Chinese New year is a great time for celebration. We have learned about how families spring clean their homes, decorate with lanterns and cook good food. The dragon dance is a particularly flamboyant performance and one that we are working ourselves up to. Having watched some film clips showing the dance, we are busy creating a dragon costume for us to perform our dragon dance on Friday. Look out for this on Tapestry.
Chinese New Year started with a story about 12 animals who wanted a year named after them. Through learning this story we have looked at the year we were born and studied the different animals and talked about their characteristics.
The children have also been creating their own chinese restaurant, which should be up and running any day now. We have all been trying to master using chopsticks to pick things up.... this has been fun and really challenged us!
"Gung Hei Fat Choy!" (Happy New Year!)
Chinese New Year started with a story about 12 animals who wanted a year named after them. Through learning this story we have looked at the year we were born and studied the different animals and talked about their characteristics.
The children have also been creating their own chinese restaurant, which should be up and running any day now. We have all been trying to master using chopsticks to pick things up.... this has been fun and really challenged us!
"Gung Hei Fat Choy!" (Happy New Year!)