🗓️ Jan | A Taste of the New Year: Making Tteok-manduguk 🥣
On New Year’s Day in Korea, families gather to eat Rice Cake and Dumpling Soup (Tteok-manduguk)
to wish for good health. Our Green friends sat together and carefully folded dumplings.
It was a heartwarming first class of the year, made even more delicious because we made it ourselves!
🗓️ Feb | Exhilarating Rhythms: Samulnori Experience 🥁
We went to learn Samulnori, a performance of four traditional Korean instruments: Kkwaenggwari, Buk, Jing, and Janggu.
Playing along to the joyful Korean "Heung" (rhythm) felt like all our stress was melting away.
It was a vibrant time when everyone became one through music.
🗓️ Mar | One-of-a-Kind Chilbo Keyrings ✨
We created our own accessories using Chilbo (Korean enamel craft), where colorful glazes are applied and baked.
What a sense of pride seeing the hand-designed keyrings sparkling on our bags!
Our students' artistic talents really shone today.
🗓️ Apr | Lights of Hope at Jogyesa: Lotus Lantern Making 🕯️
In celebration of Buddha's Birthday, we visited Jogyesa Temple near the academy.
We made our own lanterns by carefully attaching paper petals and made special wishes.
The photos taken under the brilliant lanterns were truly 'Instagrammable'!
🗓️ May | The Beauty of Hanbok at Gyeongbokgung Palace 👑
We traveled back in time wearing Hanbok.
The female students looked like princesses in their beautiful skirts, and the male students looked like dashing warriors.
It was a fluttering day, feeling like the lead characters in a Korean historical drama!
🗓️ June | Korea’s Soul Food: Oi-sobagi (Cucumber Kimchi) 🥒
We headed to the Kimchi Museum to discover the secrets of Kimchi, a world-class health food.
We made crunchy 'Oi-sobagi' by stuffing fresh cucumbers with seasoning.
The students looked so happy heading home with their handmade Kimchi in hand!
🗓️ July | Today’s K-POP Idol: Dance Class 🕺
We unleashed our hidden talents by learning the latest K-POP choreography.
Under the teacher's guidance at a professional studio, we even filmed our own music video!
Everyone was so good, they looked like real idols. What a passionate session!
✨ More fun and exciting culture classes are waiting in the second half of the year! Stay tuned for the next update. ✨
🗓️ Jan | A Taste of the New Year: Making Tteok-manduguk 🥣
On New Year’s Day in Korea, families gather to eat Rice Cake and Dumpling Soup (Tteok-manduguk)
to wish for good health. Our Green friends sat together and carefully folded dumplings.
It was a heartwarming first class of the year, made even more delicious because we made it ourselves!
🗓️ Feb | Exhilarating Rhythms: Samulnori Experience 🥁
We went to learn Samulnori, a performance of four traditional Korean instruments: Kkwaenggwari, Buk, Jing, and Janggu.
Playing along to the joyful Korean "Heung" (rhythm) felt like all our stress was melting away.
It was a vibrant time when everyone became one through music.
🗓️ Mar | One-of-a-Kind Chilbo Keyrings ✨
We created our own accessories using Chilbo (Korean enamel craft), where colorful glazes are applied and baked.
What a sense of pride seeing the hand-designed keyrings sparkling on our bags!
Our students' artistic talents really shone today.
🗓️ Apr | Lights of Hope at Jogyesa: Lotus Lantern Making 🕯️
In celebration of Buddha's Birthday, we visited Jogyesa Temple near the academy.
We made our own lanterns by carefully attaching paper petals and made special wishes.
The photos taken under the brilliant lanterns were truly 'Instagrammable'!
🗓️ May | The Beauty of Hanbok at Gyeongbokgung Palace 👑
We traveled back in time wearing Hanbok.
The female students looked like princesses in their beautiful skirts, and the male students looked like dashing warriors.
It was a fluttering day, feeling like the lead characters in a Korean historical drama!
🗓️ June | Korea’s Soul Food: Oi-sobagi (Cucumber Kimchi) 🥒
We headed to the Kimchi Museum to discover the secrets of Kimchi, a world-class health food.
We made crunchy 'Oi-sobagi' by stuffing fresh cucumbers with seasoning.
The students looked so happy heading home with their handmade Kimchi in hand!
🗓️ July | Today’s K-POP Idol: Dance Class 🕺
We unleashed our hidden talents by learning the latest K-POP choreography.
Under the teacher's guidance at a professional studio, we even filmed our own music video!
Everyone was so good, they looked like real idols. What a passionate session!
✨ More fun and exciting culture classes are waiting in the second half of the year! Stay tuned for the next update. ✨