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My daily 45 min teaching for my 3 years old monster, 65 years young gran, friends and their little ones
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04.03.21塞翁失马 Mr Sai lost his horse Blessing in disguise 非福马 learn Xu Beihong's horse 徐悲鸿
As the last mini theatre session before lockdown finish, we wanted to teach the kids how to think things different when they appear to be...

mc yy
Mar 4, 20212 min read
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03.03.21 伯牙绝弦 Chinese Gu Zheng Music response and learn 樂藥 (Music, Medicine)
Today we want to teach the kids a character embedded with some wisdom from our ancestors, music with healing properties. How "medicine"藥...

mc yy
Mar 3, 20212 min read
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02.03.21 God of medicine and farming Shen Nong 神农 Learn 早草永脉
Today we did a story about one of our greatest ancestor, Shen Nong, god of medicine and farming - not fictionally but real recorded...

mc yy
Mar 2, 20212 min read
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01.03.21 铁杵成针 Grinding a metal bar into a needle (子李金針Child, "Li", Gold, Needle)
Today we did a famous story about the most famous Chinese poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty (1200 years ago). We did our little theatre to...

mc yy
Mar 1, 20212 min read
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26.02.21 Revision session
Today we did revision session of the Chinese characters we learnt this week. Pic 1 - age 8, boy fashion and mom self explanatory Pic 2 -...

mc yy
Feb 26, 20211 min read
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25.02.21 Haute Couture fashion show and Klimt - Man Woman different 男女方圆 (Man Woman Square Circle)
Today we wanted to try something new as the Haute Couture 2021 summer show has recently been launched with some amazingly beautiful...

mc yy
Feb 25, 20212 min read
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24.02.21 Pucinni's last opera -Turandot 血 火
Today we wanted to make a little girl happy by doing a story of princess and prince with a Chinese theme - Turandot the perfect choice :)...

mc yy
Feb 24, 20212 min read
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23.02.21 Aesop- The ant and the grasshopper (and bees) 笑(laugh) 哭 (cry)
Today we did a story from Aesop with our small additions (little bees) and uplifting ending. We learnt the Chinese characters 笑(laugh) 哭...

mc yy
Feb 23, 20211 min read
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22.02.21 Chinese proverb - fight of clam and piper, winner is the fisherman 鹬蚌相争 貝 (clam)鳥 (bird)
Today we looked at the Chinese proverb 鹬蚌相争渔翁得利. fight between the clam and piper, winner is the fisherman. We learnt the story with our...

mc yy
Feb 22, 20212 min read
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19.02.21 Revision drawing session
Today we take a small break and did a revision session of the characters we learnt. It has been quite a few already. Some lovely children...

mc yy
Feb 19, 20211 min read
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18.02.21 Why Leopard has spot? spoon(勺), leopard(豹), catch (抓)
Today we wanted to make a little boy happy so we painted Leopard! We did a story telling with props kindly built by my little monster and...

mc yy
Feb 18, 20211 min read
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17.02.21 Chinese proverb -Waiting of the rabbit by the tree 守株待兔 learn 田(field)株(treetrunk)兔(rabbit)
Today after the day when everyone somehow wish for more wealth from the "god of treasure". I wanted to do a session to teach the children...

mc yy
Feb 17, 20211 min read
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16.02.21 Eight Immortals crossing the Eastern Sea 八仙过海 learn eight(八)god 僊(仙)with Fan Zeng 范曾paintin
Today is the 5th day of Chinese new year, somehow a traditional celebration for the god of treasure. So we want to do a session about...

mc yy
Feb 16, 20212 min read
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15.02.21 Ugly duckling and swans - grow up 長(长) fly 飛(飞) with famous painter Lou Shibai 婁師白
Today we are doing a story telling today of the ugly ducklings with my paper swan and ducky props made by grandparents :) (my little...

mc yy
Feb 15, 20211 min read
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12.02.21 Year of OX - painting of famous OX in history and learn ox 牛 horn 角
Today is the first day of Chinese new year of Ox! We look at famous western and easter painting of ox and learn the characters ox 牛 horn...

mc yy
Feb 12, 20211 min read
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10.02.21 Chinese New Year Special - Dragons, nine dragon wall forbidden city and Chen Rong dragon
It is Chinese new year in 2 days! We decided to do a special session today of dragons. First we watched a video about the famous 9 dragon...

mc yy
Feb 11, 20211 min read
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09.02.21 Penguins and learn ice (冰) and white (白)
As we are lucky to have the snow again today, we continue our exploration of things in cold places..like penguins! First we watched an...

mc yy
Feb 11, 20212 min read
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04.02.21 Dogs 犬狗尾 with famous paintings in history
Today we want to make a little girl happy to paint dogs as she loves husky dogs! We watched a video about huskys first, then we went...

mc yy
Feb 4, 20211 min read
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03.02.21 Tigers 两只王 with famous paintings in history
Today we looked into tigers! We watched a natgeo video about tigers and paid attention to their characteristic stripy backs and cat...

mc yy
Feb 3, 20211 min read
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02.02.21 Chang'e to the moon 嫦娥奔月 九(nine)十(ten)月( moon)
Today grandma helped to make some props for the theatre to tell the famous Chinese folk story of Chang'e to the moon 嫦娥奔月. Chinese: 九十月...

mc yy
Feb 2, 20212 min read
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