12/16/2015

Thank you, students, for doing a great show today. Thank you, parents, for joining us. Merry Christmas to everyone!

 

12/14/2015

*Dear Parents, our session-end show will be at 5:15pm on Wednesday, December 16th, 2015. Looking forward to seeing you all!

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed the list of Chinese characters, pinyin and opposite words from last Quiz (see the handout).
  3. Continued with everyday conversation regarding food/eating.
  4. Practiced the show.
  5. Practiced Chinese writing (see the handout).
  6. Reviewed math: counting by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s.
  7. Science experiment: Magic Color Change with Red Cabbage Juice Powder.

Homework:

Practice the show and practice reading the everyday conversation (see the take-home handout) at home.

 

12/9/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Quiz. We had a session end quiz and everyone did well.
  3. Learned everyday conversation regarding food/eating.
  4. Practiced the show.
  5. Practiced Chinese writing(see the handout).
  6. Reviewed math.
  7. Science experiment: Magic Wand Lava.

Homework:

Practice reading the everyday conversation (see the take-home handout) at home.

 

12/7/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Learned Chinese words for food. Did match and color, and practiced everyday conversation regarding food.
  3. Practiced the show.
  4. Practiced Chinese writing(see the handout).
  5. Reviewed addition, subtraction and multiplication.
  6. Science experiment: Cystal Ball

Homework:

Finished the writing on the take-home handout.

 

12/2/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed Chinese flashcards.
  3. Practiced the show.
  4. Learned new Chinese writing(see the handout).
  5. Reviewed multiplication.

No homework

 

11/30/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed Chinese flashcards.
  3. Practiced the show.
  4. Learned new Chinese writing(see the handout).
  5. Reviewed subtraction.
  6. Solved more math problems using the ring toss game.
  7. Science experiment: Magic Wand

Homework:

All items for our December show are now on the website. Click here to review at home.

 

11/18/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed Chinese flashcards.
  3. Practiced the show.
  4. Learned new Chinese writing(see the handout).
  5. Team work using ring toss game.
  6. Reviewed addition and subtraction.
  7. Science experiment: Glow in the dark magic solution

No Homework

 

11/16/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed Chinese flashcards.
  3. Practiced the show.
  4. Team work using ring toss game.
  5. Reviewed all actions songs.
  6. Science experiment: An acid/base indicator. What color does it turn into?

No Homework

 

11/09/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed all Chinese writings.
  3. Practiced the show.
  4. Reviewed addition using ring toss game.
  5. Reviewed all actions songs.
  6. Reviewed Chinese flashcards.

Homework:

  1. Finish the Chinese writing (see the take-home handout).

 

11/04/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed the Chinese learned on 11/02/15.
  3. Practiced the show.
  4. Learned different months in Chinese.
  5. Fun math: Multiplication with 6. Worked on backward counting.
  6. Learned more Chinese writing
  7. Reviewed Chinese flashcards.
  8. Science experiment: Magic Ooze.

No Homework

 

11/02/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed the Chinese learned on 10/28/15.
  3. Practiced the show.
  4. Learned more writings in Chinese.
  5. Math review (see the take-home handout).
  6. Reviewed Chinese flashcards.
  7. Science experiment: Giant Jiggly Crystals.

No Homework

10/28/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed the Math and Chinese learned on 10/26/15.
  3. Practiced the show.
  4. Practiced introducing oneself in Chinese.
  5. Fun math: Multiplication with 5. Worked on skip-count.
  6. Learned more Chinese Radicals (汉字部首，see the take-home handout) and writing Chinese Characters with these radicals.
  7. Reviewed Chinese flashcards.
  8. Science experiment: underwater volcano.

No Homework

 

10/26/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed the Math and Chinese learned on 10/21/15.
  3. Practiced the show.
  4. Learned good manners (see handout “being polite”) in Chinese.
  5. Fun math: Multiplication with 4.
  6. Learned more Chinese Radicals (汉字部首，see the take-home handout).
  7. Learned new writing rule in Chinese (see the handout)
  8. Science experiment: dancing powders.

