Level 1: First Steps
Oracle Bones Memory Match
About the game:
This classic memory match card game will teach you to recognise 20 commonly used Chinese characters. It does this by introducing characters in ancient and modern forms. Once you know the origins of modern characters, it makes them so much easier to remember!
Number of players: 2-6
Card dimensions: 42mm x 63mm
Number of cards: 60
Packaging: package free, cello band only
Oracle Bones Memory Match Teaching Pack
Includes:
- 5 decks of Oracle Bones Memory Match card game
- Activity Pack (PDF download)
- 40 slide powerpoint
- 40 A4 flashcards (PDF download)
The Oracle Bones Teaching Pack is the prefect resource for introducing Mandarin into your school. Combining language learning with history, the 10 progressive activities and support materials tell the story of how and why the Shang invented Chinese writing.
Activities such as Oracle Bones Code Cracking, Fu Hao’s Tomb and Testing Tarisas enable children to learn about life in ancient China as well as: understand the concept of a non-alphabetic language; describe how characters have changed over time and recognise and remember up to 40 commonly used characters still in use today.
Designed for specialist and non-specialist primary teachers, each lesson includes clear step-by-step teaching notes, support materials and background information for non-specialist teachers.
Activities are YCT compatible. More than 35 characters/components from YCT Level 1 are included.
Líng
This fast-paced number sequencing game will have children counting in Mandarin and recognising number characters from 0-10 in no time. Lucky and unlucky cards add an extra twist meaning it’s not always the best strategist who wins!
Number of players: 2-5
Card dimensions: 63mm x 88mm
Number of cards: 110
Packaging: package free, cello band only
Líng Teaching Pack
Includes:
- 5 decks of Líng card game
- Activity Pack including 15 cross-curricular activities (PDF download)
- 55 slide powerpoint
- 60 A4 flashcards (PDF download)
Combining language learning with maths, the 15 progressive activities and support materials ensure children can read, write and pronounce Chinese numerals from 0 to 999! Along the way, they also learn how useful Chinese numbers are for saying the date, learning the days of the week and the months of the year.
From using nets to make Chinese dice to identifying number patterns in a maze; the variety of activities in the pack also enable children to consolidate some of the key concepts covered in the UK’s primary maths curricula.
Designed for specialist and non-specialist primary teachers, each lesson includes clear step-by-step teaching notes, support materials and background information for non-specialist teachers.
Activities are YCT compatible. More than 25 characters/components from YCT Level 1 are included.
Radical Families Adjectives
About the game: Based on the traditional Happy Families card game, Radical Families Adjectives teaches children to recognise, pronounce and write 8 commonly used characters. Each family consists of: a character card, a mnemonic card, a stroke order card and a pronunciation card.
Number of players: 2-6
Card dimensions: 63mm x 88mm
Number of cards: 40
Packaging: package free, cello band only
Radical Families Activity Pack
The accompanying scheme of work provides teachers with an additional 8 hours of teaching materials and is designed to consolidate and extend learning from the game. Activities such as Fix the Fables and Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu..? teach children to write up to 18 characters, use 3 functional phrases in different contexts and compare Chinese fables and idioms to well-known stories and expressions from their native language.
The guide includes clear step-by-step teaching , background information for non-specialist teachers and is YCT compatible – more than 25 characters from YCT Level 1 are included.
Radical Families Animals
About the game: Based on the traditional Happy Families card game, Radical Families Animals teaches children to recognise, pronounce and write 8 commonly used characters associated with animals. Each family consists of: a character card, a mnemonic card, a stroke order card and a pronunciation card.
Number of players: 2-6
Card dimensions: 63mm x 88mm
Number of cards: 40
Packaging: package free, cello band only
Radical Families Activity Pack
The accompanying scheme of work provides teachers with an additional 8 hours of teaching materials and is designed to consolidate and extend learning from the game. Activities such as Fix the Fables and Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu..? teach children to write up to 18 characters, use 3 functional phrases in different contexts and compare Chinese fables and idioms to well-known stories and expressions from their native language.
The guide includes clear step-by-step teaching, background information for non-specialist teachers and is YCT compatible – more than 25 characters from YCT Level 1 are included.
Radical Families Nature
About the game: Based on the traditional Happy Families card game, Radical Families Nature teaches children to recognise, pronounce and write 8 commonly used characters associated with nature. Each family consists of: a character card, a mnemonic card, a stroke order card and a pronunciation card.
Number of players: 2-6
Card dimensions: 63mm x 88mm
Number of cards: 40
Packaging: package free, cello band only
Radical Families Activity Pack
The accompanying scheme of work provides teachers with an additional 8 hours of teaching materials and is designed to consolidate and extend learning from the game. Activities such as Fix the Fables and Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu..? teach children to write up to 18 characters, use 3 functional phrases in different contexts and compare Chinese fables and idioms to well-known stories and expressions from their native language.
The guide includes clear step-by-step teaching , background information for non-specialist teachers and is YCT compatible – more than 25 characters from YCT Level 1 are included.
Radical Families Nouns
About the game: Based on the traditional Happy Families card game, Radical Families Nouns teaches children to recognise, pronounce and write 8 commonly used characters. Each family consists of: a character card, a mnemonic card, a stroke order card and a pronunciation card.
