Day 9: Presentations

Day 9: Presentations

Today, our SHANTU teachers helped our little friends work together with their group to create posters and oral presentations to share their takeaways from our 2022 summer camp program. Younger students drew their favorite activities, and older students wrote English captions for the pictures and a script for an English oral presentation. Our Healthy Helpers…

Day 8: Nutrition/WASH

Day 8: Nutrition/WASH

Today, Teacher Jo taught our Healthy Helpers about nutrition and clean water. We began today’s class by reviewing the new words we learned over the last two weeks of summer camp. We played a word relay charades game. During this game, our Healthy Helpers acted out a vocabulary word to the next person in line,…

Day 7: NTU Campus Tour

Day 7: NTU Campus Tour

Today we took our Healthy Helpers on another field trip! Our group met at National Taiwan University, where Teacher Lydia and Teacher Kimron guided our Xinzhuang students around NTU’s campus. First, we visited Fu Bell, an important historical site on NTU’s campus. We then took students to NTU’s Experimental Farm. Staff members at NTU’s Experimental…

Day 6: Infectious disease

Day 6: Infectious disease

Today Teacher Linh and Teacher Vivian taught our little friends how to stop the spread of germs. First, Teacher Linh and Teacher Vivian taught our class new vocabulary words to talk about germs and how we can stay healthy. We also watched a video that demonstrated how germs spread when we cough.  Our class also…

Day 5: Seed Classification

Day 5: Seed Classification

Today, our group met at Xinzhuang Elementary School to classify the seeds we found at Xinzhuang Sports Park. Before we began today’s session, Teacher Lydia helped our team review the new vocabulary they learned at the park. Then, one of Xinzhuang’s teachers introduced the names of the seeds we collected. We helped our little friends…

Day 4: Seed Collection Day

Day 4: Seed Collection Day

Today, we went on our first summer camp field trip! Our team walked over to the Xinzhuang Sports Park, where our 4 groups of campers (the Guava Group, Sweet Potato Leaf Squad, Passion Fruit Pals, and Pineapple Posse)  traveled to 4 different stations to search for seeds. At each station, our station leaders helped teach…

Day 3: Health Equity

Day 3: Health Equity

May and I have introduced some knowledge about “Health Equity” to our little friends. Surprisingly, the kids can grasp all the information very quickly, albeit the topic’s abstract nature! With tremendous support from Linh and other group leaders, we have tried our best to deliver as simple as possible necessary concepts about how and where…

Day 2: Let’s Work Together

Day 2: Let’s Work Together

 It was our second day of the  2022 SHANTU bilingual summer camp at Xinzhuang Elementary School. Our day started with the opening ceremony of our summer camp. During the ceremony, Teacher Bri introduced 4 group names —— Guava Group、Sweet Potato Leaf Squad、Passion Fruit Pals、Pineapple Posse——and the group chant for each group. We learned the chants…