左手右手歌 zuǒ shǒu yòu shǒu ge (left hand right hand song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtZz1gRmc7M

右 手 右手，請拿出來

yòu shǒu yòu shǒu qǐng ná chū lái

左 手 左手，請拿出來

zuǒ shǒu zuǒ shǒu qǐng ná chū lái

說 “你好嗎？”

shuō nǐ hǎo ma

我很好！”

wǒ hěn hǎo

右 手 右手，請拿出來

yòu shǒu yòu shǒu qǐng ná chū lái

左 手 左手，請拿出來

zuǒ shǒu zuǒ shǒu qǐng ná chū lái

說 “對不起！”

shuō duì b ù qǐ

“沒關係！”

méi guān xì

右 手 右手，請拿出來

yòu shǒu yòu shǒu qǐng ná chū lái

左 手 左手，請拿出來

zuǒ shǒu zuǒ shǒu qǐng ná chū lái

說“謝謝你！”

shuō xiè xiè nǐ

“不客氣”

bú kè qì

右 手 右手，請拿出來

yòu shǒu yòu shǒu qǐng ná chū lái

左 手 左手，請拿出來

zuǒ shǒu zuǒ shǒu qǐng ná chū lái

拍拍拍拍，變 公雞。

pāi pāi pāi pāi ，biàn gōng jī

右 手 右手，請拿出來

yòu shǒu yòu shǒu qǐng ná chū lái

左 手 左手，請拿出來

zuǒ shǒu zuǒ shǒu qǐng ná chū lái

變 變 變變， 變 房子。

biàn biàn biàn biàn ， biàn fáng zǐ

右 手 右手，請拿出來

yòu shǒu yòu shǒu qǐng ná chū lái

左 手 左手，請拿出來

zuǒ shǒu zuǒ shǒu qǐng ná chū lái

變變變變，變 超人。

biàn biàn biàn biàn ，biàn chāo rén

Songs we learnt

當我們同在一起(when we are together)

當我們同在一起，

dāng wǒ men tóng zài y ì qǐ ，

在一起，在一起，
zài yì qǐ ， zài yì qǐ ，

當我們同在一起，

dāng wǒ men tóng zài yì qǐ ，

其快樂無比。
qí kuài lè wú bǐ 。

你對著我笑嘻嘻，nǐ duì zhe wǒ xiào xī xī

我對著你笑哈哈。
wǒ duì zhe nǐ xiào hā hā 。

當我們同在一起，

dāng wǒ men tóng zài yì qǐ ，

其快樂無比。
qí kuài lè wú bǐ 。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YUBGT-YW5Y

復活節快樂 fù huó jié kuài lè Happy Easter

Children enjoyed the Easter fun activities like cardboard Easter egg hunting, treasure hunt for older children and Easter Egg crafts.
Some of them made funky aliens (外星人 wài xīng rén) and some made flowers (花 huā).
The school is closed for the next two weeks! Wish everyone a very happy Easter holiday and see you in two weeks!

復活節快樂 fù huó jié kuài lè Happy Easter

母 親 節 快 樂 mǔ qīn jié kuài lè (Happy Mother's day)

I would like to wish all the moms in the world to have a very lovely mother's day this Sunday.

It's the tradition in Taiwan that we give moms either handmade or fresh carnation flowers on mother's day although like in the USA, Taiwanese celebrate Mother's day on the 2nd Sunday of May.

Here're some cards children made for the moms.

The busy March!

The birthdays, mother's day, St. Patrick's day and the up coming early Easter holiday will lead us a very busy March!
We are very much looking forward to some spring activities like making mother's day card, St. Patrick's day arts, Easter egg hunt and learning the Chinese names of some spring flowers! What more? Perhaps we will involve the children with planting the vegetable garden!
Watch this space!

Song of the week - 方向歌 fāng xiàng gē (direction song)

方向歌

前前前前 前前前前，
qián qián qián qián qián qián qián qián

我們一起向前走。
wǒ men yì qǐ xiàng qián zǒu

後後後後 後後後後，
hòu hòu hòu hòu hòu hòu hòu hòu

我們往後退

wǒ men wǎng hòu tuì。

左左左左 右右右，

zuǒ zuǒ zuǒ zuǒ yòu yòu yòu前前前前 後後後，
qián qián qián qián hòu hòu hòu

前後左右 前後左右，

qián hòu zuǒ yòu qián hòu zuǒ yòu
我們手牽手。

wǒ men shǒu qiān shǒu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNhIwkEY92E

Songs of the week - 三輪車 sān lún chē Tricycle

三輪車跑的快

sān lún chē pǎo de kuài

上面坐個老太太

shàng miàn zuò gè lǎo tài tài

要五毛給一塊

yào wǔ máo gěi yí kuài

你說奇怪不奇怪

nǐ shuō qí guài bú qí guài

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Gn0ItdJ7M&feature=related

Magical Beijing Tour of Pandas

A huge thank you to the Irish Institute for Chinese Studies and UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland to granted our school 10 tickets to see the fantastic Kung Fu Spectacular presented by the production team of Beijing Olympics 2008, organised by the Beijing tourism board. The fabulous show took place at the Convention Centre, Dublin on Thursday 16th February, 2012. A big thank you to a close friend who sourced out the tickets for myself and family too!

