2008 暑期返台交流及參訪

Date: 7/13/2008 - 7/23/2008

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這次暑期返台交流及參訪雖然只有短短的11天，但是帶給大家一個非常難忘的經驗，最後在大家依依不捨下，圓滿結束了。好多小朋友也和我打勾勾，相約明年還要再來喔!!

在11天的活動中，有6天安排在學校裡研習，由學校提供專業的老師及優良的的環境，透過研習中國傳統藝術(例如:國畫，書法和臉譜面具等等)和民俗童玩(例如:風箏，扯鈴和陀螺等等) ，讓小朋友不僅能在有趣的課程中學習華語，而且也對中國文化有了更深一層的認識及瞭解。

另外5天則是戶外教學活動，有博物館之旅: 參觀陶瓷博物館，國立台灣博物館，郭元益糕餅博物館，還有總統府。也安排了文化之旅: 迪化街，萬華龍山寺，鶯歌客家文化園區，傳統市場及夜市，讓小朋友能透過實地參訪和導覽叔叔阿姨的帶領，認識台灣人文歷史。此外，更要一提的是戶外教學活動的交通，我們利用了台灣便利的大眾運輸系統，像火車，捷運及公車，讓小朋友從”行”方面，體驗不同的台灣文化。當然，以美食聞名的台灣，小朋友更是嘗了許多台灣美食，讓小朋友從”食”方面，認識道地的台灣文化。

此行能成行，首先要感謝僑委會給我們台灣學校這麼棒的一個機會及補助，再來要感謝三民國小的陳校長及劉主任大力的支持，當然，老師們活潑認真的教學，也是讓小朋友明年還要再回來，最大的動力，老師們辛苦了，謝謝。希望明年還能再繼續辦，讓更多小朋友能有機會認識台灣，體驗台灣。

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2007 台灣會館兒童夏令營

由台灣會館主辦, 為期四週 (7/9~8/3) 的兒童夏令營，終於，在小朋友快樂的唱歌和跳舞聲中圓滿結束了。

今年夏令營的課程包括了英文寫作﹑數學﹑中文和科學，也有好玩的陶藝創作﹑小小廚師﹑動手做美勞及介紹台灣古早童玩，還有小朋友最愛的音樂和舞蹈，讓小朋友不僅充實的學習也快快樂樂的度過這四週。其實本來只想辦兩週的夏令營，卻因為好評如潮，在許多家長的要求下，多辦兩週。

第一天上課，新的環境對小朋友來說，難免有點不自在，不過很快的這些小朋友就玩的不亦樂乎打成一片了。每天下午Miss Gloria的音樂營總是最受小朋友歡迎，看著一雙雙認真專注的眼睛及喜悅的表情，小朋友們熱情的參與，讓家長在音樂營發表會中看到小朋友們唱著各國的童謠，配合簡單的舞蹈，”安可，安可”加上掌聲不斷就是大家的反應。

由Dr. Hochie 精心規劃的”EQ&自信” 課，是針對小朋友來提出活動主題，並設計活動課程，以啟發、遊戲、主動參與的方式，引導小朋友在活潑、有趣的主題式遊戲中學習。(Dr. Hochie現任職於Berkerly ER room 的小兒科醫師。)

很幸運的我們請到從小在哥斯大黎加長大，剛搬到Fremont住的Mr. Miguel來教西班牙語。一星期三次，利用短短的一小時，教小朋友簡單的問候語和常見的生活用品，另外，Miguel為了加強小朋友的印象，特別還教唱Spanish的”Happy Birthday”和”Head, Shoulder, Knee and Toes” 。Mr. Miguel告訴我，他在哥斯大黎加教大學生的經驗，這次教導小小朋友可真是難上加難。他必須使出十八般武藝，來引起小朋友的興趣，還得和他們玩遊戲，所以，每當課程結束後，我看到的他都是滿頭大汗。當我們問他結婚後是否要生小孩，他嚇壞了直搖手和頭，”不了，不了，想到就害怕”。

上中文課，王雪貞老師教導小朋友背誦弟子規，並用生動活潑的方式講解內容，連我那不愛上課只愛玩的小女兒，上完第一次課後還主動問我”媽媽，明天王老師還會來上課嗎?”可見王雪貞老師的教學功力是多厲害! 王老師除了教中文課外，她還特別凖備了抽牌
得獎品，教小朋友DIY做竹蜻蜓(不用竹片，用紙片加吸管) ，玩尫仔標，打彈珠，丟沙包，套圈圈，讓這些美國長大的小朋友們，體!驗一下台灣古早童玩。

