Found an interesting email in my inbox this morning from my cousin, which is a diary about a leaf-rolling weevil making a cradle for it's eggs to hatch and that, was really an art of the nature!! Love to share it with my little people, but after tring a few times it would not upload successfully, maybe due to it's huge file. Instead, I found some related video clips that are fantastic and would also help our children to find out about this interesting insect. Hope you enjoy the films.
'Blue' is the next colour I'm gonna introduce to my little people this Sat. I pick a couple of following clips as part of my teaching plan.
The Fishing Song by YOYO is just CUTE; and the Broken Boat is one of the Fruit&Icecream episodes which's one of the popular Taiwanese kids shows, that is 25mins long and has got much more complicated conversation involved. The reasons I like it for little ones are, it's got 'healthy' topics; and kids would probably
be more interested in Mandarin if it's got children related conversation..
hope this works! I doubt there will be enoug time for us to watch the whole show in class, therefore, parents are welcome to play this video for your children at home. ( Yes, I do agree not too much television for little ones, but more outdoor activities!! And Yes, I have to admit I have used TV babysitting my children many many times when I needed to do housework or cook tea…:< )
I know both songs are not from the newly released album, I'm kind of old-fashioned! Infact, I only leaned about this 中國話 early this year when visited Taipei city ^^ after encountering some wanderers in the Mighty Chinese Wonderland; or, should I say I've been isolated in Australia too long?
I really enjoy both songs, especially the 'Taiwanese' version, which is cleverly mixed in with all different dialects in Taiwan and the sense of cultural! A different way to feel Taiwan!
季姬寂，集雞，雞即棘雞。棘雞饑嘰，季姬及箕稷濟雞。雞既濟，躋姬笈，季姬忌，急咭雞，雞急，繼圾幾，季姬急，即籍箕擊雞，箕疾擊幾伎，伎即齏，雞嘰集幾基，季姬急極屐擊雞，雞既殛，季姬激，即記。