Flexible and Versatile

Our products are manufactured locally in the Twin Cities, Minnesota.  We can create specialized versions for specific vocabulary quickly and easily.

Chinese Magnets
Chinese Game Cards
PC Game Tilesets

If your child studies at:

Ming Zhou Hua Xia Chinese School in Eden Prairie, MN.

Min Hua Chinese School in St. Paul MN

Soaring Kite donates 10% of profits for purchases for students at these Chinese schools.

Chinese Magnets

These magnets attach to any steel surface such as a refrigerator door or a desk lamp.

Like all languages, there is not always a one-to-one correspondence between the Chinese meaning and the English meaning.  This is especially true for words that represent concepts.  Each language has its own context.  The English translation used on these magnets represents the word associated with elementary Chinese teaching.

There are three different sets:

Set 1 - This set contains 136 magnets for 1st year Chinese.  This consists of the 124 characters of which twelve common characters are repeated. 

Price: $15.00    

Set 2 - This set contains 128 magnets for 2nd year Chinese.  This is a continuation of Set 1.

Chinese Game Cards

This specialized set of game cards exercises 58 different characters found in a beginning course in Chinese.  In this deck of game cards there are two cards for each character.  Each card has a Chinese character written using the simplified version.  The opposite side of one card has the pinyin pronunciation.  The opposite side of the other shows the English translation.

Price: $10.00    

Please contact us at: info@soaring-kite.com to order.

Like all languages, there is not always a one-to-one correspondence between the Chinese meaning and the English meaning.  This is especially true for words that imply concepts.  Each language has its own context.  The English translation used on these cards represents the word associated with elementary Chinese teaching. 

Besides the typical flashcard memory games, these cards permit several fun variations.  Cards can be placed on the table in various formations allowing the learner to match Chinese characters or Chinese with pronunciation or with English meaning.  Simple card games where the players can only match a card that is pronounced correctly add more interest to learning Chinese.  Another simple game begins by removing one card and asking the student to discover which one is missing.  This can only be accomplished by matching up all the other cards.  In doing so, the student practices recognizing all the characters along with matching the pronunciation and the meaning.

And the really good news is that when we do it (inject fun and games into training) we will find …that adding fun into the process will not only make learning and training much more enjoyable and compelling but also far more effective as well. – Marc Prensky (2001). Digital Game-Based Learning. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Tilesets for Kyodai Mahjongg Master

We have specialized tilesets for Kyodai's Mahjongg Master which exercise over 250 characters.  With one click, the player can see the translation.

Click here to Download Kyodai Mahjongg

Please, contact us to arrange for the specialize tilesets.  Soaring Kite

Remember our motto: Learning with no MSG (no Memorization, no Sweating, no Grumbling).