Good Things Happening Every Day!

Good things are happening at LJA!

Keiki Chinese has been asked to participate in a 13 country International Peace Day project.  One classroom from all 13 countries will create a 20 second movie about peace.  Keiki Chinese students got right to work creating a super stop motion animation movie!  Can't tell you anymore!  You will just have to wait until the movie comes out.

Check out the picture of Han Bao Bao, Xiao Laoshi, and Xiao Yu working together to build ideas for our stop motion animation film.  Check out the camera on the end of that tripod.  That's right!  The tripod is attached to the table.  How cool is that!

Last night I got to attend a fantastic and inspiring lecture by the  master teacher Marco Torres.  Mr. Torres is a technology teacher from LA who has devoted his career to teaching and motivating teachers.  He taught us about planning interactive and lively lessons that will engage keiki to dig deeper into learning.  He also talked about a lot about his love of learning.  I certainly understand how it feels to love learning!  Yes, I am the Chief Learner of Room B3!  Welcome to my world Chinese Learners.  Step right in!

As you can see, I had a very happy long weekend.  That is a picture of my dog, Dobie, going to the North Shore of Oahu for a picnic and riding.  He always loves a good picnic.  He is the Chief Sniffer in my life!  Dobie is about 3 years old.

 I also went to a lovely Labor Day dinner party with my little friend, Pippy, and her parents.  This is a picture of Pippy holding up a beautiful beaded napkin ring that she made especially for our dinner table.  Pippy is a 1st grader in Kaneohe who enjoys swimming, finger knitting, beading, reading to friends, and taking pictures.  Her birthday is coming up this weekend and what a celebration we will have!  Happy early birthday Pippy!

Remember...learn more do more!

I Don't Understand!

I Don't Understand!

Check out the latest episode of the Chinese Bulldog Show! Kamalu and Kristin will help you practice and learn!

Don't forget...practice makes perfect!

Click on the phrase above I Don't Understand to listen and learn.

Our Chinese Media Makers are certainly getting excited about the Hawaii Schools of the Future Teacher's Conference on September 8. We are hoping to livestream with ustream.tv.com from 10:15 - 10:45. Tune into the Keiki Chinese channel to watch this super presentation and learn how the Chinese Bulldog Show is created! Two thumbs up to these dedicated and hard working learners! We a proud of our bulldogs!

听懂吗？ Do You Understand?

听懂吗？ Do You Understand?

Join the Chinese Bulldog Show as keiki teach keiki to speak Chinese. Watch, learn, and practice along with these super-duper 4th graders. Oh, they did the iMovie on their own! Super techie keikie, too!

I'm a lucky teacher!

Click on the link above 听懂吗？ Do You Understand?

Do You Understand Chinese?

Do You Understand Chinese?

Learn how to say I Don't Understand with this fantastic videocast created by Xiao Gou and Xiao Long! And don't forget a big thank you to our Director Lao Hu!

Just click on the sentence Do You Understand Chinese to start the videocast.

The Chinese Bulldog Show is a video and podcast show dedicated to kids teaching kids how to speak Mandarin Chinese. So sit back, relax, and learn!

Where is Laoshi?

Where is Laoshi?

Check out the latest episode of the new Chinese Bulldog Show. A radio talk show dedicated to kids teaching kids to speak Mandarin Chinese. Join Xiao Gou and her friend Wai Jun to learn how to ask the whereabouts of someone! Very useful information when we go on our tour to China!

Just click on the sentence Where is Laoshi at the top of this post.

So sit back, relax, enjoy the show and learn more!

See You Soon!

See you at family night! Please drop by and visit my classroom. I will have a handout for adding Chinese characters to your Mac or PC as well as a handout with lists of my favorite online learning links, bookstores, and more.

Come see your new desks in the classroom. Last week I noticed many of our 4th grade boys have out grown my little tables. Maintenance generously brought me bigger desks. These "big kid" desks are reserved for 4th and up only. Benefits for the big kids!

3rd graders really dove into deeper content on Friday. We started learning 听过不懂。 I don't understand! Very handy when we go on our tour to Beijing, Shanghai, and Xian.

By the way, our educational travel agent from Explorica (Ann) will have our travel plans and pricing complete early next week. As soon as I hear something I will let you know. Here is keeping my fingers crossed.

Kindergarteners are really having a good time learning to write 一， 二 ，三 。Next week we are taking on 四. I think 四 looks like a window with curtains. What do you think it looks like?

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

What Else Does Laoshi Do?

你好汉语的学生！ Hello Chinese Learners!

Want to follow me on Twitter? I follow all sorts of interesting people you would probably enjoy, also! Social media is a wonderful way to learn lots of new things and share what you have learned, too! My Twitter name is @MushudragonUSA.

Here is a happy picture of me and my LJA teacher friends in Boston. This year I am going to try to post more pics of my dogs because Tuzi asked me to! And I also included this picture of a darling little doll from Tibet.

Happy Winds-Day! Hope to see you on Twitter!