Chinese Character Dominoes Game
希望我們在這裏分享的各種遊戲能帶給孩子學習的歡樂，也帶給你更多的家庭教學靈感。大家發到【講媽 ⦁ 講爸】Facebook 群組 的孩子學習照片為我們帶來很大的鼓舞。要是你還未加入我們的大家庭，那就要趕快去看看喔！
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ACTIVITY OF THE WEEK
WHAT YOU NEED 道具
- 28 Wooden popsicle sticks, heavier cardstock, or laminated cards
- Pens
Optional materials: laminator and laminating sheets if you want your materials to last longer
HOW TO MAKE 準備
- Draw a line halving the popsicle stick or card.
- Decide 6 characters to use in the game.
- Including a blank option (the 0), create a stick with every possible combination of characters for a total of 28 sticks.
Look at the table below for an easy cheat sheet. 0 = blank, and 1-6 = the characters you designate. The X’s mark each popsicle stick with that character combination.
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
1 | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
2 | x | x | x | x | x | ||
3 | x | x | x | x | |||
4 | x | x | x | ||||
5 | x | x | |||||
6 | x |
Alternative options: You can use fewer sticks for younger children and add more sticks for older children. (However, as noted above, if you want to add more sticks, it might be easier to create multiple sets of 6 instead of adding more combinations.)
HOW TO PLAY 玩法
Note: We will refer to the sticks/cards as tiles.
ACTIVITIY 1 - Dominoes
(age 5+, multiple player)
- Shuffle the tiles and place them face down. Have each player choose 7 tiles which they hold without showing the other players. The remaining tiles is called the boneyard.
- The youngest player places a tile face up and starts the game.
- The next player chooses a tile from their hand that matches one of the characters from the starter tile. If the player does not have any tiles that contain a match, they must draw from the boneyard until they get a tile that matches. Then they play that tile.
- Continue until someone plays all their tiles. The first one to use up all their tiles wins. The game either ends or continues until there is a loser.
ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO PLAY 玩法變化
Instead of drawing from the boneyard until a player gets a tile that matches, you can have the player just draw two tiles and then “pass” and lose their turn.
If the children are older, you can look up the different ways you can play dominoes and play with those alternate rules. Also, you can play the game where if you have a double tile (ie: the same character on both sides), you can create a branch and play both sides of the branch.
玩遊戲
Let's play
ACTIVITIY 2 - Solitaire Matching
(age 3+, single player)
Note: We will refer to the sticks/cards as tiles.
- Shuffle tiles and place 3 tiles face up.
- Have child draw 5 tiles.
- Child places a tile from his hand to match any of the 3 tiles. If there are no matches in their hand, they can draw 2 more tiles. If there is still no match, they can discard all 7 tiles and choose another 5 tiles.
- Child will keep playing until all tiles are placed or no more tiles can be placed. The goal is to place all tiles. If they cannot, then they “lose.”
我們希望能看到你的孩子做這些遊戲的照片或影片，也希望能聽到你的意見或提問。更歡迎加入我們的【講媽 ⦁ 講爸】Facebook 群組，我們等你喔~
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HOMESCHOOLING TIPS
Comprehension matters. Focus on comprehension instead of character recognition. The point of character recognition is to be able to read and understand what you’re reading. If your child recognizes a character but doesn’t understand what it means or how to use it, it’s not really useful or practical.
Additionally, the more Chinese your child comprehends, the easier it will be for them to remember characters. That’s why it’s generally more difficult for younger children to recognize the more abstract terms such as 很 /hěn/ (very) or 在 /zài/ (to be, to exist) compared to concrete terms such as 山 /shān/ (mountain) or 大 /dà/ (big).
Comprehension will also allow your child to guess a character based on contextual cues from the illustrations as well as the story itself.
Like this tip? Join us in our Facebook Group and meet other parents who are teaching their kids Basic Chinese 500 at all different ages and levels.
我們會經常為大家探討漢字和語文的課題。
要是你有特別的相關課題希望我們探討，歡迎您告訴我們。
We discuss Chinese language and culture related topics on a regular basis.
If you would like us to discuss certain topics about Chinese, please let us know.
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Sagebooks Hongkong promotes independent reading and life-long learning by nurturing the child’s confidence, autonomy and self-teaching abilities. Since 2006. Find out more About Us.
© 2020 Sagebooks Hongkong. All rights reserved.
Sagebooks Hongkong promotes independent reading and life-long learning by nurturing the child’s confidence, autonomy and self-teaching abilities. Since 2006. Find out more About Us.
© 2020 Sagebooks Hongkong. All rights reserved.