Stump Your Parents: Lantern riddles version Amateur What kind of dog does not bark? What is the smallest room in the world? What is full of holes but still holds water? What key is the hardest to turn? What do you call a rich fish? What building has the most [...]
Decorating With Red Paper and Other Items During Chinese New Year, there are many red decorations hung outside houses and on the sides of doors. Red is the main color for the festival and it is believed to be lucky. Some decorations are red lanterns, others red couplets or paper [...]
A long time ago, in a village near the mountains, there lived a beast called the Nian Monster. On the last day of the lunar calendar year’s evening, the monster would crawl out of the mountains and wreak havoc in the village below. Each year, the Nian would destroy crops [...]
It’s the first day of the new school year and Jimmy is nervous. He’s ten and this year, he’ll be in a new class around people he doesn’t know. Arriving early, Jimmy sits at a desk waiting for the substitute teacher to arrive. There are a few other kids in [...]
Help to get improvements in areas that predict future success Buying a coffee for an old friend. Helping your child up after they’ve fallen in the playground. Making time to call your parents and let them know you’re alright. Passing some change to the homeless man. Volunteering for a good [...]
An Experience to Remember Nepal is an isolated country, a mountainous and earthquake-shaken nation. It lies between China and India, and relies heavily on funding and tourism as its only industries. The infrastructure is barely sustainable for its people. It’s what others might consider a “low country”. That’s why I [...]
2017 Summer camp review 2017暑期全美創客營成功落幕。這個夏天，孩子與外師一起建造超級機器人、創建新國家；有小實驗，也有大創作；有團隊合作，也有個人舞台。無形中提升了美語能力，也形塑孩子思考問題（Thinking）、發揮創意（Creation）與合作解決問題（Collaboration）的未來關鍵能力。 創客營延續艾力美語的教育核心理念：「Shape The Future」，教育是要形塑孩子未來的競爭力。在艾力美語的教學體系中，成長心態（Growth Mindset）是重要的一環。孩子要能享受過程，樂在挑戰，才能不被失敗的恐懼擊垮，找到自己天賦之所在。 創客營中，外師以主題式的教學方式（Thematic Teaching），讓孩子進行專案式學習（Project-Based Learning）。每週孩子用不同角度去了解主題。AI智慧可以做什麼應用？未來還有車子的存在嗎？國家如何組成？大家分組討論，進行定義與歸納；孩子的觀察與思緒，常常超越既有的資料。 在創客營中，孩子不用擔心自己想法天馬行空。誰說MRT車頂不能打開？誰說雨傘不能取代雨衣?面對研究主題中的問題，孩子只需要知道一件事：「放手發揮」。唯有來自孩子自我的創意，才能激發孩子最大的熱情。 當然一個好的創意，要將其中的「意念」傳達出去。如何透過自己的語言，將創意的故事告訴大家?是一場Show、一則廣告，還是一場發表會，不同方式有不同效果。 過程中，孩子們發現，他們必須不斷回顧整個過程:為什麼做、如何做、做了什麼。因為在舞台上，向大家介紹的東西，不再單單是一件勞作；而是他們第一件為社會貢獻創意的驕傲。 【樂在學習，享受成就，更多親子學習相關訊息歡迎加入】 艾力美語～英語翻轉教育 🏫 艾力美語～校園點滴
