
Happy New Year!
February 7, 2008
Year of the Rat
NEW YEAR'S EVENTS:
RIACA (Rhode Island
Association of Chinese Americans) Chinese New Year's Celebration
2008
- Date: Saturday,
Feb. 9, 2008
- Location: Bryant
University Multipurpose Activity Center, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield,
RI
- Time: 11:00 am
to 3:00 pm, with a lunch break ($5.00) from 12:30 pm
to 1:30 pm.
China
Adoption With Love New Year Celebration 2008
- Date:
Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008
- Location:
Christina’s, 2 Washington St., Route 1, Foxboro, MA
- Time:
Noon – 3:00 pm (Lunch from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm w/ dessert
and tea following; Check-in at the door required, starting at 11:30
am)
- Directions:
Christina's is located about 5 miles north of Exit 14A on Route
495 and less than a mile north of Foxboro Stadium on Route 1. Christina's
phone number is: 508-668-2000.
FCC
CT/RI/Cent MA New Year Celebration 2008
- Date:
Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008
- Location:
North Kingstown High School, N. Kingstown, RI
- Time:
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm (meal included)
- Directions:
From North: Take 95 South to Exit 9 (Route 4), and get off
at Exit 5A (Route 102 South - Wickford). At end of exit ramp stay
on 102 South. Go to 3rd traffic light and turn right onto Route 1
South. Go 1/4 mile and turn left on Annaquatucket Road. Go 1/2 mile
and turn at the 4th left onto Fairway Drive. The school is directly
on the right.
From South: From 95 North take Exit 3 (Route 138 East
- Newport/URI). Follow 138 East until you come to junction with
Route 1. Turn left at light onto Route 1 North. At first traffic
light stay right on Route 1 North. Go 1/4 mile and turn right
on Annaquatucket Road. Go 1/2 mile and turn at the 4th left onto
Fairway Drive. The school is directly on the right.
Chinese
New Year’s Celebration at the University of Rhode
Island
1. URI website for the Chinese New Year Celebration
is up. Please check this
link with your family and your friends. http://www.uri.edu/chinesenewyear/
2. Mei Mei’s update for parents who have children performing
at URI, please check this link What’s New! on
the Home Page of www.meimeiandme.com.
3. Information related to our performance at URI:
Place to meet: Ballroom of Memorial Union
Time to meet: 11:15am
sharp, Feb.17, Sunday, 2008
Time for lunch: 11:30am at Ballroom
of Memorial Union for performers & families
Rehearsal: 1:00pm
Rehearsal place: the Rehearsal Room
(in the Concert Hall of The Fine Arts Building) across from the Concert
Hall. We will be given directions on the day to the Hall.
Performance
time for our children: Approx. 2:45pm (the 3rd
act)
Costume: Chinese clothes (if available), a top, or an
apron, but allowing for easy movement
Make up: by parents or
at rehearsal time
Contact person (if needed): Dr. Lu Wei’s cell phone
number is: 509-339-3111. Dr. Yan Ma’s cell phone number is: 401-419-8487.
4. Directions to URI Ballroom in the Memorial Union:
http://www.mu.uri.edu/facility/directions.html (see
below also):
By Car From the North:
Take I-95 South to R.I. Exit 9
(a left-lane exit onto Rte. 4 South). Follow Rte. 4
to Rte. 1 South until you reach Rte. 138 West, just past the Holiday
Inn. (Don’t take the first Rte. 138 exit—this would take
you east to Newport.) Travel approximately 4 miles on Rte. 138; URI
will be on the right. Come through the main entrance on Upper College
Road, take Campus Ave to Lower College Road. Turn right onto Lower
College Road and the Union will be at the end of the circle. Parking
is available behind the Union.
By Car From the South:
Take I-95 North to R.I. Exit 3A
to Rte. 138 East. URI is about 7 miles down Rte. 138, on the left.
