Started the class by giving each girl a “Culinary Passport” – a paper passport that is about 4″ x 8″, has the title on the front with a graphic of an eagle, and about a dozen blank pages.
In contrast, they saw an adult woman’s shoe – the kind where the feet were bound. Found a children’s website that had x-rays and diagrams of a “normal” foot and a bound foot. They compared the size of a baby shoe to the adult shoe. Quite a difference.
After looking at more items, it was time for food. I showed them how to make fried rice. All the girls thought it tasted good.
Since I was making the fried rice, I doubled the recipe. Had the girls tell me how many cups, tablespoons, or teaspoons were needed for each ingredient (an easy way to incorporate math/multiplication into cooking).
They also tasted two beverages: white gourd drink and lychee drink. The snack was finished with two candy-type treats: seasame flake crisps and peanut flake crisps.
The snack was served on placemats from China. The girls had a chance to try eating with chopsticks which they thought was fun. (Brought in forks and spoons ahead of time just in case they had trouble with the chopsticks. All ended up using the forks.)
The hour was done before we knew it. This easily could have been stretched out for many more lessons. However, it was a good refresher for my daughters (who are both adopted from China), and a good introduction for the other girls.