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。