Mandarin Enrichment Language program is offered up to 3 times a week at several of the the Footsteps locations.  Ying Li leads classes with the 4 preschools, TK/Kindergarten and 1st-5th graders at Cipriani, Nesbit & Shores. 

Ying LI Frink, Mandarin Director

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学前班 
​Preschool

  幼儿园 Kindergarten

NUMBERS
1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10
一   二    三    四    五    六    七    八    九     十
Yi    Er   San   Si    Wu   Liu    Qi   Ba    Jiu     Shi
 
11           12          13           14           15           
十一      十二        十三        十四        十五   
16           17           18           19           20
十六       十七        十八        十九        二十.
 
EVERYDAY LANGUAGE
Good morning children!  Good morning teacher Li!  I like to learn Chinese. 
I can speak little bit Chinese.
Here is how you say       
Thank You            You’re Welcome              Sorry, it’s okay
生活用语
小朋友们早上好，李老师，早上好。
我喜欢学中文，我会说一点点中文说的不好请指教，谢谢你，不客气，对不起没关系。

​SHINGS TWO TIGERS
两只老虎,两只老虎, Liang zhi Lao hu.
跑的快,跑的快。 Pao de kuai.
一只没有耳朵 Yi zhi Mei you er duo
一只没有眼睛 Yi zhi Mei you yan jing
真奇怪,真奇怪。 Zhen qi guai.

LITTLE WHITE RABBIT 小白兔
小白兔
小白兔 白又白
两只耳朵竖起来
爱吃萝卜爱吃菜
蹦蹦跳跳真可爱

​I LOVE MY FAMILY
我爱我的家 W ai w de jia. 
I love my family
我爱我的爸爸 W ai w de ba ba.
I love my father
我爱我的妈妈 W ai w de ma ma.
I love my mama
我爱我的哥哥 W ai w de ge ge.
I love my older brother
我爱我的姐姐 W ai w de jie jie.
I love my older sister
我爱我的家 W ai w de jia.
I love my family
我爱我的弟弟 W ai w de di di.
I love my younger brother
我爱我的妹妹 W ai w de mei mei.
I love my younger sister
我爱我自己。 W ai w zi ji.
I love my family

Where did my friend go? 我的朋友在哪里？
Where did my friend go? 我的朋友在哪里?
Over here, over here, my friend is over here. 在这里、在这里、我的朋友在这里。

Old Mr. Wang Has Land
王老先生有块地、咿呀咿呀哟，他在这里养小鸡、咿呀咿呀哟，这里鸡鸡鸡、那里鸡鸡鸡、
这里鸡、那里鸡、到处都在鸡鸡、王老先生有块地、咿呀咿呀哟。

​The End  王老先生有块地.

 一年级
​1st Grade

Luo Dayou: Childhood 
罗大佑：童年 ​

On the banyan tree by the pond, I heard the sound of summer 
池塘边的榕树上，知了在声声叫着夏天 

On the swing by the bushes, only butterflies stop on it 
草丛边的秋千上，只有蝴蝶停在上面 

The teacher's chalk is still desperately writing on the blackboard 
黑板上老师的粉笔还在拼命叽叽喳喳写个不停 

Childhood waiting for school 
等待着下课等待着放学等待游戏的童年 

Welfare clubs have everything but no dimes in their pockets 
福利社里面什么都有就是口袋里没有半毛钱 

Who grabbed that sword, Zhuge Shiro and the Devil Party 
诸葛四郎和魔鬼党到底谁抢到那支宝剑 

Why did n’t the girl in the next class pass by my window? 
隔壁班的那个女孩怎么还没经过我的窗前 

The history in the mouth of the comic in my heart 
嘴里的历史手里的漫画心里初恋的童年 

I always have to wait till I go to bed to know that my homework is done a little bit
总是要等到睡觉前才知道功课只做了一点点

I always have to wait until the exam before I know I should n’t read any books 
总是要等到考试后才知道该念的书都没有念 

One inch of time, one inch of gold teacher said that it is difficult to buy an inch of time 
一寸光阴一寸金老师说过寸金难买寸光阴 

Childhood day after day 
一天又一天一年又一年迷迷糊糊的童年 

Luo Dayou: Childhood 
罗大佑：童年 

No one knows why the sun always goes to the side of the mountain 
没有人知道为什么太阳总下到山的那一边 

No one can tell me if there is a fairy living in the mountain 
没有人能够告诉我山里面有没有住着神仙 

How many weekday memories are always in a daze facing the sky alone 
多少平日记忆总是一个人面对着天空发呆 

So curious, so illusionary, so lonely, childhood 
就这么好奇就这么幻想这么孤单的童年 

Dragonflies fly over the green rice fields in the sun 
阳光下蜻蜓飞过来一片片绿油油的稻田 

Watercolor crayons and kaleidoscope can't draw the rainbow in the sky
水彩蜡笔和万花筒画不出天边那一条彩虹

When can I have a mature and grown up face like a senior student? 
什么时候才能像高年级的同学有张成熟与长大的脸 

Looking forward to the holidays looking forward to tomorrow looking forward to growing up childhood 
盼望着假期盼望着明天盼望长大的童年 

Day by day year after year looking forward to growing up childhood 
一天又一天一年又一年盼望长大的童年 

Day by day year after year looking forward to growing up childhood
一天又一天一年又一年盼望长大的童年

二年级及以上
​2nd Grade and Older

Learning Chinese Characters
with Play dough (VIDEOS)

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三年级以上
​3rd Grade and Older

Little Apple​ 小苹果