Month: November 2016

Thanksgiving!

November 28, 2016Daily Life, Schoolchadwickbaldwin Leave a comment

This week, while not a major event filled week still had its fun events. First we had a student loose her tooth in the class on Monday. She was so proud that she had taken it out and so we wrapped it up in tissue and taped it closed. We wrote her name on it so she could take it home to her mother.

本周，我们虽然没有大型的活动，但是充满着小欢乐。周一，我们有一位可爱的小朋友掉了小牙。她自豪的把掉下来的小牙拿出来，我们帮助她用纸巾把这颗小牙包好，并将她的名字写在了上面，这样她就可以把这颗小牙带回家啦。

During the week we were preparing for the Thanksgiving play. Yes, the American Primary School was going to celebrate American Thanksgiving. The kids had made cards for their parents, and a short video that told their parents how much they loved them and some cute stories that they remembered doing with their families. We prepared some songs for the parents, all ones we had learned earlier, but they were still good songs.

我们一直在排练感恩节的话剧。没错，美国小学班将要庆祝美国的感恩节。孩子们给自己的爸爸妈妈们亲手制作了感恩卡，给爸爸妈妈们录制了感恩的视频，告诉爸爸妈妈们自己有多么爱他们，回忆和爸爸妈妈们一起做过的事情。我们还给爸爸妈妈们演唱了我们以前学过的歌曲。

On Wednesday we had an Open day for the parents. In an attempt to show the parents a candid view of the class we asked them to come and watch the class from our 2^nd classroom, through the security camera footage. They watched it on the interactive whiteboard. Then we had our show 4^th period for the parents.

周三，我们进行了家长开放日活动。为了让家长们更直观的了解孩子们的上课情况，我们安排家长们在隔壁班教室通过视频观看了孩子们的上课情况。第四节课上，我们为爸爸妈妈们做了感恩节的表演。

After the show we had a big lunch with food from all the families, and some hot dishes from the school. Some parents even brought cake for the kids. It was delicious.

表演结束后，我们享用了家长们带来的具有各种地方特色的凉菜、点心和学校精心为孩子们烹饪的丰盛美味的午餐。

On Thursday and Friday a couple of students brought gift erasers from Japan to be given out. On Thursday, Daniel gave out some nice quality erasers, and on Friday, Mickey brought some character erasers.

有些孩子给大家带来了日本的橡皮作为礼物。周四，Daniel送给大家很好用的橡皮。周五，Mickey送给大家卡通动物的橡皮。

Due to time constraints we were videoing the children perform their Thanksgiving Play. I expect to deliver it to the families on Friday if not through WeChat, than through the WeiYun accounts.

因为时间关系，我们对孩子们的感恩节话剧进行了拍摄。我希望能在周五把录制的视频通过微信或者微云给各位家长。

Wushu skipping

November 22, 2016Schoolchadwickbaldwin Leave a comment

This past week has been an interesting one, mostly routine, but still interesting. On Monday we took the children back to Chang Ying Park to practice jump roping, and skipping. The kids hiked there much faster this time than last time, and most of the kids had a good time jumping. We tried forward jumping, backward jumping, competitive jumping, and tandem jumping. Tandem jumping is where 2 people are jumping with 1 jump rope. The taller of the two holds the rope, and the two people face each other and jump together.

过去的一周精彩无限。虽然大部分属于日常工作，但依然有趣。上周一我们再次徒步至常营公园，在那里我们练习跳绳。在此次徒步过程中，孩子们的速度明显较第一次有提高，大部分孩子在公园度过了愉快的跳绳时光。我们尝试了各种跳绳方式，比如：正着跳，反着跳，跳绳比赛以及双摇。双摇是两个人跳一条绳子，个子高的那位小朋友负责摇绳。

We also took the children over to a playground to take class photos on Monday. We posed everyone in the jungle gym for a cool photo of us all. After that they got to take individual photos and, and test out the sizes of their new winter jackets.

周一我们还带着孩子们去操场拍了照片。我们所有人都在操场上摆造型，照出酷酷的集体照和单人照。拍照结束后，我们试穿了新冬装。

On Tuesday we took the children to the Capital Museum, where they learned about life in ancient Beijing. They watched a short video about the land and area around Beijing, and then they watched another video about life in Beijing in the past. The children go to see pre-historic Beijing with Peking-Man, and they got to find out about the different names and rulers of Beijing.

