Friday, January 31, 2014

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Happy Chinese New Year!  Today we celebrated the first day of the Chinese New Year.  We have been reading some great stories to learn about this holiday and the Chinese culture.  Here are a few that we have read so far, if you click the picture it will take you to the Amazon link:

 The Runaway Wok
http://www.amazon.com/The-Runaway-Wok-Chinese-Year/dp/0525420681/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391204212&sr=8-1&keywords=Runaway+Wok

My First Chinese New Year
http://www.amazon.com/My-First-Chinese-New-Year/dp/1250018684/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391204439&sr=8-1&keywords=my+first+chinese+new+year
I use this one to introduce the holiday.  It's very basic and explanatory.

Sam and the Lucky Money
http://www.amazon.com/Sam-Lucky-Money-Karen-Chinn/dp/1880000539/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391204736&sr=8-1&keywords=sam+and+the+lucky+money

The Dancing Dragon
http://www.amazon.com/The-Dancing-Dragon-Marcia-Vaughan/dp/1572551348/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1391204791&sr=8-2&keywords=sam+and+the+lucky+money


I still have a few more to read, but, we have plenty of time considering that the New Year period lasts 15 days!  My colleague adopted her daughter from China 10 years ago and has kept the Chinese holidays and traditions for her.  She is very well versed on Chinese New Year so we can really spend some time on this holiday.  Here is the dragon that all 5 Kindergarten classes contributed scales to:

It has a looooooooooooooooooooooong tail!

We also have some pretty lanterns to show off our visual thinking exercise:

Did you do anything to celebrate?

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