More than 30 adults and kids came to SCCCA Multicultural Support Group’s Mandarin Storytime on November 6. Several volunteer parents prepared three childrens’ songs including Wheels on the Bus, and had everyone sing along. The songs were followed by story-telling in Chinese, and also with English/Chinese teaching and interpretation. Children aged from 1 to 8 years old were quite focused during the songs and stories.
Many parents told us that this was their first time visiting the South Coast Chinese Cultural Center. We loved the smiles on everyone’s face!
The recap below is from the Multicultural Support Group about this event:
Our first Mandarin Storytime was a success with 16 families participating! A big thank you to Stephanie Matsumoto for leading the storytelling, Kimberly Yang for bringing toys and handling logistics/photos, and Shan Lin and Ben Sun for providing the SCCCC support. Centered around the theme of "Transportation," we shared popular Chinese-Taiwanese and American children's songs in Mandarin, read 3 books (the children didn't want to stop at 2!), reviewed simple transportation vocabulary flashcards, and ended the afternoon with kids running around in the amphitheater playing "Red Light, Green Light."
火車快飛、Wheels on the Bus, 再見歌，英文歌和中文歌都可以讓孩子瞬間朗朗上口。這是11月6日，日光節約時間結束後的第一天下午，多元文化互助會在本中心的兒童圖書館舉行的講故事活動。感謝幾位熱心爸媽的充分準備，三十幾位大人小孩（一歲到八歲）聽唱三首兒歌，又聽了中文故事，令人印象深刻的是孩子們十分專注地聽著中文故事，也有舉手發問的。
歡迎對中華文化有興趣的家庭，都來文化中心發掘您能得到的資源，和孩子同樂。