🐻 Pinyin for Kids
The gateway to reading Chinese: a 10-lesson animated pinyin adventure. Kids learn the vowels, consonants and four tones with the Pinyin Kingdom bear — one focused classroom session at a time.
Lesson 1 · ~10 minWelcome to Pinyin Kingdom
Meet the Pinyin Kingdom bear and discover what pinyin is: the alphabet that spells out the sound of every Chinese word.
1 video · 4 words · 6 questions
Lesson 2 · ~12 minThe First Vowels: a · o · e
Your first three pinyin sounds! Learn a (open wide!), o (round lips!) and e (little smile!) with the animated bear.
1 video · 3 words · 6 questions
Lesson 3 · ~12 minFour Tones & i · u · ü
The four magic tone marks turn one sound into four words — then meet three new vowels: i, u and ü (the one with two little dots!).
1 video · 4 words · 6 questions
Lesson 4 · ~13 minReview: The Six Vowels
A fun checkpoint class: all six single vowels a · o · e · i · u · ü and their four tones, practiced with games in the Pinyin Kingdom.
1 video · 3 words · 6 questions
Lesson 5 · ~16 minFirst Consonants: b · p · m · f
Meet the first four initials! Learn b, p, m, f and start blending them with vowels to spell real words — like bà (dad) and mā (mom).
1 video · 4 words · 6 questions
Lesson 6 · ~14 minTongue Team: d · t · n · l
Four initials made with the tip of your tongue: d, t, n and l. Blend them with vowels to read syllables like dà (big) and lè (happy).
1 video · 4 words · 6 questions
Lesson 7 · ~14 minThroat Trio: g · k · h
Three sounds from the back of your mouth: g, k and h. Practice blending them into syllables like gē (song), kǎ (card) and hē (drink).
1 video · 3 words · 6 questions
Lesson 8 · ~17 minSmiling Sounds: j · q · x
Three smiling initials: j, q and x. They love the vowels i and ü — and there's a sneaky rule about ü losing its dots!
1 video · 4 words · 6 questions
Lesson 9 · ~15 minThe Great Initials Review
Checkpoint class! Race through all the initials you know — b p m f, d t n l, g k h, j q x — with blending games and tricky look-alike letters.
1 video · 4 words · 6 questions
Lesson 10 · ~18 minCurly Tongue Sounds: zh · ch · sh · r
The famous curly-tongue sounds! Curl your tongue tip up to say zh, ch, sh and r — the sounds in zhōngguó (China) and rì (sun).
1 video · 4 words · 6 questions