September at Tiger Cub Immersion School has been a month full of self-discovery. Our monthly theme of "All About Me" helped us to guide students through various engaging activities that foster both self-awareness and essential skills.
Students began their journey of self-discovery by drawing portraits of themselves and their family members. They also shared with the class their favorite colors and activities, as well as what makes each of them special. Additionally, activities such as examining our hand- and footprints in detail allowed students to appreciate their own uniqueness. Later in the month, we moved on to learning about emotions and how to manage them. Through short stories such as "I Feel: A Book of Emotions" and "The Bad Mood and the Stick," students learned about the wide range of emotions that they can have and explored ways to regulate their negative emotions, such as taking deep breaths and counting to ten. Additionally, creative tasks such as making emotion collages, face-changing masks, and painting "bad mood" clouds, gave students the opportunity to express their feelings visually.
Throughout the month, students also improved on their language skills. Our younger students worked mostly on their listening and speaking skills, while our older students also practiced reading and writing. Students learned to read and write the Chinese characters for various family members, as well as the phrases "I like" (我喜欢), and "I don't like" (我不喜欢) for expressing their preferences. They also put their newfound vocabulary to the test by independently attempting to read short stories such as "I Love My Family," "My Family," and "School is Fun," in Chinese. Meanwhile, in afternoon English classes, students worked on recognizing their own names as well as practiced tracing letters.
In addition, students also worked on developed their number skills through activities such as counting from 1 to 10 in both Chinese and English. Moreover, students also learned to recognize various geometric shapes, with the younger students especially focusing on triangles for a week. They explored how triangles show up in a myriad of everyday objects, such as pizza slices and traffic signs, as well as practiced tracing and painting triangles.
Furthermore, in honor of the Mid-Autumn Festival this month, students participated in various cultural activities such as crafting paper lanterns and making mooncakes. They also learned the traditional stories of Chang'e, Hou Yi, and the Jade Rabbit, even got to reenacting the ancient tale using shadow puppets and flashlights.
As we move into October, students will transition to a new theme: "Community Helpers." We are proud of the growth and enthusiasm demonstrated by all students this month and looks forward to continuing this journey of learning and discovery.
Students created self portraits, making sure to include their unique facial features and hair.
Students painted and stamped their hands onto paper and observed their unique handprints.
Studnets drew different emotions on paper and glued them together to resemble a face-changing mask.
Students listened to a story called "The Bad Mood and the Stick" and painted their own "Bad Mood" clouds.
Students practiced reading a book about family members, using their newly-learned vocabulary words. After a week, they were able to read the book by themselves.
Using tissue paper and glue or stickers, students filled in the first letter of their names.
Students counted and placed down leaves to match the indicated numeral on the flower.
Using their fingerprints and paint, students filled in a triangular pattern.
Students decorated and assembled their own paper lanterns.
To celebrate this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, students made snowskin mooncakes filled with red bean paste from scratch.