Homework:

  1. Finish the Chinese writing and fun math (see the take-home handout).

 

10/21/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed the Math and Chinese learned on 10/19/15.
  3. Practiced the show.
  4. Fun math: Multiplication with 3.
  5. Learned Chinese Radicals (汉字部首，see the take-home handout).
  6. Learned the writing rule in Chinese (see the handout)
  7. Science experiment: creating colors.

Homework:

  1. Practice writing following the rules (see the take-home handout).

 

10/19/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed the Math and Chinese learned on 10/14/15.
  3. Practiced the show.
  4. Learned the action song “Good Morning” (早上好）.
  5. Counting, skip counting, reverse counting in Chinese.
  6. Science experiment: Color Changing Volcano.

No Homework today

 

10/14/2015

Announcement

Dear Parents,

We have a group of super-talented students in our camp so we decided to make a show. The performance will be on Dec. 14th, 2015. You are all invited to come and watch!

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed the Chinese Characters learned before.
  3. Reviewed writing rules in Chinese “from top to bottom, from left to write”. Practiced writing “I love you” in Chinese.
  4. Learned and Practiced the action song “we are all good friends” .
  5. Learned “I love you, …” in Chinese and with the sign language (see the take-home handout).
  6. Learned multiplication (see the take-home Handout).
  7. Science experiment: Mix the Colors with your eyes.

Homework:

  1. Practice writing the Chinese “我爱你“ at home.
  2. Practice ”我们都是好朋友“ （see the take-home handout) with action.

10/12/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed the Chinese learned on 10/7/15.
  3. Colored the picture “our classroom”.
  4. Learned writing rules in Chinese “from top to bottom, from left to write”. Practiced writing 1, 2, 3 in Chinese.
  5. Learned to recognize body part words in Chinese.
  6. Counting, skip counting, reverse counting in Chinese.
  7. Science experiment: Underwater Volcano.

Homework:

  1. Write the Chinese characters we learned this week at home.
  2. Practice “小小眼睛看老师“ （see the take-home handout) with action.

 

10/7/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed the Chinese learned on 09/30/15.
  3. Art: Colored pictures in the action song “We are friends”.
  4. Music: Songs—“Two Elephants”, “We are friends”.
  5. Chinese:
    1. Writing Characters (你 【you】，好【good】)
    2. Conversation: Talking about ages.
    3. Action Song (“Two Elephants” and “We Are Friends”. see the take-home handout)
  6. Counting from 1-30 (in both Chinese and English).
  7. English Poem: Behold the Elephant.

Homework:

  1. Read once a day the English poem on the handout.
  2. Write the Chinese characters we learned this week at home.
  3. Practice the action songs in Chinese (see the take-home handout).

 

09/30/2015

Today’s theme: Elephant

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Reviewed the Chinese learned on 09/23/15.
  3. Art: Colored two pictures in the handout.
  4. Music: Song—Where is my hand?
  5. Chinese:
    1. Characters (你 【you】，好【good】， 象【elephant】）
    2. Vocabulary (你好【Hello】，大象【elephant】）
    3. Action Song (Two Elephants. see the take-home handout)
  6. Counting from 1-30 (in both Chinese and English):
  7. Science: color changing liquids (Part I)

Homework:

  1. Read once a day the English poem on the handout.
  2. Write the Chinese characters we learned this week at home.
  3. Practice the action song in Chinese (see the take-home handout).

 

09/23/2015

Here is what we did today:

  1. Lots of fun games.
  2. Art: Colored two Moon Festival pictures. Learned the history about the Moon Festival (also call Mid-Autumn Festival. see the take-home handout).
  3. Music: Song—Two Tigers
  4. Chinese:
    1. Characters (一 【one】，人【people】， 大【big】）
    2. Vocabulary (大人【adult】）
    3. Tongue Twister (see the take-home handout)
  5. Counting and Counting teeth (in both Chinese and English):
    一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 (1   2   3   4   5   6   7 8   9   10)
  6. Science: dancing powder experiment—introduced the concepts of acid and base

Homework:

  1. Write the Chinese characters we learned this week at home.
  2. Practice the tongue twister in Chinese (see the take-home handout).