Happy Chinese New Years!
Daily Question: Do you know a Chinese Happy New Years Greeting?
Chinese Foods: This year we smelled and cut up Chinese Pears.
We enjoyed White Rabbit (creamy, milk) candies wrapped in rice paper, sweet and salty rice cookies, vanilla waffer rolls, Panda (creme filled) Cookies,
and eating and reading Fortune Cookies. Tangerines are considered lucky at the New Year. They leave the stem and leaves on for a sign of "connectedness."
Water Snake Coloring Page: Before finding our fortune, we went in to color a lucky Chinese Water Snake to take home and welcome in the Chinese New Year!
Fortune Hunting: As part of Chinese New Year, today we went hunting treasure to put in our red envelopes--for a lucky future. (Chinese New Year celebration lasts 15 days and ends in a feast.)
This unit teaches children about Cultural Diversity as we
study Chinese Americans
and the Lunar New Year Celebration.
2013 is
the Year of the Water Snake (according to the Chinese Zodiak Calendar).
Depending on what year you were born, in China, you are assigned an animal: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Cock, Dog, or Boar. It is felt growing up that you will have characteristics and personality similar to your birth year animal.
Depending on what year you were born, in China, you are assigned an animal: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Cock, Dog, or Boar. It is felt growing up that you will have characteristics and personality similar to your birth year animal.
Daily Question: Do you know a Chinese Happy New Years Greeting?
"Gung Hei Fat Choi!" (Kantonese)
Which means in English "Wishing You Prosperity and
Wealth."
Toys: Train Table, Dora Bowling, and
Spaghetti Doll Houses
Snack: Gold Fish crackers, tangerines, Chinese pears, tangerine slices,and Chinese New Year treats.
Snack: Gold Fish crackers, tangerines, Chinese pears, tangerine slices,and Chinese New Year treats.
We practiced using our chop sticks!
Chinese Foods: This year we smelled and cut up Chinese Pears.
We enjoyed White Rabbit (creamy, milk) candies wrapped in rice paper, sweet and salty rice cookies, vanilla waffer rolls, Panda (creme filled) Cookies,
and eating and reading Fortune Cookies. Tangerines are considered lucky at the New Year. They leave the stem and leaves on for a sign of "connectedness."
Water Snake Coloring Page: Before finding our fortune, we went in to color a lucky Chinese Water Snake to take home and welcome in the Chinese New Year!
Fortune Hunting: As part of Chinese New Year, today we went hunting treasure to put in our red envelopes--for a lucky future. (Chinese New Year celebration lasts 15 days and ends in a feast.)
Hidden
in the new sand are "gems" and "pebblettes of gold, silver, and
purple."
Odds and Ends:
Contributions from China: Did you know the Chinese invented paper, silk, kites, noodles, and fireworks? Fortune cookies were invented by Asian Americans and are not found in China.
Chinese Language:
We learned a little Chinese in class today, with help from a library DVD.
ni how (knee how) means "hello!"
zai jian (Zaie zhen) means "goodbye."
xie xie (zhey zhey)means "thank you."
peng you (pong yow) means "friend."
Counting:
1. Yi (yee)
2. Er (er)
3. San (san)
4. Si (s'uh)
5. Wu (w'uh)
6. Liu (li-ah)
7. Qi (chee)
8. Ba (bah)
9. Jui (je-oh)
10. Shi (sh'uh)
Chinese New Year Books:
A New Year's Reunion by YU Li-Qiong and Zhu Cheng-Liang (2012-Year of the Dragon)
The New Year Dragon Dilemma by Ron Roy, Ill. by John Steven Gurney. PCL
Light the Candle! Bang the Drum! A book of Holidays Around the World by Ann Morris and Peter Linenthal
The New Year Dragon Dilemma by Ron Roy; Ill. by John Steven Gurney PCL
Happy New Year, Julie (1974) American Girl. (This is for more advanced reading and pictures about the Chinese New Year. Julie celebrates with her Chinese American friend, Ivy). PCL
DVD:
American Cultures For Children: Chinese-American Heritage (Schlessinger Media) PCL
Contributions from China: Did you know the Chinese invented paper, silk, kites, noodles, and fireworks? Fortune cookies were invented by Asian Americans and are not found in China.
Chinese Language:
We learned a little Chinese in class today, with help from a library DVD.
ni how (knee how) means "hello!"
zai jian (Zaie zhen) means "goodbye."
xie xie (zhey zhey)means "thank you."
peng you (pong yow) means "friend."
Counting:
1. Yi (yee)
2. Er (er)
3. San (san)
4. Si (s'uh)
5. Wu (w'uh)
6. Liu (li-ah)
7. Qi (chee)
8. Ba (bah)
9. Jui (je-oh)
10. Shi (sh'uh)
Chinese New Year Books:
A New Year's Reunion by YU Li-Qiong and Zhu Cheng-Liang (2012-Year of the Dragon)
The New Year Dragon Dilemma by Ron Roy, Ill. by John Steven Gurney. PCL
Light the Candle! Bang the Drum! A book of Holidays Around the World by Ann Morris and Peter Linenthal
The New Year Dragon Dilemma by Ron Roy; Ill. by John Steven Gurney PCL
Happy New Year, Julie (1974) American Girl. (This is for more advanced reading and pictures about the Chinese New Year. Julie celebrates with her Chinese American friend, Ivy). PCL
DVD:
American Cultures For Children: Chinese-American Heritage (Schlessinger Media) PCL