A Peek into 2Excellence.......

We read a big book on Chinese Opera. I have included photos of some pages of the big book so that you can follow through the story .

At first,  I was rather apprehensive about getting the children to act out this drama. This is because in the story , the boys acted as warlords who had a BIG fight. I was actually quite worried about the fighting part. That the boys will be hurt during the act.....

I had to explain and reminded the boys several times that we are only "acting" and I do not want them to get so real into their roles that they "slashed"  and injure their friends.

A few days before the drama , the children made some Chinese Opera  masks. The class could not contain their excitement this morning when they brought their  towels, metal bowls/plates and chopsticks.

Here are the photos and video of our little act. I was glad the boys followed the instructions well. The girls also did very well with their plates & bowls following the beat.  As I stepped back and watched them play, I am glad that I took the risk. There are some days where the lessons did not go well as I wanted it but today I thought the lesson went well.

Here is the website with the mask template if you would like to make more masks on your own.

Chinese Opera Mask

This interesting youtube video also shows how to make a more elaborate mask.  Click here to watch.

The warlords were fearless.

The girls acted as soldiers.