Chopsticks for children

EXPERIENCE CHINA @CHOPSTICKS for CHILDREN

Dr. Maryjo Adams Cochran

Dean, Communication & Fine Arts

Troy University

EXPERIENCE CHINA

A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY-JUST A STEP AWAY

Trojan Chef: Ramen Noodle Cook-off – 1st Place Ramen Pizza

Trojan Cafeteria: Chinese Night

“Chinese” Movie Night

Waiting backstage beforethe grand entrance . . .

11:50 am

“Welcome to EXPERIENCE CHINA for KIDS!

I’m your tour guide,Mary King.”

HULUSU

This might look like a squash with a bamboostick in it – but it’s really a Chinese musical

instrument called a hu-lu-su. It’s a mixbetween a flute & a clarinet and isvery popular in Southern China.

Chinese Folk Tale

The Kahn’s DaughterMongolian Folk Tale

“It's the story of a young shepherd who overcomes great odds to win the heart of the Khan's daughter.”

Asian StudentsKarate Club

Demonstration

The mesmerizingartistry of

Tai Kwon Do

Sword Dance

Follow the Dragon

Welcome toEXPERIENCE

CHINA for KIDSCultural Arts Workshop

ORGANIZATION!Every table had packets of materials

pre-counted for distribution.

CountingPackagingDistributing

Dragons

Flying Fish

4th GRADE FAN•Popsicle stick

•Thank You Stamp

5th GRADE FAN•Popsicle stick

•More intricate coloring

Using Chopsticks

In this activity, students try to pick up various items using chopsticks.

PRACTICE ITEMS:

bottle caps spiral noodlesmarshmallows fruit loopscotton balls macaroni

Troy students enrolled in the theatremakeup class designed and modeled their

own Chinese Opera masks.

MASK TEMPLATE& sample designs

4th Graders

Panda Theme:

Panda StickersPanda MasksPanda Fans

Panda WorksheetsPanda Games

BOOKMARKS The children

learned to writetheir name incharacters.

Learning to count from 1 to 10 in Chinese.

Each child gets a goodie bag to take home.

FansBookmarksChopsticks

Fortune cookie“Lance Armstrong

style bracelet”StickersPencil

Arts & CraftsProjects &

Worksheets

Chinese YoYos

No money inside the envelopeBUT

there was a cool keychain!

Look what I got!

Community ConcertVisiting Chinese Scholars and

Asian students passed out programs.

Wiregrass Youth Symphony OrchestraChildren from 7 – 17.

The Confucius Institute at Troy

The Confucius Institute at Troy

A world of opportunityjust a step away.

The End

or is it just the beginning?