Chinese teaching materials

Below are links to teaching activities I designed or adapted during my years as a Chinese teacher. Each item is a link to a pdf that you can download. In many cases, there are instructions for how a teacher could use the activity, as well as simple descriptions about things like how much prep work it involves and how long it would take to complete in a typical class.

Pronunciation practice activities

Pointed pronunciation
Pinyin States of America
Pronunciation mazes (Instructor instructions for iMaze and uMaze)
iMaze
uMaze
The Name Card Game
Pinyin Binguo
Choir practice
Tone colors
Tone mazes
Pronunciation paths
Shifting Third Tone puzzle
行不行？(in-class tone pair practice) pdf pptx

Character practice activities

Character building
Trading characters
Tran字formers
Same or Different?
三字体/三字體 (character set matching game) pdf pptx
不三不四 (in-class spot the differences character activity) pdf pptx

Bits & Pieces:
Worksheets to help learners get a feel for how useful character components can be for unfamiliar characters. Each worksheet has a theme. Can be used in any order.
Nature simplified/traditional
Body Parts simplified/traditional
Animals simplified/traditional

Character coloring games (examples below)