Summer Activity Search Engine - All in Chinese

With this one, translators are going to be your friend. 

Here is a list and searchable site of activities available over summer (and during other times, too.

http://www.guide.edu.tw/summer.php

You can search by city, date, kind of activity, cost, and a few other perimeters.

"Best Pals" Training Camp - Little Triathletes (Grades 3-6)

I found this information online. It sounds like a great little camp for the athlete in the family.  All information is in Chinese.  I translated this first page, but please click on this link to get more information.  Sorry, I can't translate it all, but at least you can decide if it's something for your kids before finding someone to help you with registration.

 2012百事特Olympic小鐵人夏令營報名表

• 活動日期：2012/8/1(三)至8/4(六)，共四天三夜 4 days, 3 nights
• 活動地點：東北角龍門露營營區(新北市貢寮區福隆里興隆街100號) LongMen Camping Ground (near Fulong)
• 集合時間：8/1(四)AM8:20~9:00，逾時不候

(預計搭乘AM09:24莒光號火車前往福隆)

• 集合地點：台北車站西三門 Meet at Taipei Stn West 3, for the 9:24 train
• 活動對象：國小三年級~國小六年級 (民國 89年9月01日後~ 93年8月31日前出生)

• (身心健全、男女不限、需能完成游泳25公尺) For 3rd to 6th graders, born between 1990-9-1 and 2004-8-31, need to swim 25 meters

• 活動內容：由專業教練運用趣味方式提供游泳訓練、單車的操作、跑步的正確訓練，讓小朋友快樂接觸鐵人三項運動。Teach how to swim, bike and run properly for a triathalon.

• 費用：每人5500元 (含住宿費用、園區門票、臺北至龍門的來回車資、精美TEE恤、設備租賃、結業證書、保險、餐費及點心) Cost 5500/person includes everything

• 報名限額： 80名。Limited to 80 people

• 報名日期：即日起至7月18日(三)止。(名額有限，額滿截止) Register before July 18, once full no more registrations will be taken

• 主辦單位：百事特童裝名店 Sponsored by Best Pals

• 指導單位: 協辦單位：中華民國鐵人三項運動協會 Run by ROC Triathalete Assn

  
  

  
  

  
  

2012/07/07-2012/08/19: Dong Shan River International Children's Festival

Bring on the summer! If you find summers in Taiwan hard to get through, you DEFINITELY need to get to Ilan's Dong Shan River and go wet and wild, in a family-friendly way.  There are lots of international acts, water to play in and delicious food to eat.

Here are some pictures from our trip last year.  We stayed for the day.  I was very tempted to stay overnight.  There are many great little guesthouses in Ilan.

Some English information: http://sinotour.com/news/2012yilan-intlchildrenfolklore-folkgame-festival.html

Hours: 8am-8pm daily

2012 July 2-Aug 5: Taipei Children's Arts Festival

My apologies! I've been a bit wrapped up in other things and haven't shared this information.  Ticket sales started noon on 16 June.  Tickets go very fast, so if you want to see something, please check out the website ASAP.

The free concerts should be good, weather permitting:

Four free outdoor performances featuring the Ju Percussion Group and circus acts will take place from July 5th to July 8th at Da-an Forest Park to mark the grand opening of this year’s Festival. From July 26th to July 29th, another four free outdoor performances will be held to celebrate the end of the festival. Also, there will be 60 free community performances during the festival, which will allow visitors to explore the enchanting cultural spaces of Taipei. Open your eyes to fresh perspectives, and let your imagination be transported by the 2012 Taipei Children’s Arts Festival!

The website (English version):  http://www.taipeicaf.org/News/NewsContent.aspx?id=4838&NewsID=564

[July 16-20] Summer Camp in Neihu (English)

I'm involved in organising this Summer Camp in Neihu.  Basically, a group of us have bilingual children and we wanted to arrange a camp/class that was more like a Summer Camp you would attend back in the US/NZ/similar education system, at a reasonable price.  We also wanted to give parents with skills some opportunity to share the skills and perhaps get back into teaching if they have been away.

The camp is open to anyone age 6 through 12.  Your kids will need to have a reasonable level of English, as this is not an English-teaching camp.  It's a camp in English.

A week of enriching activities for our kids. Half-day drama camp and half-day other classes, all in English. A chance for parents to get a little time off and for our kids to meet other English-speakers in a meaningful course.

Mornings: *Pet Care *Introduction to Cursive Writing *Cooking for Kids *Paper/book making *Sewing *Games Morning

Afternoons: A drama teacher will help children prepare a play, props, and costumes, to be performed Friday afternoon to family and friends. Joanne is a 3rd-year drama student at Wen-Hua University. She is enthusastic and passionate about drama, and is excited to have this opportunity to teach the session. Having spent the six years of her life in the US, she speaks very good English.

Cost: $450/session (2250 for 5 mornings, 2250 for 5 afternoons. Sign up for the week for just $3500)
Times : Daily 10am-12 noon, 1pm-3pm. Supervised lunch break
Lunch cost 100/day or bring your own
Target age group: 6-12 years (going into first grade in September or older)
Target audience: Children don't have to be native English speakers, but they need to be OK in an all-English situation.
Registration by May 30th, please, including deposit (non-refundable) of $1,000 per child.
Transport Options: Bus 630 stops at door. Da Hu MRT a five-min walk.

Facebook Page for the Event.

Or fill in the sign-up page on the website.

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