Pacific Rim International School: February 2015

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Phrase of the Day: February 28, 2015

小朋友新年拿紅包。
旧正月に、赤い封筒をもらいます。
For Chinese New Year children receive red envelopes.

Friday, February 27, 2015

Phrase of the Day: February 27, 2015

跳舞的衣服很漂亮。
踊りの衣装はきれいです。
Dance costumes are pretty.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Phrase of the Day: February 26, 2015

舞龍真好看。
龍の舞はすばらしいです。
The Dragon Dance is stunning.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Parenting Series - Wednesday, March 4th, 5:00-6:30 p.m. (San Mateo)

Year of Sheep is coming - New Year Food Making／羊年來了 - 做新年食物 (Emeryville)

With all of the ingredients we purchased, we ere able to make Lv Da Gun and Tang Yuan.

有了大朋友買來的年貨，現在我們可以做新年食物了。我們要做的是驢打滾和湯圓。

Lv Da Gun 驢打滾

Tang Yuan 湯圓

After the food making, we cleaned up the floor and washed all the tables and chairs.
做完新年食物後，我們分工合作。有的掃地、有的洗桌椅。

All the Emeryville Children's House children wish you and your family happiness, prosperity, and good health in the Year of Sheep.
所有 Emeryville 兒童屋的小朋友們祝大家新年快樂、萬事如意、身體健康！羊年大吉！

Phrase of the Day: February 25, 2015

看！很多紅燈籠。
赤いちょうちんを見てごらん！
Look at all the red lanterns!

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Hina matsuri (Girls’ Day) - Japan, Tuesday, March 3rd

Year of Sheep is coming - Grocery Shopping／羊年來了 - 辦年貨 (Emeryville)

On a sunny day, the children (4.5 years old and above) in the Chinese Program went for an outing - Chinese New Year Grocery Shopping.

在陽光燦爛的一天，Emeryville 中文組四歲半以上的小朋友們去辦年貨。

We first decided what food we were going to make and then lao-shi helped us to come up with the list of ingredients that we needed to shop for.
我們首先要決定做什麼樣的新年食物，然後張老師幫我們寫了一個原料清單。

We are going to make Lv Da Gun and Tang Yuan, so on our list, we need to buy glutinous rice powder, soybean powder and red bean paste, etc.
我們準備做驢打滾和湯圓，所以我們需要買糯米粉、黃豆粉、紅豆沙等原料。

After getting everything we need for our food making, each of us also got to buy some New Year treats for ourselves and our family.

我們採購完所有清單上的原料後，每個人還能給自己和家人辦一些年貨。

The cashier spoke with us in Chinese and helped us with our shopping. We said "xie xie" to her.
收銀員用中文跟我們說話，幫我們算錢，我們非常感謝她。

We also want to thank the parents who drove us to and from the market. Without your help, our outing would not be possible.

我們還想謝謝帶我們辦年貨的家長們，如果不是你們開車接送我們，我們根本不可能去超市辦年貨。

Phrase of the Day: February 24, 2015

年糕是甜的。
旧正月のケーキはとても甘いです。
Chinese New Year cake is very sweet.

Monday, February 23, 2015

農曆新年快樂

農曆新年快樂!

High School Students Making Props for Spring Festival

Spring Festival is one of our most favorite times of year. It is a lot of work for the HS students to handle all of the decisions around this event themselves. They do everything with minimal intervention from the teachers: decide on how they wish to interpret the Spring Festival theme, plan their vignettes, write the scripts, select the music, choreograph their dances and also decide on props and costumes.

Often, we make everything from scratch using as many recycled and found materials as possible. Sometimes our technical and mechanical problems seem really insurmountable, but then with perseverance, we usually pull through and create a wonderful effect. This year, the students are experimenting with some very unusual visual effects for one of their vignettes, so we are excited and a little nervous to see how it turns out!

Year of Sheep is coming! - Decoration ／羊年來了! - 貼春聯、寫“福”字 (Emeryville)

The Children's House children did a lot of preparation to welcome the Chinese New Year-- the Year of Sheep! We first tidied up the classroom and pasted Chūnlián (Chinese New Year Banner) on the door of our classroom to welcome the New Year and bring happiness.

兒童屋的小朋友們為了迎接中國新年做了很多準備工作。我們首先打掃教室，然後貼春聯。

Then on another day, we wrote our own fú (happiness, wealth) with a Chinese brush and brought them home to decorate our own houses.
然後我們每個人都寫了“福”字，因為我們想把“福”帶回家！