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Activity: Chopsticks 

Discussion

Students discuss the difference between western kitchen utensils and silverware and eastern kitchen utensils.

Chopsticks

Student learn to read and write 筷子。

Students learn to hold chopsticks with color pencils. 

Pencils and Eraser Food

Students watch the activity video demo;

Teacher will time the students to pick up small objects from the box. Every student gets a turn of 15 seconds.

Video on Chopsticks' Meaning

Students watch the video "Do you understand Chopsticks?"

Teacher explains the following points:

  • dialects/regions

  • family/ancestral alter

  • shape of chopsticks - 天圆地方

  • idiom 多一个人多一双筷子

  • dinning custom and etiquette

This is the activity demo I made  for you!

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