拍拍手 Clap your hands,

老師的大手拍一拍,  The teacher claps her big hands,

小朋友的小手拍一拍。  The students clap their small hands.

上拍三下,下拍三下, Clap three times up top,Clap three times down low,

中間用力拍一下,  Clap heavily in the middle,

大家一起坐下來。Everybody sit down in unison. Continue reading

少了一頭驢 The Missing Donkey

小小趕著十頭驢，他一邊走，一邊數：Xiao-xiao was driving a herd of donkeys.  While walking, he counted them:

一二三四五六七八九十。“On, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten.”

小小走累了，他騎上一頭驢。小小數Xiao-xiao was too tired to walk, so he got on one of the donkeys and counted again,

一二三四五六七八九—-One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine—-
哎呀！不好了！少了一頭驢。“Oh-no! A donkey is missing.”

小小急得跳下來，他又數：Xiao-xiao panicked and jumped off the donkey.  He then counted again:

一二三四五六七八九 十。嗯！沒錯！Hmm,  It’s correct, he said.

小小騎上驢，他再數：Xiao-xiao got on the donkey’s back again.  He counted one last time.

二三四五六七八九—One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine—-

哎呀！怎麽又少了一頭？“Oh-no! A donkey is missing again.”

這是怎麽一回事兒？What on earth is going on?

一二三,握握手。 1 2 3, shake hands.

四五六,點點頭。 456, nod your head.

七八九, 大步走。 7 8 9, take big walking steps. (Marching on)

十百千,走圓圈。 Ten hundred thousand, walk in circles. Continue reading

一棵樹上十樣果
There are ten different types of fruit on one tree.
一二三四五六七八九十1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10,
一棵樹上十樣果，你說稀奇不稀奇？
There are ten different types of fruit on one tree, is this amazing or not?
蘋果、香蕉、葡萄、桔子、番茄、
Apple, banana, grapes, orange, tomato
桃子、杏子、木瓜、李子、梨。
Peach, apricot, papaya, plum, pear.  Continue reading

我的朋友在哪裏？        Where is my friend?
在這裏，在這裏，       (Here he/she is) In here,
我的朋友在這裏。      Here is my friend.

一二三四五，上山找老虎，1 2 3 4 5, go up to the mountain to find the tiger.

老虎找不到，看見小松鼠。Cannot find the tiger, but saw little squirrels. 

松鼠有幾隻？一二三四五。How many squirrels are there?  1 2 3 4 5.

找找看 A closer look；to find      找到了 Found     找到了嗎？To find it?    找不到嗎？Cannot find it? 沒找到Not found   

沒有找到Not found 找不到Not found 找不到你Cannot find you 找不到他嗎？Cannot find him?   他們沒找到我們 They could not find us. Continue reading

叮鈴鈴,上課了 Bring Bring! Class is starting!
問候老師要做到,You have to greet the teacher,
站起來,行個禮, Stand up, and take a bow,
恭恭敬敬說聲:「老師好。 」
Respectfully say: “hello teacher” Continue reading