Chinese Dragon Boat Festival Is Around the Corner
In this one-time meeting, learners will experience an authentic Dragon Boat festival by listening to the original legend, explore traditions and learn how to cook the special Zongzi with a Mandarin Chinese native speaker.
Moony Zhang
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(104)
What's included
1 live meeting
40 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
US Grade Kindergarten - 3
Join Ms. Moony for a fun celebration of Dragon Boat Festival which will be on Jun 3rd 2022. We’ll listen to the legend about Dragon Boat festival and explore what and why we have special traditions to celebrate this festival. Following up with a discussion, as you may know, food culture play important roles in Chinese culture, so we’ll learn what the special food and drinks are on this holiday and how to cook them. Finally, we will play a game to review what we’ve learned in the class. This class is meant to be a social experience and could be very student-centered. There is no wrong way to participate and no previous experience or knowledge needed in this class. Learners are encouraged to talk about their thoughts and ideas about this holiday, I hope not only to nurture their curiosity about different culture, food, and customs, but also support them to explore and learn more for a long term. To be fun, relaxed and enjoyable and make some good memories are also important for all of us. I look forward to meeting you and your curious children in the class.
Learning Goals
Student will learn legends behind the holiday, traditions, special food and drink in this class. They will also know how to say this holiday in Mandarin.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Blooket.com will be used to play our review games every week. It is a third party platform to enhance learning fun, similar to Kahoot, but looks more cute for younger children. The game link will be shared during the class, NO personal information and account are needed to join the game.
Youtube will be a resource in the class to watch poems, songs in Chinese on my shared screen.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined May, 2021
5.0
104reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
I have been living in Beijing, one of the most authentic city in China for more than 30 years, and grew up in Hutong and kept all the customs generation by generation. I taught mandarin in Oklahoma for 2 years and voluntarily provided Chinese culture sharing club in the local public elementary school for 3 years.
Some testimonials from previous learners and parents:
"Ms. Zhang is an engaging, encouraging, and energetic teacher!!! Every experience we have had with her has been amazing, and I highly recommend her to everyone! Her enthusiasm is infectious! She's a great teacher and I love how positive she is with kids!" ---Staci Koutsoukos
"Our child loved his time in Moony's class. Art, food, culture, language, history - there was so much for him to absorb, and Moony was a thoughtful and gentle guide. We highly recommend her class!"---Suzy ThompsonReviews
Live One-Time Class
$15
per classMeets once
40 min
Completed by 8 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 6-11
3-9 learners per class
