Sports & Recreation Archives • CHALK Academy

Water Painting Chalk Raindrops – Sight Word Activity

June 14, 2018

Water painting is a fun outdoor activity for learning sight words, such as Chinese characters! To review words related to rain, my daughter traced each character in chalk raindrops with a wet paintbrush.

Jumping on Footprints to Learn Left Versus Right!

November 14, 2017

A fun and easy way to teach 左 (left) versus 右 (right) - jumping on footprints! All you need is chalk and kids who love to play and jump!

跳房子汉字 Han Zi / Chinese Hopscotch

October 10, 2017

跳房子 (tiàofángzi / hopscotch) is one of my favorite ways to sneak in character reinforcement outdoors! All you need is chalk and kids who love to jump around - it's really a win-win for everybody!

Interactive Chinese Reading Ball

October 5, 2017

Fill a sensory ball with colorful paper with sentences from a favorite book. Pull out each sentence one by one or shake and throw the ball and practice reading the sentence that comes out!

Bilingual Shape Jumping! Fun Outdoor Chinese and English Learning! (VIDEO)

September 1, 2017

A simple outdoor activity that teaches shape names while encouraging exercise and creativity!

Sight Word Soccer – Reading Practice for Kids Who Love to Be Outdoors!

July 10, 2017

Chinese Sight Word Soccer was a huge hit with my toddler, and it's a fun learning game for kids (and adults!) of all ages! Great exercise for your body and brain!!!