In the recent Chinese Studies Classes, the children conducted their topic study of Autumn. They not only gained the knowledge of the features of the season, but also learned the children’s songs and stories regarding autumn. In order to enable the children to explore the autumn in nature, we were happy to take the field trip to Century Park in Pudong on November 13 with the guidance of the teachers and our parent volunteers.
Walking along the path in the park, we could feel the autumn breeze and the falling leaves. Singing the song of Little Leaves, the children couldn’t wait to pick up the leaves on the ground. Soon their little hands were full of leaves of various kinds such as yellow ginkgo leaves, brown phoenix tree leaves, and red maple leaves, etc. The children took great interest in observing the leaves. “Look, that leaf is like a butterfly and that one is just like a fan.”
After the snack time, it came to the group work part. Students in groups worked together to observe and to paint. With paper and pencils, hands and minds, the children wrote down their ideas on paper to share with others what they had seen, heard and smelt of autumn.
The children had their favorite playing time after the picnic lunch. They flew the kite, played the Chicken vs Eagle and Throwing the Handkerchief. They ran and laughed happily in the lawn and enjoyed the joyful time in the autumn sun.
The children went back to school at 2pm with their laughter all along the way, which brought a happy end to our field trip to explore the autumn.
Y1D Co-Teacher – Cindy DU