Language Stars-Week 2

This week at Language Stars we again went over winter clothing. Class started with playtime with toys on the floor. E was very preoccupied with moving the chairs around. She participated in cleaning up the toys.  The teacher had a snowman to dress up. E tried to help find the various items to put on.

There was an activity where the teacher said a clothing word and the kids were supposed to hit paper with the word with a fly swatter. E found the correct words. We reviewed a book with pop out pieces of clothing.  E correctly picked the items the teacher asked for. She still hasn't spoken in Mandarin during class, but she seems to be understanding at least some of it. The teacher said she noticed her mouthing some of the words-we'll see!

We printed out the lesson with the vocabulary words for hat, mitten, scarf, coat, boots and have it here next to our table housing some of our winter items (close to the door).  I try to review as we put the different items on each day. Although-lately the weather hasn't been cold enough for most of it!

I just received my email from Language Stars about the next 2 weeks curriculum and it is... Counting!!  I'm overly excited about this topic because E has learned to count to 10 in Mandarin from the Little Pim DVD and I'm hoping this will give her the confidence to participate in class more.