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Pipe Cleaner Glasses + 目 Sight Word Stamping

By Betty
July 11, 2018

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Pipe Cleaner Glasses + Sight Word Stamping

Chinese characters are much like English sight words.  Since Chinese characters cannot be “sounded out” (without pinyin or zhuyin), they are learned by looking at the word.

Sight words are easier to remember after repeat exposure in a relevant context.  Therefore, my daughter and I do many sight-word activities for reinforcement.

When my daughter learned important words about the eyes last year, we made pipe cleaner glasses, eyes, and the 目 (mù / eye) radical.

Pipe cleaners (eg, chenille stems) are a great tool for building tactile Chinese characters.  For this lesson about “eye” words, we molded pipe cleaners into an eye shape which can then be reshaped into the 目 radical!

We then matched the pipe cleaner glasses and eye to the related words by stamping!  Active learning involves multiple senses and makes lessons more memorable!

We did this fun activity when my daughter was 3, and I think it would be fun for preschoolers and elementary school-aged children!

Pipe cleaner glass sight word stamping

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Important vocabulary

  • 目 (mù / eye)
  • 眼睛 (yǎnjīng / eye)
  • 眼镜/鏡 (yǎnjìng / glasses)

Other Chinese words with 目 radical

  • 看 kàn (look)
  • 眉 méi (eyebrow)
  • 泪 lèi (tear)
  • 相 xiāng (each other)
  • 盼 pàn (to hope for)
Pipe Cleaner Glasses + Sight Word Stamping

What you need

  1. Pipe cleaners
  2. Paint
  3. Large white sheet of paper
  4. Marker
  5. Crayons/colored pencils

What to do:

  1. Using pipe cleaners, form 目, glasses, and eye shapes
  2. Show how the 目 can be molded into an eye shape and back to the Chinese character
  3. Write 目 on paper and compare to 目 pipe cleaner shape
  4. Write 眼睛 and 眼镜/鏡 throughout the paper
  5. Draw glasses around the words 眼镜/鏡
  6. Draw eyes next to the words 眼睛
  7. Dip the pipe cleaner glasses into paint; stamp onto 眼镜/鏡 words.
  8. Dip the pipe cleaner eye into paint; stamp onto 眼睛 words.
Pipe Cleaner Glasses + Sight Word Stamping

Extension activities

  1. Write other words with 目 eye radical very large on white paper.
  2. Have child match the 目 pipe cleaner to the 目 radical of each Chinese character
  3. Circle the 目 radical of each Chinese word
  4. Practice speaking and reading each of the words in various sentences!

Tips

  • Use the same color pipe cleaner so that the child can focus on Chinese character recognition.  Too many colors may distract from the purpose of this sight word recognition activity.
  • Make sure the Chinese characters are written large so that your child can have a close look at the character components!

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More activities about the human body:

  • DIY Eye Puzzle in Chinese
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  • Left Versus Right Footprint Jumping!
  • Easy and Fun Ways to Learn about Emotions!

To see all hands-on Chinese learning activities, please browse our activities by topic with your child(ren)!

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Happy learning, friends!

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I'm a Chinese-American mom who is having fun teaching my children Mandarin Chinese while re-learning the language myself. I love coming up with creative, hands-on, and educational activities, and I hope these ideas help your children have fun learning Chinese!

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