Ni Hao Kai-lan

A six-year-old girl named Kai-lan, who invites friends at her home to share in the colorful interplay of Chinese and American cultures, as well as the Mandarin language, through interactive exercises and magical stories.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - The Dragonboat Festival
    November 6, 2007
    24min
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    Today is the Dragonboat Festival! Kai-lan and her friends are sooo excited to race dragonboats on the river! Kai-lan can't wait to meet a real dragon at the end of the races.
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  2. S1 E2 - Everybody's Hat Parade
    November 11, 2007
    24min
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    Kai-lan notices YeYe's gardening hat, and is inspired to make a hat of her own. When everyone in the backyard start making hats too, Kai-lan declares that they should have a hat parade!
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  3. S1 E3 - Hoho's Big Flight
    July 7, 2008
    24min
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    Hoho's Big Flight: Today's the big lantern festival to celebrate the end of Chinese New Year! Ye-Ye gives Kai-lan some lanterns for her and her friends to decorate.
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  4. S1 E4 - Safari Pals
    July 14, 2008
    24min
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    Kai-lan discovers some mysterious footprints, so there's only one thing to do - lead her friends on an educational safari through the backyard to find out who made them!
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  5. S1 E5 - Twirly Whirly Flyers
    July 21, 2008
    24min
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    Kai-lan invents a game - Twirly Whirly Flyers - where she and her friends twirl flower blossoms into the air to try to get them into a big tree.
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  6. S1 E6 - The Snowiest Ride
    July 27, 2008
    24min
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    Kai-lan wakes up to see snow blanketing the whole backyard! She finds a great hill for sledding, and sees some beautiful ice sculptures down at the bottom.
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  7. S1 E7 - Tolee's Rhyme Time
    August 4, 2008
    24min
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    Kai-lan wants to start a music group that includes EVERYONE!
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  8. S1 E8 - Kai-lan's Campout
    August 11, 2008
    24min
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    Tonight Kai-lan is having a camp-out in the backyard, and we're all invited! Ye-Ye has set up a beautiful ladybug tent, and all of Kai-lan's friends come over, wearing their pajamas.
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  9. S1 E9 - Wait, Hoho, Wait!
    August 18, 2008
    24min
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    Rintoo gets a very special delivery today: a build-it-yourself toy car that everyone can ride in. Kai-lan is excited to help Rintoo and Tolee put it together and take a ride. But Hoho is sooo excited that he can't wait.
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  10. S1 E10 - The Ant Playground
    August 25, 2008
    24min
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    Kai-lan is amazed to see the ants building a tiny playground full of fantastical rides. But they forgot to build a swing, and the playground is opening soon! Kai-lan and her friends volunteer to build the ants a tire swing.
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  11. S1 E11 - Happy Chinese New Year!
    September 1, 2008
    24min
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    It's Chinese New Year, which means a big feast, red envelopes, and friends and family all together! Kai-lan and her friends are thrilled because this year, they are old enough to carry the huge dragon costume.
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  12. S1 E12 - Ni Hao, Halloween
    September 8, 2008
    24min
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    Trick or treat, it's Halloween! Kai-lan and her friends dress up to go trick or treating with YeYe. Kai-lan is a dinosaur, Tolee's a panda, Hoho's the Monkey King, and Rintoo is his favorite - a dragon!
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  13. S1 E13 - Beach Day
    September 15, 2008
    24min
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    Kai-lan is excited because today she's going to the beach with YeYe and her friends, to play in the sand, fly kites, and go in the water! When some little crabs give Kai-lan a seashell, she and Tolee decide to build a sandcastle for them.
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  14. S1 E14 - Roller Rintoo
    September 29, 2008
    24min
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    Kai-lan and her friends are off to a roller rink to go skating! But when Rintoo won't put on his roller skates, Kai-lan thinks something is wrong. It turns out that Rintoo is scared of roller skating.
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  15. S1 E15 - Rain or Shine
    October 6, 2008
    24min
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    Kai-lan and her friends are planning a big day of playing outdoors, when suddenly it starts to rain!
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  16. S1 E16 - Kai-lan's Carnival
    October 13, 2008
    24min
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    Kai-lan and her friends wake up early today because...there's a CARNIVAL in the backyard with game booths, prizes and rides!
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  17. S1 E17 - Lulu Day
    October 20, 2008
    24min
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    Today, Kai-lan is having a playdate with her best girl friend, Lulu the rhino! Kai-lan is ready with all sorts of games and things to play with Lulu. But Lu4lu wants to play with DIFFERENT things than Kai-lan.
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  18. S1 E18 - Sports Day
    October 27, 2008
    24min
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    Kai-lan LOVES dinosaurs, and today she's made up a whole bunch of Olympic-style Dinosaur Games to play with her friends! The whole backyard comes out to watch Kai-lan, Rintoo, Tolee and Hoho play games including the T-Rex Jump and the Dino Race.
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  19. S1 E19 - Kai-lan Goes to China
    August 13, 2009
    46min
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    Kai-lan gets a phone call from her favorite great aunt (and YeYe's sister), Gunainai, in China, inviting us to come to China and meet a baby panda!
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  20. S1 E106 - The Snowiest Ride
    March 24, 2008
    24min
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    The Snowiest Ride: Kai-lan wakes up to see snow blanketing the whole backyard! She finds a great hill for sledding, and sees some beautiful ice sculptures down at the bottom.
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Directors
David MarshallMatt MahaffeyAllan Jacobsen
Cast
Kai-lan
Studio
CBS
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