Fun Bilingual Valentine's Day Activity for Kids in Chinese and English – Compliment Jar
Let’s celebrate Valentine’s Day in your Chinese classroom by spreading kindness! This Compliment Jar is a simple yet meaningful activity for your students to practice giving and receiving positive words in both Chinese and English. It’s a wonderful way to build friendships, boost confidence, and celebrate the season of love!
Materials You Need to Make a Compliment Jar:
Bilingual printable heart-shaped compliment templates (in Chinese and English)
Friendship Jar Template (______________ 的友情糖果罐)
Pencils, Markers, Scissors, and Glue
***Optional: Colored Paper Bags
Step-by-Step Instructions:
1. Cut out the hearts – Students will learn what compliments are and why it’s important to give compliments to each other. All the compliments on the hearts are in English and Chinese. The hearts feature compliments in both English and Chinese such as “You’re talented 你很有才华” “You’re caring 你会关心别人”.
2. Write their own compliments – Encourage kids to think about their classmates' strengths and write kind words in Chinese and English.
3. Fill the jar – Each student glues compliments onto a friend’s 友情糖果罐 friendship jar template, creating a heartwarming collection of positive messages!
4. Share the love! – Students can attach their Friendship Jar filled with thoughtful compliments to a colorful paper bag. If you have Valentine’s Day gifts for them—or if students are exchanging treats—they can place them inside the bag to take home. It’ll be a sweet reminder of the kind words shared in class!
This Valentine's Day activity is a wonderful way to promote kindness, encourage bilingual learning, and create a positive classroom environment. It promotes meaningful peer interactions in English and Chinese in bilingual classrooms, and can also serves as a special keepsake for students to cherish.
If you're looking to bring this activity to your classroom, the printable templates are available in our shop and TeacherspayTeachers store.
Are you looking foractivities to teach kids about kindness and friendship in Chinese? This bilingual kindness jar will be a super cute activity for your Chinese learners to spread kindness and share love with each other on Valentine’s Day and/or World Kindness Week.
Students will learn about what a compliment is and why it's kind to give compliments to our friends. After your lesson about kindness and compliments, they will make a fun craft by cutting out a jar shape and little hearts with compliments and encouraging words. Then, students will walk around the classroom and give their friends compliments by putting hearts on their jars. You can make this activity even more exciting by using real mason jars!
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