周二，我们带着孩子们参观了首都博物馆，在那里孩子们了解了老北京的生活。他们看了一段关于北京周边地区的短片，也看了过去生活在北京的视频。在一位北京居民的带领下，孩子们看到了历史悠久的北京，并且了解了在北京不同时期的名字和统治者。

On Wednesday they had their first Wushu Lesson. Mr. Jin came and has begun teaching the children Wushu in the mornings. I’m not an expert on Martial Arts, but I am very happy that the children get to learn this wonderful Chinese art, and Mr. Jin is a wonderful teacher.

星期三上午孩子们开始了第一节武术课，金老师是孩子们的武术教练。在此领域我不是专家，但我仍然很高兴看到孩子们可以习得如此美好的中国艺术，金老师很棒。

We spent a lot of time on our Thanksgiving play practice this week as well. The children are working hard, and some of them are surprising me as to how well they are taking to acting. Normally I have difficulty getting children to remember their words or even to follow along with the script at this age, but most of the children are doing well in this. It can be a bit stressful though, and they have needed breaks from this.

本周我们花了大量的时间来排练感恩节短剧。孩子们都十分认真和努力。排练过程中有些孩子的表现让我惊喜。于孩子们而言，他们现在的年龄段理解记忆剧本有一定的难度，但大多数的孩子还是表现的很好。虽然略有压力，但孩子们还是需要经历这些。

Parks and Veterans

November 14, 2016Schoolchadwickbaldwin One comment

On Monday this past week we took the children to Chang Ying Park nearby to have a relaxed class. While at the park we practiced some of our Poetry. The children have been learning some Chinese Poetry with the help of Ms. Qian. It was quite a sight to see. The children then had a moment to look around and enjoy the view of the park before we started the Art project. The art teachers, Ms.Cao, and Ms. Gu, had prepared a big chalk tree on the ground and asked the children to populate it with leaves, animals, more branches and other signs of life. The children had a wonderful time.

上周一我们带着孩子们去了学校附近的常营公园并且在那里上了一节很放松的户外课。在公园里，我们诵读了很多学过的诗歌。在钱老师的教育下，孩子们学习了大学，孩子们诵读时的场景真是蔚为壮观。在美术课之前，孩子们还有机会四周漫步，欣赏公园美景。教美术课的曹老师和谷老师，在地面上为孩子们精心准备了一棵”粉笔树”，要求孩子们用粉笔画出树叶，动物，树枝和其他生命物体来装点这棵树。孩子们度过了非常快乐的时光。

On Tuesday our class competed in a grade 1 dance contest. The children had been practicing the 2 dances in their spare time and had worked hard on it. I love watching the class dance and try fun things, it is wonderful to see.

周二，我们班参加了一年级组的广播操比赛。在孩子们的业余时间已经在校练习了两套广播体操，每个小朋友都认真而努力。看着他们认真的样子，我由衷的感到欢喜。

On Friday we had a lot of things happen. Because of the air quality there was no outdoor exercise, HOWEVER, our class has a backup plan for these days. It’s called the “Zippy Shake.” The Zippy shake is a program that allows the children to dance along with their characters from the Skoolbo learning App. The characters from the app teach the children different dances. APS loved it, they thought it was wonderful.

上周五发生了很多的事情。因为空气质量的原因我们没有户外活动。尽管如此，我们班对此做出了预案。活动被称之为”Zippy Shake”。Zippy Shake是从Skoolbo learning App里下载下来的，APP里的主人公教会孩子们各种舞蹈。孩子们非常喜欢，他们觉得这些舞蹈精彩至极。

Friday was also Veteran’s day in America, (Called Remembrance day in Canada). On this day we take a moment to remember the soldiers that died for our countries. Every November 11^th at 11:11am, everyone stops what they are doing for 1 minute of silence. The children and I were late by 2 minutes starting, but we still observed this. The significance is on November 11^th at 11:11am 1918 World War 1 finished.

上周五，也是一个纪念日。是美国人和加拿大人专门用来纪念退伍军人的日子。在这天，我们会花时间来纪念为我们国家牺牲的士兵们。每年的11月11日，上午11点11分，所有人都会停下手中的工作为战士们默哀一分钟。我们班的孩子因为准备工作而把纪念时间推迟了两分钟。这个时间点意味着第一次世界大战是在1918年11月11日上午11：11分结束的。

Friday was our first “Mummy & Daddy Lunch.” As we had a father come and help cook the food. Apparently he just assisted, but it is nice to see fathers getting involved in the kitchen too. We also celebrated Daniel’s Birthday (November 6^th), and Claire’s Birthday (November 11^th) by having cake after our parent lunch. I presented the children with notebooks signed by all the teachers in the program.