Number of players: 2-6
Card dimensions: 63mm x 88mm
Number of cards: 40
Packaging: package free, cello band only
Radical Families Activity Pack
The accompanying scheme of work provides teachers with an additional 8 hours of teaching materials and is designed to consolidate and extend learning from the game. Activities such as Fix the Fables and Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu..? teach children to write up to 18 characters, use 3 functional phrases in different contexts and compare Chinese fables and idioms to well-known stories and expressions from their native language.
The guide includes clear step-by-step teaching , background information for non-specialist teachers and is YCT compatible – more than 25 characters from YCT Level 1 are included.
Radical Families People
About the game: Based on the traditional Happy Families card game, Radical Families People teaches children to recognise, pronounce and write 8 commonly used characters associated with people. Each family consists of: a character card, a mnemonic card, a stroke order card and a pronunciation card.
Number of players: 2-6
Card dimensions: 63mm x 88mm
Number of cards: 41
Packaging: package free, cello band only
Radical Families Activity Pack
The accompanying scheme of work provides teachers with an additional 8 hours of teaching materials and is designed to consolidate and extend learning from the game. Activities such as Fix the Fables and Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu..? teach children to write up to 18 characters, use 3 functional phrases in different contexts and compare Chinese fables and idioms to well-known stories and expressions from their native language.
The guide includes clear step-by-step teaching , background information for non-specialist teachers and is YCT compatible – more than 25 characters from YCT Level 1 are included.
Level 2: Moving On
Kànkan
About the game: A versatile deck for playing three different games of speed and observation. As children race to find the one matching character between one card and another, they learn to spot the differences between similar looking characters and the meaning of up to 57 character components.
Number of players: 2-6
Card dimensions: 76mm x 76mm
Number of cards: 55
Packaging: package free, cello band only
Kànkan Activity Pack
The accompanying scheme of work provides teachers with an additional 6 hours of teaching materials and is designed to consolidate and extend learning from the game.
Before playing Kànkan, use the spot the difference activities to get children used to looking really carefully and discriminating between similar looking shapes and patterns. Activities such as Connect the Components and Beware the Doppelgamers then provide children with plenty of opportunities to discriminate between similar looking components and learn the meaning and pronunciation of 80 of the most commonly used components.
The guide includes clear step-by-step teaching , background information for non-specialist teachers and is YCT compatible – all of the components appear in YCT Level 1 words.
Pattern Pairs
About the game: This simple matching activity introduces children to 12 different structural patterns of Chinese characters. Players match each of the 48 pattern cards to a corresponding Chinese character card and use the answer sheet to check their pattern pairs. All character cards have English definitions on the back and more than 80% of these compound characters are from YCT level 1.
Number of players: 1-10
Card dimensions: 50mm x 50mm
Number of cards: 96 cards
Packaging: package free, cello band only
Pattern Pairs Activity Pack
The accompanying scheme of work provides teachers with an additional 8 hours of teaching materials and is designed to consolidate and extend learning from the game.
Introductory activities introduce children to patterns in Chinese culture such as porcelain, silk embroidery and in the decorations on buildings. The games, quizzes, reading and sequencing activities that follow further familiarise children with the structural patterns in Chinese characters and focus on recognition of all 80 words required for passing YCT level 1.
The guide includes clear step-by-step teaching and background information for non-specialist teachers.
Radical Trumps Part 1
About the game: Using the format of a well-loved trump game, children learn the meaning of 34 character components as well as developing an understanding of how these building blocks of Chinese can help them to learn and remember additional new words. Characters included: 人土女月水纟讠辶力虫大田米八门冫囗雨小戈牛羽黑口日目木马山白毛长面弓.
Number of players: 2-6
Card dimensions: 70mm x 120mm
Number of cards: 36
Packaging: package free, cello band only
Radical Trumps Activity Pack
The accompanying scheme of work provides teachers with an additional 8 hours of teaching materials. Matching puzzles and a make and do board game will consolidate children’s ability to recognise the 68 radicals from Radical Trumps Part 1 and 2. Remaining activities such as Menu Maker and Round the Radical Phonetical World focus on developing their understanding of how radicals can give clues to the meaning and pronunciation of unseen characters.
The guide includes clear step-by-step teaching , background information for non-specialist teachers and is YCT compatible – more than 50 characters from YCT Level 1 are included.
Radical Trumps Part 2
About the game: Using the format of a well-loved trump game, children learn the meaning of 34 character components as well as developing an understanding of how these building blocks of Chinese can help them to learn and remember additional new words. Characters included: 心火刀一犭广老车十儿亠王几夕耳鸟见高文工身手艹宀⺮足子羊鱼父石贝钅禾.
Number of players: 2-6
Card dimensions: 70mm x 120mm
Number of cards: 36 cards
Packaging: package free, cello band only
Radical Trumps Activity Pack
The accompanying scheme of work provides teachers with an additional 8 hours of teaching materials. Matching puzzles and a make and do board games will consolidate children’s ability to recognise the 68 radicals from Radical Trumps Part 1 and 2. Remaining activities such as Menu Maker and Round the Radical Phonetical World focus on developing their understanding of how radicals can give clues to the meaning and pronunciation of unseen characters.
The guide includes clear step-by-step teaching , background information for non-specialist teachers and is YCT compatible – more than 50 characters from YCT Level 1 are included.
