45 minute Chinese Culture Experience

Intro: Hi kids and parents. My name is Adam, the Kung Fu Dad, and we're going to have some Kung Fu and Meditating fun today. Let's warm up our bodies first with a breathing Exercise

Warm up time!
Sitting Chi Gung
Stretches and power moves and then back to sitting
Sitting Wheels on the Kung Fu Bus.

Lion Dance Time!
Standing. Lion head moves without Lion head
Everyone sit.
Take turns doing the lion head and Choi chiang drum gong and cymbals..


Kung Fu time!
Basics (real quick 4 or five each)
Sup Ji segment.
Everyone sits back down.
One at a time individual Kung Fu. Cymbals and gongs (perhaps other musical instruments like shakers are passed out. I play drum. Demonstrate first.
Everyone sit back again. Then do Slow Kung Fu to relax. (Chuet san cuen segment, three times or so.)


Arts and Crafts Time!
Get helpers to pass out paper pieces of cardboard and brushes and some cups of water. (just a little bit of water in each cup) also pencils, crayons and markers. Also pass out examples of Chinese Characters and flowers, flowers, birds, bamboo they can copy with water as practice
Demonstrate how parents can paint with water with their kids. demo on one side of easel with water. The Zen Chaan buddhist circle, lines numbers words. Flip over demonstrate on other side with ink. Don't pass out ink to kids, just mention you are doing it with ink for visual purposes and that once the parents have deemed the child able to use ink at home they can. Sketch out drawing with pencil and then ink it.
Now pass out cardboard sticks.
Pretend Dragon boat journey with Mang Long gau gong Bruce Lee song. Go through a story you make up with the kids.
Let's make a Dragon head! Draw a dragon head, tape it to the cardboard, tape that to the cardboard stick
Does everyone have a dragon head? Okay pass back any materials you don't want. If you want to keep your brush, give it to your grown up to hold on to.

Dragon Dance Time!
Start by doing it sitting. singing the drum beat. adults can play the beat.
Then standing. Then moving

Story time!
The story of the Lion Dance (Nian) kids can act out story.
Long ago there was a misbehaved monster named Nian etc... the good monster Nian can be a teacher or mother and just takes him back instead of killing or beating him.

Music Time!
Musical seats with the Yuan. (Explanation of the parts of the Yuan) Then with the Gao Hu. Same thing. Kids can try the Yuan.

Kung Fu Tag or Kung Fu dance with the Yuan. When stopped children have to sit and do the breathing exercise. Music istruments away.

Game Time
Monkey King Game
Yi er san sh wu lie chi, wo de pang yau jai na Li?
Push hands, pushing, siu ming siu ming siu siu ming.
Sword fighting with noodles or foam sticks. Chee do.
Gu choki Pa in horse stance
Finish children's section

Brief self defense applications for parents and training tips.

Conclusion
Again my name is Adam, the Kung Fu Dad, I do birthdays follow me on Twitter @AdamKungFuDad