Hand in Hand Chinese Culture Program

Hand in Hand's Big Sisters and Brothers Program held our Holiday Party this Saturday, December 19! The kids made fortune cookie holiday ornaments and pipe cleaner candy canes, decorated holiday cards for children in the hospital, drank hot chocolate, and roasted marshmallows to make s'mores! Yummy!

The holiday season is about being thankful for what we have and giving to others. We're all so fortunate to have warm clothes, yummy food and lots of presents around this time of year, so instead of bringing gifts for each other, we all brought a gift to donate to less fortunate children. This year, we collected over 50 presents for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta!

Here are some pictures from the event:

Roasting marshmallows around the fire!


Decorating holiday cookies! Yum!


We love crafts!!


We're never too old for swings!!


We collected over 50 presents for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta!

Happy Holidays!!

The winter holidays are quickly approaching! But before classes ended for the semester, students got a chance to show off everything they've learned this year. Acting out the different animals of the zodiac, the younger class and older class competed against each other today in a harrowing game of charades. Although the game ended in a tie, both classes did a fantastic job of guessing the correct animals in Chinese!

In the second part of our end-of-year performance, each class performed two different dances followed by a combined dance with both classes. The dances were incredibly cute and well-performed!! At the end of the performances, each student received a personal superlative and certificate along with a goody-bag of holiday gifts.

Happy Holidays, and see everyone next year!!

The Hand in Hand language and dance students performed Chinese dance for the residents of Sunrise Senior Living on Sunday, December 6. First, Kayla played Gu Zheng, or Zither, a Chinese instrument that is similar to a harp. Then the little class performed two dances, "Yi Xiu" and "Little Frog" and the big class performed two dances, "Ding Dong" and "Playing Games."

The kids then presented the senior residents with Chinese calligraphy decorations that they had made during Chinese class. The decoration had the Chinese characters for "Peace Love and Joy" that the kids wrote using Chinese calligraphy.


The kids with some of the Sunrise residents


Kayla plays the Gu Zheng


Everyone watches attentively


The little kids perform "Little Frog"



Happy Holidays, Everyone!!!