Let's
Go to School with Mei Mei #5
Mei
Mei takes us to school in China in her fifth video, joining young children in an
entertaining display of life and language in the classroom. Combining the
authentic insight of a documentary with Mei Mei’s trademark short lessons,
this exciting video portrays the enthusiasm and artistry of teachers and
children in a modern urban school. Not only will you learn new words and phrases
associated with education, but you will experience the children’s school day
from beginning to end, including recess and naptime. In her teaching, Mei Mei
orchestrates a full range of educational devices — Music, art, action, and
words — to make learning Chinese a great joy for children of all ages. Adults
too will find this Learning Chinese video a real pleasure to watch.
Let’s
Go to School includes:
Going to School,
Breakfast, Morning Exercises, Morning Classes, Recess, Lunch, Naptime, Afternoon
Classes, & Performance
DVD . Running time: 30 minutes. For children of all ages
Children
will return again and again to these engaging lessons, presented in English,
Pinyin, and Chinese characters.
DVD
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Reviews:
"Instructor
Mei Mei Hu takes youngsters on a sparkling tour of a Chinese school. With
sprightly musical interludes backing footage of girls and boys arriving at
school, eating breakfast, exercising, dancing, napping, and much more. This
sampled program from a five-part Play and Learn Chinese series, not only offers
a lovely taste of a school day in China but also introduces Mandarin."
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Booklist (American Library Association)
Mei
Mei's Background
Mei Mei Hu came to the United States in 1983, after having taught English for
several years in China at the well-known University of Science and Technology.
In 1986 she received her master's degree in Education and began work as a
Montessori teacher, guiding young children in their earliest lessons. It was her
fifteen years of experience at the Montessori school that kindled her passion
for teaching younger children, and the place where her Chinese program was born
and refined. In the meantime Mei Mei had also been teaching Chinese language at
Rhode Island College, which eventually led her to teaching positions at
Providence College and, more recently, at Brown University.
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