It’s the time of year again for Hand in Hand’s annual Chinese Culture Camp! This year’s theme is Dynasty Travelers: Racing through Time. Each day will be spent learning about the important facts of China’s many dynasties, from the Qin dynasty, the official start of China, to the Qing dynasty, China’s last dynasty before present day.
Summer Camp:
Tuesday, May 29 – Friday, June 1
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Johns Creek United Methodist Church
11180 Medlock Bridge Road
Duluth, GA 30097
End of Camp Celebration:
Saturday, June 2
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location TBA
Sample Camp Schedule:
9:30 Arrival/Lesson about …

Thank you to all who came out and participated in this year’s summer camp. Our theme was “Beijing Olympics”, and every team had a lot of fun playing lots of games and making cool crafts. Our closing ceremony was the culmination of a week’s worth of dance classes, and all of the campers danced wonderfully! We hope everyone had a great time, and we hope to see you in our language and dance classes in the fall, and at camp next year!
Thank you!
 

Thank you everybody for registering for our Hand in Hand Summer Culture Camp! We have received a record number of registrations this year and we will have to close our online registration now because we have received so many! I can’t wait to see everyone who registered at summer camp this year. If you have not registered but still wish to, please email us at summer@handinhandchinese.org.
Thanks again to everyone for your registration! We look forward to seeing you at camp next week!
 

Hi everyone!
Just a quick update on our upcoming events-
Our annual food event is tomorrow, March 19th, at 2:00. The kids will be making traditional Chinese foods and sampling foods made by the big sisters.
We also have summer camp coming up- forms for registration can be found at handinhandchinese.org/summer. Camp will be held from Tuesday, May 31st to Friday, June 3rd, 2011. The theme this year is “Chinese Olympics”!
Keep an eye out for our upcoming newsletter, with information about our summer camp and a lot more!

On the fifth day of camp, the dragon’s clues led us to the park and the final hiding place of the treasure. After a long and difficult search, we found the treasure that the dragon had left for all the campers!
To celebrate our wonderful week looking for the treasure at camp, we had a picnic at the park, performed the dances that we learned this week for our parents, and got all wet with water balloons and squirt guns!
What a great week!
More pictures from our last day of camp can …

For our fourth day at camp, we visited the Chinese marketplace and learned about Chinese fashion.

We made Chinese paper dolls with “Qi Pao,” traditional Chinese dresses

Throughout the week, the campers earned stamps if they behaved and cleaned up their work stations, and on the last day, they used their stamps to go shopping!

There’s so much to buy!

Look at our purchases!

Today, we visited a Chinese Tea House to taste some different kinds of Chinese tea and finished the day with some calligraphy!

We ate Dian Xin, or desserts, with our tea

Everyone loved Bubble Tea or Milk Tea, a popular drink in China made by mixing milk with tea

Practicing Chinese calligraphy

Our clue brought us to the Forbidden City today on our quest to find the black dragon’s hidden treasure. As we searched for more clues, or detectives learned about the ancient Chinese imperial palace and painted Chinese pagodas. The Forbidden City got its name because commoners were forbidden to enter the palace where the emperor lived. People from all over the world visit it today to see its beautiful architecture.

Margaux’s illustration of the Forbidden Palace

There are lots of different pagodas and buildings in the Forbidden City

Painting Chinese pagodas

Oh no! The evil Black Dragon has stolen the treasure of the great Golden Dragon! Luckily, we have our awesome Dragon Detectives to help us solve the mystery and find the Golden Dragon’s missing treasure this week.
On the first day, all of our detectives received their detective notebooks and a handy dandy magnifying glass. These will be very helpful throughout the week as we go on our mission.
Our first assignment took us to the Chinese Opera House, where we made Chinese opera masks. We also used Chinese papercuts to decorate …