Parent guide · Grade 2 Mandarin · Unit 2
Lesson 2.2 我来帮你: Helping at Home
Written for the parent. The Read aloud parts are written to your child; read them as they are. Do this parts are for you. Answers for you are marked Listen for.
At a glance
- Time
- 3 sessions of 15–20 minutes
- Goal
- Say 帮 (help), 打扫 (clean), 洗碗 (wash dishes) and 做饭 (cook). Offer: 我来帮你! (let me help you!). Work cheerfully, as for the Lord.
- You need
- Paper and a ruler
- Stickers or crayons
- A sketchbook or plain paper, and crayons
- A King James Bible
- Worksheet A · the lesson page (it also has a short video (1:15))
Steps
Do this together: What jobs do you do at home? Make a list together: set the table, feed the pet, make the bed… Today we learn helping words in Chinese.
Read aloud: The story. Paul wrote, “Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord.” When we help at home with a happy heart, we serve Jesus. Even washing dishes can be done for Him!
Read aloud: How Chinese works. To offer help, say 我来帮你! (I come help you!). Or just 我来! (let me!). To say what you do, use 我 + the job: 我洗碗 (I wash the dishes).
Read aloud: Say it out loud. bāng (bahng), dǎsǎo (dah-SAO), xǐ wǎn (shee WAHN), zuò fàn (dzwoh FAHN). 我来帮你!
Do this: Say each word clearly; your child says it back twice. Point to a picture or the real thing when you can.
- 帮 (bāng) [bahng (high)]: to help
- 打扫 (dǎsǎo) [dah-SAO]: to clean; sweep
- 洗碗 (xǐ wǎn) [shee WAHN]: to wash the dishes
- 做饭 (zuò fàn) [dzwoh FAHN]: to cook
- 来 (lái) [lie (rising)]: to come; (let me) do
Show: Mom is carrying heavy bags. What do you say?
Say this: “Offer help.”
Say this: “Let me help you = 我来帮你.”
Answer: 我来帮你!
Show: Say “I wash the dishes.”
Say this: “I = 我.”
Say this: “Wash dishes = 洗碗.”
Answer: 我洗碗 (wǒ xǐ wǎn).
Do this: Ask out loud. Let your child try first; help only after a real try.
Ask: Say help in Chinese.
Listen for: 帮 (bāng).
Ask: What does 做饭 mean?
Listen for: To cook.
Ask: Offer to help Grandma.
Listen for: 奶奶, 我来帮你!
1 more on the lesson page.
Read aloud: Make a chart of jobs you will do this week.
Steps:
- Draw a row for each job: 打扫, 洗碗, 做饭 (helping), 铺床 (make the bed).
- Draw seven boxes for the days.
- Each time you help, say 我来! and put a sticker.
- At the end of the week, count your stickers in Chinese.
Tips for you:
- Ask a parent to write the Chinese words.
Done when your child can say:
- I helped every day.
- I counted my stickers in Chinese.
Do this: Your child picks one or more; you write the date.
- Draw yourself helping at home. Write 我来帮你 in a speech bubble.
Read aloud: In Chinese, a hard-working, helpful child is called 懂事 (dǒngshì), “understanding things.” Parents are very proud of such a child.
- Saying 洗碗 xǐ wǎn with two dipping tones. The first is said rising: xí wǎn.
- Mixing 做 (do, make) and 坐 (sit). Same sound, different characters.
The parent acts out a chore; the child names it in Chinese. Then switch.
Say this: “Tell me what you learned today.”
Listen for: Say 帮 (help), 打扫 (clean), 洗碗 (wash dishes) and 做饭 (cook).; Offer: 我来帮你! (let me help you!).; Work cheerfully, as for the Lord.
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
In the Chinese Bible (Chinese Union Version), this verse reads: <span class="zh-block" lang="zh-Hans">无论做什么，都要从心里做，像是给主做的</span><span class="py-line">Wú lùn zuò shén me, dōu yào cóng xīn lǐ zuò, xiàng shì gěi zhǔ zuò de</span> Whatever we do, we do it with all our heart for the Lord, not just for people.
Spread over the week
3 sessions of 15–20 minutes. Stop while it is still going well.
- Session 1. Warm-up, then read and teach the new idea and the new words. Show how.
- Session 2. Practice together, then start the project. Finish the project, then the sketchbook.
- Session 3. Narration, the game and the Scripture.