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Chinese Cooking for ElementaryLanguageLearn Chinese cooking and have the opportunity to taste different Chinese treats. Design and set up your own restaurant, create different Chinese menus according to Chinese food culture and follow Chinese food recipes to make fried rice, dumplings, mooncake, cola chicken wings and a hot pot. This class is taught in Chinese, prior language experience is required.You will also have a chance learn and follow Chinese food cultural customs when taking orders and serving your “customers”! The best Chinese chefs start here!Parents: Please email louise.bagshaw@minnetonkaschools.org if your child has any food allergies.Summer 2018
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Chinese Cooking for Middle SchoolLanguageLearn Chinese cooking and have the opportunity to taste different Chinese treats. Design and set up your own restaurant, create different Chinese menus according to Chinese food culture and follow Chinese food recipes to make fried rice, dumplings, mooncake, cola chicken wings and a hot pot. This class is taught in Chinese, prior language experience is required.You will also have a chance learn and follow Chinese food cultural customs when taking orders and serving your “customers”! The best Chinese chefs start here!Parents: Please email louise.bagshaw@minnetonkaschools.org if your child has any food allergies.Summer 2018
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Chinese Cultural Heritage Summer ImmersionLanguageWe will integrate Chinese language, culture, literature, music and hands-on activities to explore ten Chinese cultural heritage themes. Projects include a terracotta soldier, Great Wall model, origami dragon and more! This class is taught in Chinese, prior language experience is required.Other projects include: a horse sculpture, designing a blue and white Chinese porcelain plate, exploring brush calligraphy, painting plum flowers and bamboo, making a Peking opera mask, designing an imperial palace and garden and playing Tai Chi. For elementary Chinese immersion students looking for an opportunity to explore Chinese culture more intensively and deeply.Summer 2018
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Chinese Immersion Children’s Drama Play Summer ClubLanguageDo you want to be a shining star on the stage? Do you want to play with your friends and also practice your Chinese? Come join the Chinese Immersion Children’s Drama Play Summer Club! This class is taught in Chinese, prior language experience is required.Here are the highlights: First, follow the teacher to learn drama play scripts and design stage props by hand according to the story. Second, work with classmates to discuss and choose roles. Third, practice individually or work in small groups on your parts with the teacher’s guidance. Fourth, get together several times for rehearsal. On the final Friday, students will perform and shine on the stage. Parents will be invited to the performance. An invitation card and program list will be sent out the day before.Which role will you want to be in our “Magic Forest” production?Summer 2018
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Chinese Kung Fu Summer ImmersionLanguageExplore this Chinese martial art as we integrate Chinese language, culture, philosophy, literature, movie clips and movement. Learn the history of Kung Fu, the philosophy behind the movements, the main styles and the various categories of Kung Fu. This class is taught in Chinese, prior language experience is required.Practice the basics of Taiji, northern and southern style stances and take enjoyment in some famous Kung Fu performances.Class is taught in Chinese.Summer 2018
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Chinese Lion Dance Summer ImmersionLanguageExplore the classical Chinese custom of Lion Dance. Learn the history of Lion dance, the role Lion Dance plays in big celebrations and south and north styles of Lion Dance gaits. This class is taught in Chinese, prior language experience is required.Integrate Chinese language, culture and tradition, literature, music and movement to explore Lion Dance. Explore authentic materials and take enjoyment in some famous Lion Dance performances. It will be great cultural experience!Summer 2018
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Concordia Chinese Immersion Camp: Road Trip Hoopla!LanguageAge 4 - 5th Grade: Immersion experience not required - all language levels welcome!Imagine a comical road trip in a far off land! Join us for a journey filled with car games like I Spy, Road Trip Bingo, or Name that Tune! We’ll try to avoid obstacles along the way, but you never know when sheep will cross the road or when a tire will pop! Explore China by car, stretching our legs at famous landmarks, taking photos and laughing the whole way. A week filled with games, music, teamwork and imagination – and, it all happens in Chinese!Utilizing Concordia Language Villages trademark immersion strategies of games, music, movement, teamwork and imagination, we’ll learn and practice language.Your child's classroom will be posted in the MCE front lobby and outside each classroom on the first day of camp.There will be a closing program that parents may attend on the final day of camp. Performances run from 11:30am-12pm.Summer 2018
