Chinese Resources

Welcome to the Chinese Resource Page!  This is the place for Sunrise families to find links to websites, apps, and local Chinese language & cultural resources.

Local Resources

To learn more about Chinese culture classes for adults and children, ongoing exhibits, and yearly festivals including a Mid-Autumn Festival and a Chinese New Year Festival, go to the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center. Sunrise Drive Library: We have picture books, history and culture books, mythology/fairy tale books, and some language books. The books are in English, or English/pinyin/simplified Chinese. Pima County Public Library  has books, dvds, cds, and a free language program.

• Learning Pronunciator
• Chinese Language Readers Library

Asian Markets in Tucson

• Lee Lee International Supermarket:  1990 W Orange Grove Rd
• Sandyi Market:  4270 E Pima St
• Grant-Stone Supermarket:  8 W Grant Rd
• G & L Import Export Corporation:  4828 E 22nd St

Language Web Resources

• Books and learning materials  *purchase items with simplified characters*
  • ChinaSprout
  • Asian Parent
• Websites for language learning:
  • Confucius Institute Online micro-course
  • Games-learn-Chinese
  • Digital Dialects
  • Arch-Chinese-Chinese/English Dictionary
  • Mandarin for Me
  • ichinesereader (subscription online reader)
  • www.fluentu.com/ (6 Awesome Chinese Podcasts)
  • https://chinesepod.com/
  • yellowbridge
  • wenlin software for learning Chinese (for purchase)
  • languagenut (30 day free trial, then for purchase)
  • memrise
• Videos
  • Chineasy video on YouTube
    • Chineasy  (we have the book in the library)
  • Pleasant Goat and Big Bad Wolf (Xi Yang Yang)  *Some are geared toward older kids, some younger – there are other Xi Yang Yang videos you can click on)
    • Xi Yang Yang
  • Fun Fun Elmo-Sesame Street program in Chinese
  • Beva: a video website in Chinese
  • Sunrise Drive students on the Morning Blend
  • YouTube video about Chinese characters
• Apps
  • Chinasprout free trial and purchase link
  • Chinaprout itunes purchase link
  • Fun Chinese for Ages 3-10 by Studycat Limited
  • ChinesePop by Oz Apps
  • Pleco Chinese/English Dictionary
  • Skritter – character stroke order and pronunciation

Culture Web Resources

• Articles of interest:
  • NPR ED: Potential Brain Benefits of Bilingual Education
  • NY Times: The Benefits of Bilingualism
  • Asia Society: What Research Tells Us About Immersion
  • Top Ten Answers for Parents about Immersion Education
  • NPR: A Kindergartener’s Year in a Mandarin Immersion School
•  Culture Websites
  • China Family Adventure
  •  China Highlights
  • The Palace Museum, Beijing, 365 Days of Masterpieces
• Videos:
  • Leaves of Change: The Ageless Tradition of Chinese Tea (PBS & Confucius Institute of Indianapolis)
  • Malanhua Iris-Flower song
  • Chinese Zodiac Song
  • Family Member Titles Song (grandma, brother, etc)
• Music CDs or MP3s available on Amazon
  • Ni Hao Basho Friends
  • Little Dragon Tales: Chinese Children’s Songs
• Books
  • Chinese New Year books available through Amazon.com: