Bao & Bun's Bilingual Journey

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Taipei Book-Hunting Trip Recap Ren Ya Fall Lineup It’s not an easy task helping children connect with their heritage while living abroad. This fall, Ren Ya Learning and Yido Art Studio are teaming up to host "Creative Art In Mandarin." We wrapped up our 3rd session of Mandarin In Action! Today, the kids learned how to interact with a snack shop owner and ask how much something costs. Right from the start, everyone was eye-ing the wide array of snacks and couldn’t wait to dive in! We introduced the Chinese names for all kinds of treats and hands down, “ice cream 🍦” was the ultimate crowd favorite that the little ones were dying to learn. 這禮拜的Mandarin In Action的課，帶小朋友以及他們的家長學習如何「點水餃🥟」 ，對於開口點菜，對於非中文母語的家庭其實比寫中文功課還難，感謝師大華語文教師的線上培訓，讓我了解初級華語需要幫學生拆解句子，每個的生詞都得先讓學生練習、理解後，再來幫他們組成句子，然後反覆練習，今天做了小朋友和小朋友之間的練習，家長和家長之間的練習，這堂課特別感動的是在三個非亞裔的家長，也和孩子們一起練習中文，學習點餐，然後最後到餃子餐廳，用剛剛學得句子，鼓起勇氣來點餐。 在思考要拓展什麼樣的課程時，我發現到很多在教室裡面教的中文，和現實生活搭不起來，所以今年暑假我嘗試了一系列的課程，主打在生活中會用到的中文對話，今天是第一次上課，我和小朋友一起練習如何點珍珠奶茶，要如何用中文說出自己想要的甜度和冰塊🧊，最後我們到一家真正的珍珠奶茶🧋店，讓小朋友自己和店員點自己要的飲品。 大都會博物館親子美學工作坊 7/12 & 8/8 紐約的暑假終於到了，每年我都想辦法要在暑假幫孩子加強中文，但兩個孩子程度很不一樣，所以都要客製化設計有挑戰但還是他們會願意每天都會做的中文活動。 We had an absolute blast at MoMA today! We explored different galleries, learned how to describe various shapes and emotions in Mandarin, and looked at incredible Surrealist artworks while coming up with our very own creative stories.