Dear Parents:
Welcome back to all returning families and all new families joining the NCLS community! We hope you had a great summer! Our school starts on Sunday September 8, 2013.
We are very excited for the new school year. In addition to our existing 80+ courses, we are offering two new courses in the Fall semester. The course descriptions are below:
New course 1:
趣味中国剪纸 Chinese Paper-cutting (3:40-5:00 second class)
授课老师: 赵 蕾
剪纸是中国民间流行的一种传统艺术,历史悠久,有独特的文化内涵和鲜明的民族特色。学习剪纸艺术可以陶冶情操,提高艺术文化修养,同时还能充分挖掘想象力和创造力。本课程面向牛顿中文学校的全体学生,家长以及中国民间艺术的爱好者。课程简单易学,趣味性强。 一把剪刀,一张纸,再加上想象力,很快您就能纸上生花,剪出漂亮的作品啦!
Chinese Paper-cutting Course Description Instructor: Zhao Lei
Chinese paper-cutting is a traditional art form, which has long history and unique cultural styles. Learning paper-cutting is a good way to cultivate minds, improving cultural accomplishment, while developing students’ the imagination and creativity. All students, parents, and Chinese folk art fans are welcomed to the class. Course is easy to learn and interesting. A pair of scissors, a piece of paper, along with a little imagination, you will cut out a beautiful work!
赵老师毕业于华中师范大学文学院,获汉语语言学和USC教育学双硕士学位。她对中国民间剪纸有着丰富的经验和浓厚的兴趣,注重培养学生的想象力,创造力和动手能力。剪纸作品见赵老师的博客. 相关链接:赵老师的剪纸作品( Ms. Zhao’s Paper cutting Work)https://www.dropbox.com/sh/82kswypmos0r1l0/sVxN-mfpR4
New course 2:
中国笛子 Chinese Flute (3:40-5:00 second class)
授课老师: 镇德华
中国竹笛课教学内容参照著名笛子演奏家,教育家许国屏编著的《少年儿童笛子教程》一书,让初学竹笛者初步了解和掌握竹笛的吹奏技巧,通过一段时间的练习,能够把喜欢唱的歌,用竹笛来表现,并对民族文化产生一种兴趣。
镇德华老师原是中国人民解放军部队文工团专业民乐演奏员。他擅长演奏多种管弦弹拨乐器,尤其精于竹笛,排萧,葫芦丝,巴乌等乐器的演奏与教学。其演奏曲目多次在军内外获奖。镇德华老师拥有四十多年的演奏生涯,受聘于多所学校教授民族音乐,在国内培养了大批学生,有的已成为民乐教学和文化传媒的骨干。镇德华老师来美后,曾在剑桥中文学校教授竹笛,现任喜洋洋乐队首席吹管乐演奏员。
In addition, these following courses still has spaces, please register the class ASAP.
Physics Concepts and SAT II (2:00 – 3:30 first class)
任课教师:刘希纯博士 Xichun Liu, PH.D.
The primary goals of this course are to review the key concepts in Physics, and to help students in preparing for the SAT II Physics test. If you plan to pursue a math- or science-based program of study (such as science, technology, engineering or math), you probably should consider preparing and taking the Physics Subject Test. Since the SAT II Physics exam covers almost identical subjects as AP Physics B curriculum, students who are interested in learning the latter subject will also benefit from this course.
Students in 9th grade and above who are familiar with trigonometry and algebra 2 are encouraged to take this course.
幼儿学儿歌班 (3:40 – 5:00 second class)
任课教师:冯怡丽
教学对象:4-6岁的儿童。
教学内容:适合幼儿的简单易学的儿歌,大部分儿歌同时又是一首幼儿歌曲,孩子 们学会了儿歌,也学会了歌曲。认读一些基本的字和词,每次上课学一首儿歌。 每学期共教十五首歌,孩子们在会儿歌的过程中,中文听说能力自然而然得到了提高。
教学方法:学习的过程中,孩子们可以把与儿歌相关的内容用简单的图画表达出来,也可以加上动作表演出来,上课的过程中,根据这个年龄段孩子的特点带他们做一些游戏,使孩子们轻松愉快地学习。
本课程是帮助幼儿具备基本的中文听说能力,为他们进入学前班和一年级打下一个良好的听说基础。老师采用标准的普通话教学,让孩子们一开始接触中文就学会说标准普通话。为了鼓励孩子们学好儿歌,老师准备了小奖花和小奖品,对孩子们的进步即时给予奖励,激发他们的学习热情。
书法 Chinese Calligraphy (3:40 – 5:00 second class) 任课教师:方正厚 方正厚自幼喜好书法,尊先祖"忠厚传家久,诗书继世长"之教诲,届天命之年更效仿祖辈渴求翰墨,潜心研习。曾师从天津书法名家李德海先生专心欧楷。后师从名家袁健民先生,王冠一先生临习楷,隶,行等古代大家碑帖,书艺幸有长进。其作品先后参展海雅杯,老年艺术节等展览并多次获奖。后加入老年书画研习会,积跬书社,并在该社组织的书法作品展中展出一些作品。并被聘为市老年书画院书画师。 方正厚近年加入波士顿纽英伦艺术协会,中华书法会,其书法作品受到各界好评,并多次受邀参加波士顿周边地区各类书法活动。
We are looking forward to seeing you this coming Sunday!
NCLS Admin