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PopularConcordia Language Villages Chinese ImmersionLanguageThis program immerses young children in the Chinese language, as well as the cultures and traditions of several Chinese-speaking nations. Language learning happens naturally through games, movement, music, drama, arts, crafts, stories and food.Children must be toilet trained to enroll in Immersion Preschool. We define toilet trained as having the ability to let an adult know that they need to use the bathroom, pulling pants up/down, wiping independently and cleaning hands after using the toilet.***The Minnetonka Community Education Refund Policy states: Refunds, less a $10 cancellation fee, will be given when a registration is withdrawn at least 5 business days before the start date of the class. Partial refunds will be considered if injury or serious illness occurs. No refund will be issued once a class has started.Class price varies based on the number of class dates in the 2018/19 school year. Full payment or payment plan options available. Minnetonka Preschool Explorers (MPE) students should register for an afternoon language class.Fall 2018
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Concordia Language Villages Spanish ImmersionLanguageThis program immerses young children in the Spanish language, as well as the cultures and traditions of several Spanish-speaking nations. Language learning happens naturally through games, movement, music, drama, arts, crafts, stories and food.Children must be toilet trained to enroll in Immersion Preschool. We define toilet trained as having the ability to let an adult know that they need to use the bathroom, pulling pants up/down, wiping independently and cleaning hands after using the toilet.***The Minnetonka Community Education Refund Policy states: Refunds, less a $10 cancellation fee, will be given when a registration is withdrawn at least 5 business days before the start date of the class. Partial refunds will be considered if injury or serious illness occurs. No refund will be issued once a class has started.Class price varies based on the number of class dates in the 2018/19 school year. Full payment or payment plan options available. Minnetonka Preschool Explorers (MPE) students should register for an afternoon language class.Fall 2018
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Concordia Spanish Immersion Camp: Road Trip Hoopla!LanguageAge 4 - 5th Grade: Immersion experience not required - all language levels welcome!Imagine a comical road trip in a far off land! Join us for a journey filled with car games like I Spy, Road Trip Bingo, or Name that Tune! We’ll try to avoid obstacles along the way, but you never know when sheep will cross the road or when a tire will pop! Explore Spanish speaking countries by car, stretching our legs at famous landmarks, taking photos and laughing the whole way. A week filled with games, music, teamwork and imagination – and, it all happens in Spanish!Utilizing Concordia Language Villages trademark immersion strategies of games, music, movement, teamwork and imagination, we’ll learn and practice language.Your child's classroom will be posted in the MCE front lobby and outside each classroom on the first day of camp. There will be a closing program that parents may attend on the final day of camp. Performances run from 11:30am-12pm.For Chinese Immersion CLICK HERE.Summer 2018
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Pinta en EspañolLanguageDo you have a creative bug? A passion for Spanish? Learn about famous Spanish artists and create several works of art throughout this week long camp. We will even create our very own piňatas! Class is taught in Spanish, prior language experience required.Summer 2018
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WaitlistSuper CienciasLanguageHave you ever used pop rocks and Coca-Cola to blow up a balloon? Do you know what happens to Ivory soap when it gets hot? Find out how to do these experiments and many more in Super Ciencias! The class is taught in Spanish, prior language experience required.Summer 2018
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Traditional Chinese Children’s GamesLanguageLearn to play thirty-five traditional Chinese children’s games which include: brain games, sports games, board games, language games, living games, literary games, and more. This class is taught in Chinese, prior language experience is required.In this class you will not only learn about game rules, group play, and how to adapt games for family fun time, but you will also have opportunity to use many authentic Chinese game props like an iron hoop, gyro, five sons chess, flying chess, three kingdom escape box game, puzzle nine rings, tangram, flower rope, sandbag, trailing, shuttlecock and sheep bone game and more. This is a great opportunity to develop your language, intelligence and physical health during the summer! For safety, tennis shoes are encouraged for this class.Summer 2018