每個星期五，夏令營特別幫小朋友安排”我是小廚師”的課程，第一週讓小朋友自己動手揉麵做麵條，許多義工看到小朋友邊玩邊捏邊做，直嚷”我不敢吃，好可怕啊!”可是，等小朋友吃著香噴噴美味可口的雞湯麵時，還是忍不住吃了一碗接一碗。接下來的幾週，小朋友自己動手捲壽司，包飯團，做巧克力餅乾和麻糬，還創作出各式各樣不同造型的饅頭，喝著自己拿刀切的各種水果打成的Smoothie，對他們來說都是非常新鮮又難忘的經驗。

說到”吃”，一定要提我們幫小朋友準備的中餐。本次夏令營的中餐是由辛苦的義工梅英和麗雪掌廚，菜色均經過細心設計來配合小朋友的營養和口味。我們還特別準備了一些正港台灣味的大腸麵線，米粉湯，玉米火腿蛋餅和珍珠奶茶，深受小朋友的歡迎，所以，許多小朋友一大早就來問工作人員” 阿姨，今天的中餐吃什麼?” 還有幾個只上半天課的小朋友，特別為了美味的中餐留下來，除此之外，我們尤其特別注意餐飲衛生，以維護小朋友的健康。

“Lisa老師，Lisa老師”每次，小朋友一看到我們最年輕又美麗的Lisa老師，總是圍著她要她一起玩遊戲，而Lisa老師也應小朋友要求，玩的高興的不得了，之後，才開始帶著小朋友做做熱身動作，開始練習成果展要表演的舞曲。這次我特別要求老師編”西北雨”，”高山青”和”農村曲”，小朋友除了能藉著跳舞來多認識台灣傳統名謠，進一步，還能學習唱這些名謠，另外，將來如果須要小朋友代表會館出去表演，小朋友也較能駕輕就熟，真可是一舉數得!

特別要提的是，在這段期間裡Gina姊每天不辭辛苦得帶著她的小兒子Toby 和外甥 Tyler義務來幫忙上課，他們倆可是超級人氣王，不管Toby走到那裡，小朋友總是拿著魔術方塊要Toby教他們，有幾個六﹑七歲的小小朋友，已經可以掌握到技巧，完成一到兩面。一些比較大的小朋友，都可完成六面。無法完全的小小朋友，則是追著Toby要他把混色的六面轉成相同的顏色，而Toby也不負眾望的在短短幾秒內就能完
成，難怪是世界魔術方塊冠軍，此外，Toby也在音樂營裡展現他拉大提琴的功力，讓喜歡音樂的工作人員，每天抱著和她一樣高大的大提琴，拜師學藝。提起Tyler，連我這個有兩個小孩的歐巴桑也忍不住流口水，他的巧手不僅能摺出徐徐如生的玫瑰花，還能桿麵作麵條及烤出好吃的餅乾。另一方面，Tyler的多才多藝也是有目共睹的，教小朋友跆拳道﹑耍花槍和童子軍的結繩，大家都學的津津有味。另外，Tyler在禮儀課時，教小朋友跳國際標準舞中的Square舞步(八拍來完成一個基本步)，小朋友都非常認真的學習，連午休時間還找自己的夥伴練舞步，為了能在最後一天的成果展時，好好的表現給大家看。真感謝有Toby和Tyler熱心陪著小朋友快樂的學習，希望明年還能見到他們。

最後我還要再說一次謝謝小朋友與小朋友家長、工作人員，因為有你們熱情的參與和無私的奉獻，才能讓這次夏令營畫下完美的句點，明年見。

-- Stella

2007 Summer Camp Fourth Week

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2007 Summer Camp Second Week

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I like writing because writing is a subject I really like to do. I also think that I need some improvements in writing, like putting more descriptive words. Another thing I like is cooking. The reason I like cooking is because it very fun and sometimes it fun to spill stuff. The last thing I like about camp is having friends all over the place. It feels very comfortable.
- Esther Liu

The first thing I like is my classes like music, arts, crafts, cooking, and science. The second thing are my teachers. The third thing is break times.
- Stephanie

The first thing I liked was when the first day that I met Stephannie and Emily. The second thing I like is my friendly teachers. The third thing I like is being in classes, being in classes are a lot of fun.
- Kelly Chu

I like writing, Chinese, and crafting. Most of all I like cooking.
- Joyce

I like to make friends. I like cooking class. I like Joyce.
- Vivienne

I like to play with my friend. I like to do homework. I like to learn about...
- Kevin Chang

I like to play ping pong. I like to make airplane. I like to play games.
- Ari Jeng

Miss Gloria she is nice. M.c.c.p. I like singing. Free time I like drawing and writing.

