Purple Culture : RSS Product Feed :: Chinese for Children (3 Books + 3 CDs) http://www.purpleculture.net/ en Copyright (c) 2026 Purple Culture purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) purple@purpleculture.net (Purple Culture) Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:19:56 +0800 Purple Culture News RSS Feed 1440 Chinese for Children (3 Books + 3 CDs) http://www.purpleculture.net/chinese-for-children-3-books-3-cds-p-226 http://www.purpleculture.net/chinese-for-children-3-books-3-cds-pr-226 Chinese for Children is an elementary textbook designed especially for the teaching of Chinese to children abroad of pre-school age.
There are three volumes in all, each consisting of twenty lessons. Volume I is aimed at teaching children Chinese pronunciation and the four tones by means of plenty of pronunciation drills; volumes II and III deal mainly with basic sentence patterns which arc simple and easily understood by children. Each volume includes an appendix of teacher's notes.
This set of books takes a practical approach, presenting the children with words and phrases most useful in their every day life.
The topics chosen for each text are interesting to children because they focus on a child's world: it is children, Chinese and foreign, who speak in the text, and talk about children's games such as playing doctor, and tell stories such as the Monkey King and even of a journey to the moon in their dreams.
The texts are in the form of dialogue, enlivened with riddles, nursery rhymes, games and drawings. Its colorful language, together with a large number of illustrations, makes this book most appealing to children.
After completing this set of books, children will have a basic knowledge of the Chinese language: pronunciation, a 340-character vocabulary, and some basic sentence patterns, thus laying a solid foundation for future study of the Chinese language.
To help your children pronounce Chinese correctly, this produced include the CDs to accompany the texts.