课纲 小学语文课程(学前班 – 6年级)

Duration: 100 classes for one textbook     30 min/ class

Course use the Chinese textbooks that are being used in Beijing, and hire teachers who have teaching experiences in public school in Beijing, which follow the Chinese syllabus and give professional lectures. Children can enjoy the authentic professional Chinese learning at home.

该课程选用北京正在使用的语文课本,聘请国内(北京)具有公立学校教学经验的教师,按照国内语文教学大纲进行专业授课。 孩子身在国外,也可以享受中国国内纯正专业的语文学习。

100 classes/session( 100 poetries )     30min/ class    offering 3 sessions (300 poetries available)

Tang Poetry, Chinese Ballad 中华唐诗,歌谣班 (Preschool – 6th Grade)

Duration: 100 classes/ session (100 poetries)     30 min/class.             Three sessions ( 100 poetries ) available. 

This course is aimed at young children, through learning Tang poetry and Chinese ballad to enhance kids reading skill, and increase children’s sense of Chinese and sense of rhythm, help children feel the tone language.

该课程针对低龄儿童,通过学习唐诗和儿歌进行识字,增加孩子对中文的感觉和韵律感, 帮助孩子掌握中文诵读的阴阳顿挫。 

COURSES

Chinese As a Second Language Courses

  

Beginning Level, K-3

Beginning Chinese Course —- Easy Steps to Chinese For Kids (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b)

Duration:  30min/ class

Textbook 1a: 15 classes.     Textbook 1b: 10 -15 classes.

Textbook 2a: 15 classes.     Textbook 2b: 15 classes.

Textbook 3a: 20 classes.     Textbook 3b: 20 classes.

Knowledge Highlight: 

Pinyin, Numbers, Greeting, Self-introduction, Thanks, What’s your name? Family members and friends, I like to…, I can…, Color, Date, Time, Classroom, Animals, Snacks, Big or small, Stationery, Happy birthday, Nationality, Request, Clothes, Positions, Hobbies, Food and drink, Vegetables, Nature, etc. 

Culture Exploring:

Mid – Autumn Festival, Nian’s story ( Spring Festival ), Dragon Boat Festival, The twelve zodiac animals, etc. 

Self Paced, Beginning level, intermediate level, advanced level, All ages 

Chinese As a Second Language VIP Course

This course offers classes to beginners, intermediate learners and advanced learners. Our teacher will meet and discuss to students and parents before starting class. Then, teacher will make a course plan according to students language performance, interests, and time schedule.

 

Intermediate level, advanced level, All ages 

Learn Chinese through Riddle  猜谜语,学中文

 

In this course, we will learn 5-7 riddles in Chinese. We will learn around 80 new vocabulary items, 6-10 grammars, write 10 Chinese character correctly and cultures.

 

All Levels, All ages 

Chinese Culture Exploration

Come on, let’s do a brainstorming cultural trip.

In the 12 classes, we will explore Chinese culture. Each class has different topics, such as Chinese name secrets, Chinese cities, Chinese traditional food, Chinese education system, Chinese marriage, Chinese family structure….

 

 

COURSES

Chinese Language skills course for all level students

  

Beginning Level, All Ages

Beginning Level Pinyin Course

Duration: 6 classes in total, 30min/class.

In six classes, we will learn 23 initials(声母) and 39 finals (韵母). At the end of the course, students are able to pronounce initials and finals correctly; Students are able to combine initial and finals by following rules and pronounce syllables(拼读音节) correctly; students are able to read a short story by using Pinyin.

Beginning Level, All Ages

Advanced Level Pinyin Course

Duration: 6 classes in total, 30min/class.

In six classes, lesson 1 and lesson 4, we will go over Pinyin knowledge and work on some Pinyin pronunciation which students have difficulty with. Lessons 2, 3, 5, and 6, we practice Pinyin skills and read stories by using Pinyin.  

Beginning Level, All Ages

Learning Chinese Characters By Pinyin Course

拼音识字班

Duration: 12 classes in total, 30min/class.

Tentative Schedule:
Lesson 1: Numbers in Chinese. Students are able to say 0-10 in Chinese correctly and recognize the shape of each Chinese characters.
Lesson 2-3: Colors in Chinese. Lesson 2, we will learn basic colors, such as red, blue, yellow, green, black, white. Lesson 3, we will learn more color through a song. Also, students will learn sample sentences from the song.
Lesson 4-5: Animals in Chinese. We will learn around 12 vocabulary items around a zoo tour, and know Chinese 12 zodiacs.
Lesson 6: Review. We will go over the vocabulary items we learned in the class through a story. And students are able to recognize all items and greeting in Chinese.

Lesson 7-8: Family members in Chinese. Lesson 1, students learn how to say family members in Chinese, such as parents, grandparents, siblings. Know the traditional Chinese family structures. Lesson 2, students learn grammar and sentence structures to describe their family tree. 

Lesson 9-10: body parts. Lesson 3, we will learn body parts vocabulary items. Lesson 4, we will use numbers and classifiers to describe body parts.
Lesson 11-12: Occupations in Chinese. Lesson 5, learn different occupation vocabulary items. Lesson 6, use previous knowledge such as numbers, family members to build sentences to describe people’s occupations.

 

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How to Register Course

         We highly recommend that contact our course adviser and schedule a consultation to know more about SiWen Learning Center and register for classes. 

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Option 1: Schedule an Zoom Consultation (recommended)

Fill out/submit the consultation form. Our course advisor will contact you once we get the form. It usuall takes 1-3 business days.

Click to the button below to schedule a consultation.

Option 2: Email us (recommended)

Welcome to email us: admin@siwenlearning.com

Please leave your information: name, contact proference, learning interests, needs/goal. Our course advisor will contact you once we get the email. It usuall takes 1 business days.

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Option 3: Text us

You can text up through phone: 1(989)498-9564

( ONLY text message ) 

Please leave your information: name, contact proference, learning interests, needs/goal. Our course advisor will contact you once we get the text/message. It usuall takes less 12 hours.