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Water Painting Chalk Raindrops – Sight Word Activity

By Betty
June 14, 2018

14 Jun
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This water painting activity is a fun reading and writing activity for the summer – or any warm day outside!

Water painting chalk - learning Chinese characters through play

We have been reading about rain and learned new rain onomatopoeia words in Chinese.  To reinforce vocabulary about rain and water from our bottle cap literacy activity, I drew raindrops on the pavement with chalk and wrote Chinese characters on them.  Then my daughter traced the characters with a wet paintbrush. 

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Important vocabulary:

  • 雨 (Yǔ / rain)
  • 乒 (Pīng)
  • 啪嗒 (Pā dā)
  • 敲 (Qiāo / knock)
  • 落 (Luò / fall)
  • 浇灌 (Jiāoguàn / pour)
  • 咕嘟 (Gūdū)
  • 哗啦 (Huālā)
  • 噗噜 (Pū lū)
  • 滴答 (Dīdā / tick-tock)
  • 簌 (Sù / rustle)

Crayola chalk

What you need:

  1. Chalk – we like the chunky Crayola chalk, because it’s easy for little hands to hold
  2. Paintbrush
  3. Water
  4. Water bucket or bowl

Water Painting Chalk Raindrops

How to do the Water Painting Raindrops – Sight Word Activity

  1. Draw raindrops (associate the characters with water)
  2. As your child paints traces the Chinese character with a brush, tell your child the name of the Chinese character or ask your child to say the word.

For this Chinese activity, we did not focus on stroke order as I was not thinking about teaching her Chinese writing at the time.  In hindsight, I wish that I encouraged it earlier and would recommend this activity as a way to teach Chinese stroke order!

Water Painting Chalk Raindrops

Other fun ways to use water and chalk for outdoor Chinese sight word review

  • Spray water with spray bottle (we have these, which are perfect for children’s small hands)
  • Spray water with hose
  • Dump water with cups
  • Jump on pretend raindrops
  • Spray water with a Supersoaker!

Have you tried this outdoor learning activity?

If you try this outdoor raindrops word matching activity, please let us know!  Leave a comment and don’t forget to tag @CHALKAcademy on Instagram and Facebook!  We love to see how other families do educational activities!

Teach kids rain with hands-on activities

Here are other fun rain learning activities that you can do with your child:

  • Rain Stick Sensory Bottles
  • Bottle Caps Sight Word Activity
  • It’s Raining Paint!
  • Learning About 雨滴 with Raindrop Stickers

Other outdoor educational activities for kids can be found in this link.  Bookmark these ideas that are perfect for warm summer weather!

For all of our hands-on learning activities, click here!

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As always, please leave a comment with any questions, and I’ll try my best to answer them!  Or better yet, please join our Facebook group!  Montessori-inspired Kids Learning Chinese and English is a community of parents worldwide who are excited to share bilingual book recommendations, Montessori tips, and learning materials!

Montessori Kids Learning Chinese and EnglishYou can also follow me on Facebook where I share my latest posts as well as favorite articles about children’s education, Chinese resources, and hands-on activities from other websites!  In addition, on Instagram, I share activity highlights and how we integrate Chinese & Korean learning in our daily life!


Happy learning, friends!

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About Betty

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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Hi! I’m Betty, a Chinese-American mom, believer, pediatrician, and writer.  I’m having fun learning Chinese with my children, and I love sharing multilingual resources and teaching tips!  I hope these ideas can help your family or school! Read More…

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