We did this farm words flapbook a couple of months back, and it is now a nice fixture in Little Bee's first farm lapbook!
After she learned to read these basic farm animals from the farm animals' wheel, plus other reading activities at home with appropriate story books, I got her to choose and write her five favourite farm animals onto a flapbook, and then she pasted the pictures of these animals beside the words. She could also independently spell some of these 3-letter words, although spelling is not a priority for me now.
After a few days where I acquainted her with the corresponding Chinese names of these farm animals that she wrote down, I encouraged her to work independently to stick these Chinese words in the relevant spaces beside the English names.
She was able to match all words correctly, except - ironically - for the easiest Chinese word 牛. However, I read somewhere that young children do get confused by Chinese characters with simple strokes as they get them mixed up with other simple, similar words, hence it explains why Little Bee could read those characters with more Chinese strokes than 牛! She is always confusing 牛 and 羊, probably both do look a wee bit similar!
This is a fun activity which she gained much sense of satisfaction from, especially when we attach it to her lapbook, as she created everything herself.
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