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Mandarin 中文

Yadi Liu

Children will learn to speak, read and write common Chinese words and phrases through a variety of hands-on activities and demonstrations of writing sequence, strokes. In addition, they will learn phonetic symbols through songs and movements and celebrating Chinese holidays. Routine tests and pop-up quizzes will help reinforce the students’ Chinese literacy skills and long-term memory.
让中文学习变得有趣~ 初级中文课适合刚开始学中文的学生。这十二周的中文 课程将从听、说、读、写全方面提升学生的中文学习能力。在线课程老师会提供各式有趣的小游戏和互动练习，帮助学生全方位专注并激发学生的学习兴趣。课后学生仍然可以与老师互动交 流，让你的中文学习不再孤单!

Wonder Tales 生动故事汇

Casey Chen

We will be introducing stories and explain these stories in both Chinese and English. In each story, we will discover a lot more details with different characters and background knowledge to enrich the class. Furthermore, we will be making story related crafts such as characters’ masks and use these crafts to do some role plays. In addition, by the end of this class, kids will obtain knowledge which will be not taught in their textbooks.
我们将会根据学生需求使用中英文讲解小故事，一起探索故事中的人物。每个故事我们都会带领小朋友们一起玩与故事相关的游戏和制作手工。我们会在游戏与手工制作中投入更多精力以训练小朋友们的专注力。本节课能够丰富小朋友的课外知识，还会在完成后给每个小朋友分配角色来表演这个故事噢！

Creative Arts 绘画

Mandy Lin

For beginning and intermediate levels. Students will learn to draw lines, shapes, textures, and utilize various mediums, such as: pencil, crayon, markers, watercolors, and oil sticks to create images of people, plants, animals and objects. After progressing through these stages and styles, students will be able to create anything that they wish. They will also learn to critique their own artwork. Teaching methods include lead drawing, observational drawing, and story-based free drawing. The class will help refine fine motor skills, cultivate the imagination, and promote concentration.
学生通过点线面的结合以及运用不同的画画工具和材料来学习人物，动物，植物及建筑的绘画。孩子学习绘画可以锻炼大脑，提高创想能力，并通过画作表达自己的内心世界。老师也会带领学生建立自己的艺术风格并巩固各种绘画技巧，从而提高孩子对生活的感知力和自我表达的能力。

Weiqi Go 围棋

Milan

Go is an ancient board game whose strategies demands both critical and creative thinking from its players. Playing Weiqi (Go) helps one to develop concentration, alertness, and judgment, and it fosters a sense of balance. Beginners class learns basic rules, and the advanced class focuses more on methods and strategies.
围棋(Go)是一种古老的战略棋盘游戏，需要玩家进行批判性和创造性思维。玩围棋(Go)有助于培养注意力，敏感度和判断力，并能权衡整体局势。 入门班主要学习基本规则，高级班则着重技巧和策略。

Folklore and Games 童玩制作

Mandy Lin / Casey Chen

An introduction to the beauty of Chinese handicrafts, and “Do It Yourself” toys. In olden days, children created their own toys. There are many fun crafts made to celebrate festivities during the year, and for other functions. These fun activities will help the participants develop hand/eye coordination, improve creative imagination and self-confidence, as well as provide kids chances to do physical exercise while playing with these toys.
通过自己动手来制作中式小玩意。很久以前我们都是通过自己的双手来创造玩具，每年年中都会有许多有趣的手工制作用来纪念节日等。这些童玩手工制作可以帮助小朋友们提高手和眼的协调性，激发他们的创造力以及自信心，同时让小朋友们在制作和使用的过程中得到一些身体锻炼。

Little Chef 亲子厨艺

Eva Jiang

Let's create more precious experience with your children in this family-oriented kids cooking class! We will not only teach you 12 dishes and build culinary skills, but also bring you a full sensory experience with doing food related science experiment and hand crafts, learn interesting facts about ingredients, exploring different cultural traditions and festivals, playing simple group games or reading class related story books. Class is designed for 75 minutes. 30 minutes are for class related activities; 45 minutes are cooking time.
和您的孩子一起来参加我们的亲子厨艺课，一起制作更多美好的回忆吧！您不仅将学会制作12道美味佳肴及学习烹饪技巧，您的孩子还将学习到与美食相关的科学实验，手工艺术，了解美食知识和不同文化的节日习俗，还将一起进行课堂游戏或者阅读相关绘本故事。本课程时间为其75分钟，前30分钟学习当周课程的主题知识和活动，后45分钟学习制作当周主题菜品。

Kids Yoga 儿童瑜伽

Yadi Liu

This yoga course is perfect for any kids, no matter whether he or she has taken yoga before. Of course, yoga practice will let kids exercise more and help keep kids physically healthy after long screening time. At the same time, yoga practice can facilitate kids to be more focused and relaxed, which can also improve kids’ academic performance, enhance kids’ self-confidence. In addition, mindful activities and meditations will help improve kids’ self-regulation skills and creativity, which can offer them helpful strategies for coping with daily emotional and physical challenges, and give kids more space to grow.
challenges, and give kids more space to grow.
通过简单的瑜伽体式和串联教学，让孩子们在家也可以进行简单的运动，帮助孩子保持身心健康。练习瑜伽的同时可以激发学生的专注力以及在课业之外得到放松。它不仅可以帮助学生在学术上获得成就，更能够增加学生的自信心。与此同时，瑜伽能够给孩子带来自我主导和创造的能力，让小朋友们茁壮成长。