Wednesday, 24 September 2014

2014/2015 Lesson - Weather and four seasons



二〇一四年九月二十三日
Theme 主题:天气和四季(Weather and four seasons
With emphasis on autumn and winter

Learning Objectives
  1. Learn the name of four seasons. (春夏秋冬)
  2. Learn to express preferences for these seasons. (喜欢, 不喜欢)
  3. Learn the adjectives for describing these seasons (冷,,, ,干燥)
  4. Learn to understand a useful phrase: I know. I don’t know. (知道,不知道)

Key structures and vocabulary:
认字:
名词 (noun)   春夏秋冬, Spring Summer Autumn Winter
围巾, 手套, 帽子,毛衣,裙子,裤子,短裤
Scarves, gloves, hats, sweaters, skirts, trousers, shorts

动词 (verb)   穿, , 喜欢, 不喜欢,知道,不知道
Wear, wear, like, do not like, know, do not know

形容词 (adjective):   ,,, ,干燥, Cold, hot, cold, cool, dry

句子 (sentences)    冬天冷,夏天热,秋天凉。
                     你喜欢冬天吗? 我喜欢冬天,我不喜欢夏天。
                     冬天穿什么? 我穿毛衣, 戴围巾。


大班      
           教写字:笔画结构示范:春夏秋冬
          
练习对话: 冬天冷,夏天热,秋天凉。
                     你喜欢冬天吗? 我喜欢冬天,我不喜欢夏天。
                     冬天穿什么? 我穿毛衣, 戴围巾。
一叶知秋

Sunday, 14 September 2014

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

Last Tuesday, we were celebrating the fifteenth day of the eight lunar month (Mooncake Festival) at Darwin Hall.  After teaching the children a few words on the festival, we proceeded to paint a Lantern.  I picked up this idea while I was travelling in Singapore.  I saw the Chinese lantern display at the Chinatown MRT station and I decided to bring this idea to our Chinese club.
chinese paper lantern display in chinatown singapore
chinese paper lanter display chinatown singapore

So I went online to buy a few 8 inch paper lanterns with a variety of colours.  Then I bought the materials for painting like brushes, paints etc.
All children were very excited and wanted to paint them.  These are the photos of the activities.
This is such a lovely idea for children to decorate the lanterns.