# Chinese Immersion at Home: Workbooks for Parents Free printables for parents of Chinese immersion students: help with homework, talk with the teacher, a 30-day family challenge and everyday phrases. Source: https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/chinese-immersion-parent-workbooks By Mei Lin Chinese immersion schools and programs teach children in Mandarin for much of the school day, and many of their parents don't speak Chinese. These books are for those parents, and for any family that wants more Mandarin at home: the Chinese of the homework and the classroom, and short phrases for mornings, meals and bedtime. You can start with no Chinese. By the end you can read your child's homework words, help at home, talk with the teacher and use a few new phrases with your child every day. Every line has pinyin and English, and most of the books have free audio. ## Best first book [Chinese Immersion Homework Helper: Mandarin for Parents Who Don't Speak Chinese](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/chinese-immersion-homework-helper): The Chinese your child's immersion school uses, so you can read the homework, help at home and talk with the teacher. Every line has pinyin and English and is on the free audio, and your child does the writing. ## Workbooks (6) Free. - [Mandarin at Home: Everyday Family Phrases](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/mandarin-at-home): 24-page PDF, Beginner · HSK 1. Short, warm Mandarin for mornings, meals, tidying, bedtime, and praise - [Chinese Immersion Homework Helper: Mandarin for Parents Who Don't Speak Chinese](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/chinese-immersion-homework-helper): 35-page PDF, Beginner · HSK 1. The Chinese your child's immersion school uses, so you can read the homework, help at home and talk with the teacher, with audio - [Speak Chinese at Home: A 30-Day Family Challenge](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/speak-chinese-at-home-family-challenge): 36-page PDF, Beginner · HSK 1. Three new phrases a day for parents to use with their children, from wake-up to bedtime, with audio so you can say them right - [Chinese New Year Printables 2027: Red Envelopes, Greeting Cards and Couplets to Write](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/chinese-new-year-red-envelopes-and-cards): 16-page PDF, Total beginner · HSK 1. Red envelope templates, a Year of the Goat card, 福 to write, spring couplets to trace and lantern riddles, with the wishes to write and say, with audio - [Chinese Immersion Homework Practice: Weekly Words, Dictation and Sentences (Grades 3–5)](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/chinese-immersion-homework-practice): 29-page PDF, Kids 8–10. Ten weeks of homework-style practice on the units immersion classes teach, from school and family to animals, weather and plants: word lists, dictation with audio, fill-ins and sentence building, for children aged 8 to 10 - [Chinese Reading Comprehension for Kids: 10 Short Passages with Questions (Grades 3–5)](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/chinese-reading-comprehension-for-kids): 27-page PDF, Kids 8–10. Ten short reading passages for immersion and weekend-school children, half stories and half fact texts on animals, seasons, plants and the neighbourhood, with pinyin, questions and read-along audio ## How can I help with Chinese immersion homework if I don't speak Chinese? Chinese Immersion Homework Helper gives you the words and lines the school uses, so you can read the homework, help at home and talk with the teacher. You only need to recognise the homework words, and your child does the writing. ## How do we use more Mandarin at home? Speak Chinese at Home is a 30-day family challenge: three new phrases a day, from wake-up to bedtime, with audio so you say them right. Mandarin at Home has short phrases for mornings, meals, tidying, bedtime and praise. ## Do I need to learn Chinese myself? 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