{"id":280,"date":"2019-05-31T15:44:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T19:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/startalk\/?page_id=280"},"modified":"2019-06-27T14:18:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T18:18:27","slug":"parent-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/startalk\/summer-camp\/parent-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;border-style: none\" cellpadding=\"4\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-style: none\">\n<td style=\"border-style: none;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;width: 12.3393%\" scope=\"row\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colby.cafebonappetit.com\/#lunch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colby<br \/>\nLunch Menu <\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: none;width: 14.91%;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\"><a href=\"#Forms\">Parent<br \/>\nForms<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: none;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;width: 8.99743%\"><a href=\"#Cartoons\">YouTube<br \/>\nCartoons<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: none;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;width: 15.4241%\"><a href=\"#Videos\">Learning<br \/>\nVideos<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: none;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;width: 7.84062%\"><a href=\"#Apps\">Chinese<br \/>\nApps<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: none;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;width: 12.2108%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/startalk\/summer-camp\/\">Camp&nbsp;<br \/>\nHomepage<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<table class=\" alignleft\" style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;border-style: hidden\" cellspacing=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 158px\">\n<td style=\"width: 56.7887%;height: 158px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Enter Into the World of a Chinese Painting, with this video:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300c\u7b46\u58a8\u884c\u65c5\u300d\u52d5\u756b\u5f71\u7247 Travelling through Brush and Ink\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uUwWmwEhYoQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"border-style: none;text-align: left\">\n<h5><strong><a id=\"Forms\"><\/a>Forms and Documents for Parents<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/startalk.umd.edu\/public\/consent-form_studentminor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consent Form<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/startalk\/files\/2019\/05\/Me-in-a-Bag.docx\">Me in a Bag<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h5>Cartoons, Videos, and Apps <span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Selected by Qingling Mendenhall, Lead Instructor<\/span><\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a id=\"Cartoons\"><\/a>Cartoons<\/h6>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;border-style: none;margin-left: 30px\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n<tr style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n<td style=\"width: 9.35651%;padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l6A_b0S__Sk&amp;list=PLsw2iU9xmpfZ8UivWNS0mH98OSFsgWBAo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-389\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/startalk\/files\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-27-at-12.25.41-PM-e1561653583187.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"56\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.8754%;padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zct7zC25YVc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-388\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/startalk\/files\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-27-at-12.30.23-PM-e1561653605360.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8446%;padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R437ljBm2wg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-386\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/startalk\/files\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-27-at-12.33.10-PM-e1561653641947.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"72\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n<td style=\"width: 9.35651%;padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l2W4nDQVtMQ&amp;list=PLg0gVW-bweyfE-FFUTFsOZF3kAXSV6Bct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-391\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/startalk\/files\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-27-at-12.52.00-PM-e1561654357174.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"73\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.8754%;padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l6A_b0S__Sk&amp;list=PLsw2iU9xmpfZ8UivWNS0mH98OSFsgWBAo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-392\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/startalk\/files\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-27-at-12.54.02-PM-e1561654470933.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"72\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8446%;padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eXijz3bmYak&amp;t=1540s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-385\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/startalk\/files\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-27-at-12.36.46-PM-e1561653546923.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"64\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&nbsp;<a id=\"Videos\"><\/a>Online Video Chinese lessons<\/h6>\n<table class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;margin-left: 30px\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n<tr style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n<td style=\"width: 29.1199%;padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Up-roZEGqgA&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-396\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/startalk\/files\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-27-at-12.58.27-PM-e1561654810463.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\"><\/a>Happy Sunshine Friends<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34.2697%;padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCe36xqTR1gUHmIQiGkW4TIQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-397\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/startalk\/files\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-27-at-1.02.51-PM-e1561655000279.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"71\"><\/a>Learning Chinese with Jane Wang<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.5325%;padding-left: 30px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a id=\"Apps\"><\/a>Chinese Learning Apps<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinese-skill.com\/cs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese Skill (iphone)<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.chineseskill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android<\/a> version)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">The design and interface is really cute, featuring a panda, of course. Also, the content is designed according to categories like food, numbers and colors\u2014so you get the learning in a rather systematic way while having some fun.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Free<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/kids-learn-mandarin-free-fingerprint\/id636317204?utm_campaign=elearningindustry.com&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_source=%2F10-best-language-learning-apps-for-kids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">K<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">ids Learn Mandarin (iphone)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.fingerprintplay.klmfree&amp;hl=en&amp;utm_campaign=elearningindustry.com&amp;utm_source=%2F10-best-language-learning-apps-for-kids&amp;utm_medium=link\">Android<\/a> version)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">With Kids Learn Mandarin, children can learn to speak, read and write 200 words through a series of lessons and games.&nbsp; Reward stickers and music videos keep the learning fun.&nbsp; One lesson and 8 games are included with additional lessons available for download.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/lingupinguin-free-english\/id420663681?mt=8\">Lingu Pinguin (iphone)<\/a> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=air.lpenchfull\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android<\/a> version) <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">An interactive English-Chinese picture dictionary with audio. The vocabulary themes are animals, transportation, food, face &amp; body, farm, toys, nature, clothes, and house.&nbsp; There is a quiz section for review. Pronunciation: standard Mandarin Chinese.&nbsp; Audio options: English and Mandarin Chinese.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/chinese-flashcards-mandarin\/id519583080?mt=8\">Chinese Flashcards (iphone) <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">This is a flashcard app with very nice illustration for young children. I like that the Chinese characters are included in each card.&nbsp; It is important that you select \u201cMandarin Chinese\u201d in the language setting to hear the correct&nbsp;pronunciation.&nbsp; This publisher appears to create apps only for iphone. Audio options: English, Mandarin Chinese, and Cantonese.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/fun-chinese-mandarin-chinese-language-learning-games\/id547571511?mt=8\">Fun Chinese (iphone)<\/a> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.pumkin.funchinese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android<\/a> version)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">This is a game-based Chinese learning app with a 15 different languages combination.&nbsp; That means the game instruction is in your selected language.&nbsp; If you set \u201cEnglish\u201d as your preferred language you will see \u201cEnglish\u201d instruction in the game.&nbsp; The teaching material is in Chinese. &nbsp; This can be helpful for families who speak languages other than Chinese.&nbsp; Theme words and phrases are the main content for this app with a few simple sentences from the free version.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/gus-on-the-go-mandarin-chinese-for-kids\/id563446687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gus On The Go (iphone)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">It is well-designed and with high quality graphics and audio recording.&nbsp; You will find one app titled&nbsp;\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/gus-on-the-go-taiwanese-mandarin-for-kids\/id568120211?mt=8\">Taiwan Mandarin<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;for traditional Chinese writing. This publisher does not appear to have a Mandarin app for Android systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"border-style: none;text-align: left\">\n<hr>\n<p>Any questions or concerns? 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