After a mild winter, we
welcomed a beautiful first day of spring on March 20th. In the morning after walking my son to his
school, I continued to Derby Wharf. The
sky was blue, the sea was calm, the sun was shining, and the air was warm… It
felt wonderful. 春天来了。(Chūn tiān
lái le) Spring has arrived. Actually, it was felt more like a summer day.
After
school, I went to the Salem Athenaeum where I have my Chinese class with
children on Tuesdays. I walked upstairs with
the children and opened the fan window.
The fresh spring air flew in with the warm rays of sunshine. Sitting down together, we started to read the
day’s text:
天上有太阳。 tiān shàng
yǒu tài yang 。
There is the sun in the sky.
天上有月亮。tiān shàng
yǒu yuè liang。
There is the moon in the sky.
天上有星星。tiān shàng
yǒu xīng xing。
There are stars in the sky.
天上有云。tiān shàng
yǒu yún。
There are clouds in the sky.
地上有草。dì shàng
yǒu cǎo。
There is grass on the ground.
地上有花。dì shàng
yǒu huā。
There are flowers on the ground.
水中有鱼。shuǐ zhōng
yǒu yú。
There are fish in the water.
林中有鸟。lín zhōng
yǒu niǎo。
There are birds in the woods.
树上有鸟。shù shàng
yǒu niǎo。
There are birds on the trees.
After
learning to read these sentences, children learned to write them. At the end of the class we were all admiring
this page of beautiful writing done by 8-year-old Hugo.
