Let's Color the Dragon Boat!

Enter the Lucky Draw to Win a FREE Gift!

Want to have some fun with your kids on the Dragon Boat Festival? Let's Color the Dragon Boat! Just download the enrollment form and the coloring page, get them done and return them to me through email. You may have the chance to win the Deluxe Pack for free!

To enter the Lucky Draw and stand a chance to win a FREE gift is simple! All you need to do is to have your kid complete the coloring page, fill in the enrollment form and return both of them to us by email at contact@inext.com.tw. Five lucky winners in each category (Age 4, 5 and 6) will receive "What Fun Paddling the Dragon Boat: the Deluxe Pack!" for FREE! The deadline for submission is on the 28th of June and the result will be posted on the blog on the 3rd of July.

Got to the Website: http://www.coobie.tw/hot.htm

Printable Acitivity Sheets are FREE for Download!

I have designed an activity book to come with the Deluxe Pack of "What Fun Paddling the Dragon Boat." In the activity book, words of color are integrated with fun activities, which help kids review the Chinese words they learn in the picture book. I 'd love to share some of the activities here with you. Please right-click the mouse and save the image as copy. Print it out for your kids to color it. However, the image will be in low quality due to the constraint of the website.

The activity book is best used together with the deluxe pack which includes a picture book and a DVD(11-min animation). After watching the DVD, kids can try to tell the story with the help of the picture book. The activity book can engage kids to use the language again and again, which makes learning Chinese really fun and easy.

Introducing the new picture book of the Coobie series - What Fun Paddling the Dragon Boat!

My first book of the Coobie series will soon be on the market. More picture books and activity books are also on the way. This story is to celebrate one of my favorite Chinese Traditional Festival - the Dragon Boat Festival - a day with lots of fun and great food.

What Fun Paddling the Dragon Boat!

Theme: Understanding that making up excuses is irresponsible (Also introducing the Chinese festival, the Dragon Boat Festival)

Log line: Maxi, who always makes up excuses for things he doesn't want to do, finally takes the responsibility after breaking Minni's dragon boat in the race.

Chinese Vocabulary Taught in the Story:
huangse (yellow) hongse (red) luse (green) lanse (blue)

Synopsis:
The Dragon Boat Festival is coming! Both Maxi and Minni like the yellow perfume sachet so A-Bao proposes to a dragon boat race! The kids make their own dragon boat. However, Maxi doesn't listen to A-Bao's advice and his boat is totally dysfunctional. Not surprisingly, his dragon boat bumps into Minni's during the race and breaks her boat. What will Maxi do when Minni asks him to get her a new boat?

The Deluxe Pack
The Deluxe Pack includes a 28-pages picture book and a DVD(11-min animation). After watching the DVD, kids can try to tell the story with the help of the picture book.

The Activity Book
There are eighteen interesting activities in the book, which help children review the Chinese words they learn in the picture book. These carefully-designed activities make learning Chinese really fun and easy.

Sing with Coobie!

What's your favorite color?

Hongse (Red) Huangse (Yellow) Lanse (Blue) Luse (Green)

Let's go paddle the dragon boat.

All the colors in one row.

Hongse Huangse Lanse Luse

Ahead of all is the one in yellow.

Huangse Huangse

The one next is the red dragon boat.

Hongse Hongse

Let's go paddle the dragon boat.

All the boats are ready to go.

Hongse Huangse Lanse Luse

The blue one is so very slow.

Lanse Lanse

The green one hits the blue dragon boat!

Luse Luse

Let's have another go.

What Fun Paddling the Dragon Boat!

Xinnian Kuaile!

The modern Chinese society has changed a lot, but many customs and values are still reserved. The Chinese New year is about family getting together, wishing each other good luck and a prosperous year to come. To celebrate the Chinese New Year, my two sisters in Auckland arranged a family gathering, prepared a feast and all the kids, Bella, Millie and Johnny, are dressed in the traditional Chinese way, which is seldom seen nowadays except on the stage. The kids went through all the Near Year celebration ritual and enjoyed everything about the celebration, especially the lucky moeny with the red envelope. Bella is four-year-old now, and she can articulate very clearly, saying, "Gongxi! Gongxi!"(a common Chinese Near Year greeting.) That got herself a lot of red envelops! ^_^

Meeting Coobie, Ditto and A-Bao...

Coobie
Coobie, 6-year-old, is a little cowboy made of cheese. He lives on a dairy farm with his best friend, Ditto, and is responsible for looking after the Cows. Coobie has a good heart, and he loves to help others. That is why he learns Kung Fu. Whoever is in trouble, Coobie will jump up and kick his hands and feet in the air and shout, “Kung Fu, Kung Fu, we’ll help you!”

Ditto
Ditto, 3-year-old, Coobie’s best friend, is a shy little sausage. When he is nervous, he sucks his pacifier vigorously. He likes to follow Coobie everywhere, saying what Coobie says and doing what Coobies does. He wants to be just like Coobie when he grows up.

A-Bao
A-Bao, 6-year-old, smart and adventurous, is a born leader. She is the granddaughter of the greatest Kung Fu master in the world - Master Li. A-Bao likes to show Coobie stuff like how to kick the shuttlecock and say things in Mandarin. And Coobie loves it!

Meeting Maxi & Minni...

Maxi
Maxi, 5-year-old, is a black belt in troublemaking! He looks like a panda because he accidentally drank Master Li's special herbal tea which changed his look. Maxi has so much energy that he's always playing pranks on the others. He likes to annoy his little sister, in particular. He also gets really jealous when Coobie and A-Bao fly on their big dragon kite.

Minni
Minni, 4-year-old, is lovely, adorable. yet headstrong. She often makes complaints against Maxi with Baba and Mama, which causes the tension between the siblings. Unlike the rest of her family, Minni is too young to fly. But she will prove that she can do it one day.