Kids love songs and nursery rhymes. The words are usually simple and easy to be memorized. The rhyme of the music helps children to learn the song without much effort. For children,the easiest way to learn any foreign language probabaly is through learning the songs and nursery rhymes. Here is a collection of the Chinese children's songs and some nursery rhymes. Some of the songs have the words in Chinese and Mandarin Pinyin. A couple have the Enlgish meanings as well.
Two tigers, two tigers Run so fast, run so fast One has no ears One has no tail So strange! So strange! 两只老虎,两只老虎 跑得快,跑得快, 一只没有耳朵一只没有尾巴 真奇怪,真奇怪 liǎng zhī lǎo hǔ , liǎng zhī lǎo hǔ pǎo de kuài , pǎo de kuài yī zhī méi yǒu ěr duō yī zhī měi yǒu wéi bā , zhēn qí guài , zhēn qí guài
小燕子,穿花衣 年年春天来这里 ... xiǎo yàn zi, chuān huā yī nián nián chūn tiān lái zhè lǐ ...
一二三四五六七 我的朋友在哪里 ... yī èr sān sì wǔ liù qī wǒ de péng yǒu zài nǎ lí
新年好呀,新年好呀 祝贺大家新年好! ... xīn nián hǎo ya, xīn nián hǎo ya zhù hè dà jiā xīn nián hǎo
Happy Birthday to you. 祝你生日快乐 zhù nǐ shēng rì kuài lè