I like to play with my friends. I like to learn. I like to follow directions.
- Joshua Liu

TAC Camp is a fun day camp. The teachers are really nice and patient to everyone and really helpful. The volunteers also play a very big role in making this camp possible. They help prepare lunch and make sure the teacher and kids have everything they need. At TAC Summer Camp, we have art class, math class, music class, dance class, etc. The variety of activities are tremendous. We have really helpful teachers like Tyler, Toby, Hank, and Alan. We also have our wonderful Gloria and Ho Chie. TAC Summer Camp is the best place to spend summer.
- Edith Chen

This summer camp is not like any other kinds of summer camp I’ve seen. It’s a fun and interesting camp. Unlike some other summer camps, this camp has many freedoms. Everyone is like family and friends and it’s full with friendliness in this summer camp. The teachers such as Gloria, HoChie, Tyler, Toby, Hank, and Alan are wonderful and they taught us many exciting and fun things. TAC Summer Camp is the only fun and exciting camp I’ve ever been to.
- Eunice Tseng

TAC Summer Camp was really.. uhh fun I guess? It has some of the great classes such as Cooking and clay.
- Cindy

I think TAC is very fun with their activities and wonderful lunch. It is very fun for the little kids and the big kids love talking to Tyler and Toby!
- Vivian

2007 Summer Camp First Week

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I love u. Miss Gloria.
- Felicia

I like camp.
- Emily

I love music camp!
- Joyce Chen

I like music camp because there is nice teacher. Mrs. Gloria.

My first week of camp was fun, I guess. Most of my friends were there like Vivian, Lydia, Edith, Henry, Eunice, and Virgil was there. First day was clay and English. 2nd day was uhh... forgot and the rest of week was ok.
- Cindy

My first week of camp was quite fun, I think. We made some friends. My friends were Vivian, Cindy, Edith, Eunice, and maybe, just maybe Charlotte. My favorite classes were on Monday and Friday. On Monday, we had English and Pottery. In between, I kinda forgot and on the last day, we had origami and cooking. We had a pretty fun week, though.
- Lydia

This camp is fun and there're many interesting class. We're able to make new friends during the camp days. The classes can help me review the things I almost forgot about.
- Eunice

This camp is fun. For the first week I learned how to cook noodles! And solve a very hard problem which I can't solve. The lunch is really good. The teachers are really nice. I think that's about it for now...
- Michelle Chen

The only thing I like about camp is computers, math, and science with Hank.
- Henry

I made couple of new friends. the friends name are Jeffery and Charlie.
- Virgil

I made couple of new friends so I camp very much.
- Jeffery

I like camp because the things I like is math. I also like science.
- Charlie

I like camp very much. The lunches are delicious and the teachers are really nice. The activities and classes are really interesting. I have many friends here, like Eunice, Lydia, and Cindy, and Vivian. A TAYL councilor, Tyler, is also here. Miss Gloria teaches music and Toby helps with math and writing. Hank teaches us about random subjects like nutrition, Alan teaches English and Ho Chie talks to us about what it means to be ourselves. The parent volunteers have also helped out a lot. I really appreciate them. I think camp is awesome!
- Edith

My first week at camp was ummm... well... hmm weird. My first class on Monday... was math. The teacher was Hank. My second teacher was Ann. 3rd period was music, with Gloria. Huh ummm, I don't remember, like anything, until like Thursday. It was sorto fun, well Thursday was the funnest. Our last period well maybe Wednesday, we met Toby, the Rubiks cube Thursday, our last period, with Tyler, was my funnest day ever, I mean ever at camp. I mean literally, I never had so much fun. Tyler let us have fun during class and wasn't strict after we did what we were allowed to do what we wanted to do. It was really fun... I think I already said that. Yay! I'm very happy. I'm staying for the whole month. I'ma have fun! Hmmm... Tyler said he would come back if we were good! And I would be good, hmm, Tyler's like even funner than Ms. Lou. I never knew teacher could ever be so cool! I'm going to go for the second session... He's going to come like 2~3 times a week! He let's us have so much fun... well he can let it be fun learning, and still sorta be serious... I think I repeated a lot of stuff... but oh well!
- Vivian Siu

When my mother told me I had been volunteered to help out at TAC summer camp, I wasn't too sure I wanted to. But after a first day, I can say it is something I definitely want to come back to. The children here are absolutely a joy to work with. They're full of energy, ready to just have fun with anything, from writing stories to flying paper airplanes. I love being a part of this camp because it lets me get involved with the Taiwanese community. Because we are all Taiwanese, we feel an immediate bond, which becomes a great foundation to build new friendships. I have more to say.. but i just dont know how to put it into words, Honestly, I really do love working at this camp.
- Tyler