Mandarin Chinese Program (Pre K-8) Weekend

15 sessions in Fall, Aug 25th to Dec. 15th. No class on Nov. 17, Nov. 24.

Program overview

Yu Ying Learning Center provides weekend Chinese programs. We maintain low student to teacher ratio in all of our programs to provide personalized learning experience..

Program goals

• Beginner level students will focus on learning basic Chinese pronunciation and daily conversation based on activities to cultivate their interest.
• Intermediate students will study pronunciation, basic reading, writing, and practical conversation.
• Advanced students will learn communication skills, continue pronunciation and speaking fluency in Chinese, advanced reading/writing with sentences and grammar.

Enrollment starts now.

Program description

Weekend/Weekday Pre K Chinese class (Ages 3-5 years old)

This is a 60-minute session for children to learn Chinese in a relaxed and fun small-group environment with our native Mandarin teacher. Students are going to learn a new language using two way immersion methods through exposure to interesting videos, music, games, pictures, computer activities, etc. Basic themes include, but are not limited to: greeting, family members, numbers, colors, foods, and animals. Our goal is to have children and adults have an enjoyable experience while learning the Chinese language and culture.

Weekend/Weekday Pre K Chinese arts class (Ages 3-5 years old) *New

Storytelling Illustrations Art Class for children 3-5 years of age. Our bilingual art activities are based on plots and themes, depicting images captured in the story of the day. Children will be encouraged to feel and discover what the characters are involved in. Through different stories and plots, children will develop cognitive, emotional, and artistic skills. In this class children will develop skills in discerning the changes of line, purposes of color matching, designing shapes of objects, and enriching the picture with a variety of materials and painting tools. The mediums for this class will include, paper collage, watercolor, oil pastel drawings, and painting.

Weekend/ Weekday Arts & Craft Chinese class (Entering K- grade 3)

In this 90-minutes class, Children will learn Chinese words, phases by doing arts and crafts. The class is led by our native Chinese speaker teacher who is specialized in teaching Chinese, and arts & craft to Children. Hands on activities will enhance retention and inspire children's interests in learning Chinese. Children can learn body parts by doodle themselves, they can learn colors in Chinese by playing colors, they can learn animals and fruits... by making craft!

Weekend Beginner level Chinese class (entering K-grade 3)

Weekend Beginner Mandarin Chinese class lasts 90-minute for children entering K-3rd grade who have little prior knowledge of Chinese language. Children will learn pinyin, words, phrases and sentences used in daily conversational Chinese through songs, games, videos, poems, role play and performances using task-based learning methods. Our goal is to introduce the students to Chinese language and culture while helping them obtain basic conversation skills.

Weekend Intermediate Chinese class (Grade 3-5)

This is a 90-minute session for children At this Intermediate, students will continue working through thematic instruction of curriculum and be introduced to Chinese radicals along with writing of Chinese characters. Our goal is to have students improve their Chinese in regards to speaking, reading and writing.

Weekend advanced Chinese class (Grace 6-8)

This is 3 to 3.5 hours session is for students 6th grade or above who have at least 2 years of prior Chinese instruction (or a teacher evaluation is recommended). The goal is for students to improve Chinese and to prepare for Sat Chinese test.

Please email info@yuyinglearning.com for more information.