I have not seen something so fantastic that combined Chinese culture, Kung Fu fighting skills, wonderful music, colourful costumes and beauty of production all so well together.

The Magical Beijing Tour of Pandas featured two lovely pandas that learnt all kinds of Chinese Kung Fu skills such as Tai Chi, Chinese boxing, monkey boxing, drunken boxing, swords fighting, sticks fighting and many more. We also enjoyed the Peking opera, acrobatics, sleeves dance which was my daughter’s favourite part and the carnival at the end.

What an unforgettable night and best of luck with both Beijing and Dublin tourism development!

New songs we learnt this week

For the class on Tuesday, we’ve got 泥娃娃 ní wá wá （clay doll）

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVHyRXCfLI0

泥娃娃

ní wá wá

泥娃娃
ní wá wa

一個泥娃娃

yí gè ní wá wa

也有那眉毛
yě yǒu nà méi máo

也有那眼睛
yě yǒu nà yǎn jīng

眼睛不會眨
yǎn jīng bú huì zhǎ

泥娃娃

ní wá wá

泥娃娃
ní wá wa

一個泥娃娃

yí gè ní wá wa

也有那鼻子
yě yǒu nà bí zi

也有那嘴巴
yě yǒu nà zuǐ bā

嘴巴不說話
zuǐ bā bù shuō huà

她是個

tā shì ge

假娃娃
jiǎ wá wa

不是個

bú shì ge

真娃娃

zhēn wá wa

她沒有

tā méi yǒu

親愛的爸爸
qīn ài de bà ba

也沒有媽媽

yě méi yǒu mā ma

泥娃娃

ní wá wá

泥娃娃
ní wá wa

一個泥娃娃

yí gè ní wá wa

我做她爸爸

wǒ zuò tā bà ba

我做她媽媽
wǒ zuò tā mā ma

永遠愛著她

yǒng yuǎn ài zhe tā

For the class on Wed, we've got:

如果你很高興rú guǒ nǐ hěn gāo xìn

 (if you are happy & you know it)

如果你很高興

rú guǒ nǐ hěn gāo xìng

你就拍拍手

nǐ jiù pāi pāi shǒu

如果你很高興

rú guǒ nǐ hěn gāo xìng

你就拍拍手

nǐ jiù pāi pāi shǒu

我們一起唱歌

wǒ men yī qǐ chàng gē

我們一起跳舞

wǒ men yī qǐ tiào wǔ

圍著圓圈

wéi zhe yuán quān

我們一起拍拍手

wǒ men yī qǐ pāi pāi shǒu

如果你很高興

rú guǒ nǐ hěn gāo xìng

你就跺跺腳

nǐ jiù duò duò jiǎ

如果你很高興

rú guǒ nǐ hěn gāo xìng

你就跺跺腳

nǐ jiù duò duò jiǎ

我們一起唱歌

wǒ men yī qǐ chàng gē

我們一起跳舞

wǒ men yī qǐ tiào wǔ

圍著圓圈

wéi zhe yuán quān

我們一起跺跺腳

wǒ men yī qǐ duò duò jiǎ

如果你很高興

rú guǒ nǐ hěn gāo xìng

你就點點頭

nǐ jiù diǎn diǎn tóu

如果你很高興

rú guǒ nǐ hěn gāo xìng

你就點點頭

nǐ jiù diǎn diǎn tóu

我們一起唱歌

wǒ men yī qǐ chàng gē

我們一起跳舞

wǒ men yī qǐ tiào wǔ

圍著圓圈

wéi zhe yuán quān

我們一起點點頭

wǒ men yī qǐ diǎn diǎn tóu

如果你很高興

rú guǒ nǐ hěn gāo xìng

你就說萬歲

nǐ jiù shuō wàn suì

如果你很高興

rú guǒ nǐ hěn gāo xìng

你就說萬歲

nǐ jiù shuō wàn suì

我們一起唱歌

wǒ men yī qǐ chàng gē

我們一起跳舞

wǒ men yī qǐ tiào wǔ

圍著圓圈

wéi zhe yuán quān

我們一起說萬歲

wǒ men yī qǐ shuō wàn suì