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Mandarin Chinese - Explore Prek the Polyglots Way

In this ongoing PreK class for 4 year old students, your child will gain kindergarten readiness skills while focusing on language and literacy with a multi-cultural twist.
Polyglots Academy
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What's included

40 live meetings
20 in-class hours
Homework
Accompanying worksheets will be provided with each lesson that can be completed during or after the lesson.
Assessment
Learner progress will be assessed daily during each lesson as the teacher sees and hears that the student has become independent in reciting the information learned during lessons and routines. Students will be able to ask and answer questions on their own. Students will have individual turns to demonstrate progress and understanding. Parents can also assess their own child's progress as they become more independent during their participation in class as well as how they are using learned information outside of class.

Class Experience

US Grade Preschool - Kindergarten
Beginner Level
▬▬▬▬▬▬  ⭐Course Overview⭐ ▬▬▬▬▬▬
Welcome to our unique and exciting kindergarten preparation course! In this class, we will be exploring the seven continents of the world and discovering new languages and cultures, all while gaining the basic skills necessary for kindergarten. Our weekly schedule will be themed around a different continent each week.

Our class is designed to be interactive and engaging for students of all levels and backgrounds. We will cover a wide range of topics including days of the week, months of the year, reciting the date, numbers, colors, shapes, counting, number order, letter names, letter sounds, rhyming, sight words, and reading and writing words. Our teacher will use slides and interactive activities to ensure that students can clearly see and understand the information.

Each class will begin with a "music and movement" song to get students involved and active. We will learn various greetings from around the world and have calendar time, in which we will recite the days of the week and months of the year. We will also learn and review pictures and vocabulary words for the letters of the week. Our class will include interactive activities that allow students to write on the computer screen or on paper. We will also count and practice numbers with manipulatives.

At the end of each class, we will sing a goodbye song and learn and give salutations in multiple languages. 

📅 Are you looking for a class that meets 1x, 2x, 3x, or 4x per week? Send us a message about a class frequency change. 
💬 We can also accommodate learners and families wanting full immersion vs. bilingual classes. Send us a message to learn more!

▬▬▬▬▬▬  🌍Target Student🌍 ▬▬▬▬▬▬
We welcome students of all levels and backgrounds, and no prior experience or knowledge is required. This class is designed and most appropriate for NON-NATIVE speakers of Chinese but all students are welcome to join.  

▬▬▬▬▬▬  💬Language of Instruction💬▬▬▬▬▬▬
This is an immersion class, which means lessons will be taught primarily in Mandarin. However, teachers will use English as necessary to guide students.

▬▬▬▬▬▬  📚Weekly Course Examples📚 ▬▬▬▬▬▬
Here is our weekly schedule for the first two months of class:

⭐Week 1:
Letters: bo, po, mo, fo
Numbers: 1-5
Color: Red
Shape: Circle

⭐Week 2:
Letters: de, te, ne, le
Numbers: 6-10
Color: blue
Shape: square

⭐Week 3:
Letters: ge, ke, he
Numbers: 11-15
Color: green
Shape: triangle

⭐Week 4: 
Letters: ji, qi, xi
Numbers: 16-20
Color: yellow
Shape: rectangle

⭐Week 5:
Letters: jhi, chi, shi, ri
Numbers: 21-25
Color: orange 
Shape: oval

⭐Week 6:
Letters: zi, ci, si
Numbers: 26-30
Color: purple
Shape: diamond

⭐Week 7: 
Letters: i, u, u
Numbers: 31-35
Color: pink
Shape: star

⭐Week 8:
Letters: all consonants
Numbers: 36-40
Color: brown
Shape: heart

At the end of our eight weeks of lessons, we will cycle back to the beginning. Students are welcome to join and leave at any time, as there is no previous information needed in order to succeed in the current week’s lesson. If you’d like to know exactly what week we are in (and that week’s topic), please send us a message to inquire.

We can't wait to see you in our class and help you prepare for kindergarten!
Learning Goals
Students will learn and gain academic skills that will prepare them to enter kindergarten at or above grade level. Students will learn about people, cultures, languages and some geography of the world that they live in.
learning goal

Other Details

Parental Guidance
It will be helpful if students can access their writing tools on zoom which can be found on the tool bar under "annotate" or "view options". Teacher can work around this if using the tool bar is not an option for the student. In this case, student should have a paper and writing utensil handy so that they can participate in writing or drawing activities.
Language of Instruction
Mandarin Chinese
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined July, 2020
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265reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Florida Teaching Certificate
Wisvel Joseph
Florida Teaching Certificate in Mathematics
Wisvel Joseph
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education
Wisvel Joseph
Georgia Teaching Certificate
Mr. Haywood
Master's Degree in Social Sciences from Catholic Theological Union
Wisvel Joseph
Master's Degree in Education from Liverpool John Moores
Bassant Biddah
Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences from Divine Word College
Wisvel Joseph
Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from Quisqueya University
Wisvel Joseph
Mrs. Haywood - I have been studying Mandarin Chinese on my own for ten years and I have also completed post secondary credits in Mandarin Chinese at North Central University. I have been teaching basic Chinese reading and writing skills for 10 years. I taught Chinese to children in grades Pre-K through grade 8 at a private school that I founded for seven years. This is my third year teaching on Outschool. I regularly meet with  Chinese tutors to increase my skills and knowledge in this language.

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$70

weekly or $560 for 40 classes
5x per week, 8 weeks
30 min

Live video meetings
Ages: 4-4
3-6 learners per class

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