Week 9 Wednesday 端午节 Dragon Boat Festival

五月五， 过端午, falls on the fifth day of the fifth month on Chinese lunar calendar,  端午节 dragon boat festival is the third largest festival in China. It is a tradition that started more then 2000 years ago. In our lesson, we watch a short video on the dragon boat festival and learn about 粽子（Chinese sticky rice dumpling)，龙舟 (dragon boat race).

You can find the legend of dragon festival here.

We practiced some senates base on the new phrases we learnt today, such as

我喜欢吃粽子 I loke eating tricky rice dumpling.
我会划龙舟 I can row dragon boat.

Week 8 (Saturday) 我有。。。我没有。。。I have...I do not have

We learnt to ask question to find out what our classmates have and do not have. Students work in pair to enquire what their partner has in their school bag. Here are some sentence pattern:

你有书吗？Do you have a book?
你有笔吗？Do you have a pencil?
你有本子吗？Do you have a writing book?
我没有本子 I do not have a writing book
你有纸吗？Do you have paper?
我没有纸 I do not have paper

Building on these sentences, students are then encouraged to expand with words that they have learnt, such as 你有妹妹吗？Do you have a sister? 你有哥哥吗？Do you have a brother?

You can practice the phrases here.

Week 7 (Saturday) 这是我的。。。（Zhè shì wǒ de）This is my。。。

We continue to work on identifying our belongings with the sentence focus on 这是我的。。。(This is my...).

Here are some examples we learnt:

这是我的书包 Zhè shì wǒ de shūbāo This is my school bag

这是我的书 zhè shì wǒ de shū This is my book

这是我的笔 zhè shì wǒ de bǐ This is my pencil

这是我的帽子 zhè shì wǒ de màozi This is my hat

这是我的杯子 zhè shì wǒ de bēizi This is my cup

You can practice further here

We made some amazing kites today. there are the mighty dragon and the beautiful butterfly. I hope the children enjoy playing with them. The kite is widely recognised as having originated in China. there were severals legends on the history of kites. One of the more fascinating one was that it was used as an emergency warning device, when the kite was flown in order to appeal for help when the city-state of Nanjing was under siege by Hou Jing. Whatever it may be, kites have long been the favourite of kids due to its colourful nature.