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Mandarin Chinese · Kindergarten

Look, listen & imagine

The Museum of Curious Things

Read · page 1

米洛在一幅图画上看到一只大蝴蝶。

Shuxian · Selected narrator. Use your device’s volume controls.
English helper

Milo sees a large butterfly in a picture.

Try it together

Point to a person or object in the story. Say one word you recognize. Draw your favorite scene.

Read · page 2

安娜注意到它的翅膀有不同的颜色。

Shuxian · Selected narrator. Use your device’s volume controls.
English helper

Ana notices that its wings have different colors.

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Choose a word or expression. Say it, act it out or draw it.

Read · page 3

他们问蝴蝶为什么有花纹。

Shuxian · Selected narrator. Use your device’s volume controls.
English helper

They ask why butterflies have patterns.

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Distinguish observation from explanation in a question-and-answer exchange.

Read · page 4

导游先帮助他们仔细观察,然后再回答。

Shuxian · Selected narrator. Use your device’s volume controls.
English helper

The guide helps them look carefully before answering.

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Retell the ending. Which detail helps you understand it?

Story challenge · page 5

What do they observe?

Look closer

Point to a person or object in the story. Say one word you recognize. Draw your favorite scene.

Create & grow · page 6

Make it your own

Say one new word aloud, then write or draw what it means.

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Drawing space ↗

Review your work

I can name something in the story.

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