The curriculum design of our summer camp is to combine language learning and cultural knowledge. Language is a carrier of culture and is closely related to culture. Adhering to this philosophy, our summer camp integrates cultural learning into every activity and sets up a platform for children to “understand”, “experience” and “practice” the Chinese culture. In the calligraphy class, the students practice writing “Fu” (happiness) and auspicious words; in the origami class, the students learn to make red lanterns; in the dance class, the students practice playing the waist drum and experience the joyful rhythm of the Chinese nation; in the martial arts class, the students practiced the essence of Chinese martial arts “hard and soft”; in the handicraft class, the students learn to weave bracelets and turn hand ropes; in the ancient poem singing class, the students appreciate the poetic and pictorial beauty of rhythm in ancient Chinese poems through songs, dances, stories and painting. Idiom phrases are a special language form not found in other languages. After learning the idiom stories, students arrange the idiom stories into dramas to experience the wisdom of Chinese ancestors who developed these phrases over thousands of years. All students had opportunities to perform the idiom drama and other programs they learned from the summer camp for their families and the Chinese community at the closing ceremony.
我们夏令营的课程设计旨在将语言学习与文化知识相结合。语言是文化的载体，与文化密切相关。秉持着这一理念，我们的夏令营将文化学习融入到每一个活动中，为孩子们搭建了一个“了解”、“体验”和“实践”中国文化的平台。在书法课上，学生练习书写“福”（幸福）和吉祥的文字；在折纸课上，学生学习制作红灯笼；在舞蹈课上，学生练习击打腰鼓，体验中国民族的欢乐节奏；在武术课上，学生练习中国武术的“刚柔并济”精髓；在手工课上，学生学习编织手镯和制作手绳；在古诗吟唱课上，学生通过歌曲、舞蹈、故事和绘画欣赏古代中国诗歌中的韵律之美。成语是其他语言中找不到的特殊语言形式。学习了成语故事后，学生们把成语故事编排成话剧，体验中国先人们的智慧。所有学生都有机会在结营仪式上为家人和中国社区表演他们从夏令营学到的成语和其它节目。
“An Old Man Loses His Horse” (塞翁失马)
“A Fox Borrows Tiger’s Might” (狐假虎威)
“Mend the Pen After Sheep Lost” (亡羊补牢)
“Playing Music to the Cow” (对牛弹琴)
“Cao Chong Weights the Elephant” (曹冲称象)
“Gongfu Fan”
“Gongfu Fan”
Chinese Martial Arts
Traditional Chinese Dance
Traditional Chinese Dance
Flower Youth Dance
Poetry Medley
Ancient Chinese poems through songs and dances
Waist Drum
Grand Chorus: I Want to Say “Thank You”
Grand Chorus: I Want to Say “Thank You”