Come through the main entrance on Lower College Road, take Campus
Ave to Lower College Road. Turn right onto Lower College Road and
the Union will be at the end of the circle. Parking is available
behind the Union.
LANGUAGE LEARNING:
On COX
Communications Cable of RI
• Play and
Learn CHINESE with Mei
Mei - Vol.
7
NEW! Watch
it now on COX!
Let's
Visit Dawei Village
• Channel
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October 4th and October 11th
* Channel 13 services all of RI.
• Channel
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October 1st, 8th,15th
and 22nd
** Channel 18 services: Providence,
N. Providence, Warwick, W. Warwick, Coventry and East Greenwich
Don't miss Mei Mei's complete Play
& Learn CHINESE series!
• Now
playing on Channel 13, every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., continuously for
another year to come.
NEW PRODUCTS:
NEW! Let’s
Write Chinese with Mei Mei
This special set of two workbooks is intended
as a first guide to writing characters for everyone. It is meant
to be user-friendly (especially for younger children), with large characters
to copy and imitate. These workbooks will be a great
help to any student of Chinese in any setting, from the weekly class
to the fun of just practicing at home! The first volume presents
the most common nouns, verbs, and adjectives selected by Mei Mei
to be the most practical. The second volume
builds on the first by combining previously learned characters to form
new expressions.
Features include:
The Table of Contents
lists all the most common words and/or phrases.
Simplified characters with
stroke orders, Pinyin, and English translations.
Each workbook contains 176 "daily use" words
or phrases.
The character blocks are of a large comfortable size - plenty of room for small hands to practice.
A perfect activity for parents to share with their child - educational activity that rises to the level of art with practice.
Learning all of these characters will easily enable students
to combine and recombine words and phrases into hundreds of new complete sentences
in order to express their own thoughts and feelings.
NEW FOR OCTOBER 2007,
NOW
AVAILABLE! Let’s
Play Games (Vol.
6)
Let's Play Games. presents popular
Chinese games as played by children in China today. Come join Mei
Mei and learn Mandarin Chinese the fun and easy way. Mei Mei introduces
nine delightful games using practical sentences, and additionally
provides a Quick Review to reinforce all of these useful
expressions. All
language is presented in English, Pinyin, and Chinese characters.
Contents: nine games
"Mei Mei's teaching methods
are highly effective and entertaining. Playing games is a great aid
in learning Chinese. Children will find learning with Mei Mei a truly
joyful experience which
will cultivate their love for not only the language, but
also the culture."
- Li
Wang, Ph. D., Curator of East Asian Collection, Brown University
To order, go to
the Video page [click here].
NEW FOR JANUARY 2008,
NOW
AVAILABLE! Let’s
Visit Dawei Village (Vol.
7)
Let’s Visit
Dawei Village,
filmed in Dawei village near Hefei, the capital city of Anhui
Province. This exciting video explores life in a contemporary
village. Join with the children of Dawei as they attend school, do homework, play games, work
on the farm, and enjoy weekend activities. All language
is presented in English, Pinyin, and Chinese characters.
Contents: * Transportation * Schoolyard Sports and Games * After-school
Activities * Farm Chores * Weekend Activities
To order, go to the Video page [click
here].
DOWNLOADS:
Download
Free Transcripts of the Videos (Vols. 1, 2, and 3) for Home Study!
Go to our
Resources page and download these great
educational aids for use with your own children or students. They are
the same ones Mei Mei uses with her students and will work hand in hand
with the video to give children (and parents) lots of characters for
reading and writing practice!
Cultural
Lessons - Schedules for Spring 2008
For more information or registration form, please
call: (401)
723-4440 or
e-mail us at: meimeihu@meimeiandme.com
Saturdays: 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
January 19 April 12
February 2 April
26
March 1 May 10
March 15 May
24
March 29
Sundays: 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Sundays: 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
January 20 April
13
February 3 April
27
March 2 May
11
March 16 May
25
March 30
Note: Classes are open to children aged 3 years and
older — register
early to ensure placement.