Happy Lunar New Year! It’s the Year of the Rat!
We learned what Lunar New Year is, the legend of Nian, the race the animals had to make it to the Jade emperor to see who would have years named after them, and the Lion Dance. The kids know the Legend of Nian well! They know who Nian is and how he scared all the people and animals on the day of the new moon, until a wise old man told them the three things Nian is afraid of (the colour red, fire and loud noises) and that is why the Lunar New Year is celebrated with the fireworks and the colour red. We all enjoyed figuring out the animal that corresponds to the year we were all born in. The kids definitely pretended to be these animals all week.
We did a lot of cutting this week for our year of the Rat crafts. Everyone is doing so well holding their scissors properly, moving the paper/scissors to follow a curve and remaining positive even when it gets tough. We also cut and decorated red paper lanterns.
We were so happy to be able to be able to spend time outside this week! We spent hours on the bum sliding hill. The kids had a great time. Even though the hill was iced over towards the end of the week, they were determined to bum slide even if they had to crawl up the hill. I may have joined in on the bum sliding too!
The kids continued to practice recognizing, spelling, sequencing the letters, and writing their names. This month has been the start of our days of the week practice; the kids enjoy singing our Days of the Week song every day to figure out what the day is. Each day we practice counting on the calendar and recognizing the number that is that day, and what numbers make up the double-digit days. The kids have also been working in their journals. They do so well holding their pencils!
We can’t forget that we celebrated an exciting 5th birthday too!
We learned what Lunar New Year is, the legend of Nian, the race the animals had to make it to the Jade emperor to see who would have years named after them, and the Lion Dance. The kids know the Legend of Nian well! They know who Nian is and how he scared all the people and animals on the day of the new moon, until a wise old man told them the three things Nian is afraid of (the colour red, fire and loud noises) and that is why the Lunar New Year is celebrated with the fireworks and the colour red. We all enjoyed figuring out the animal that corresponds to the year we were all born in. The kids definitely pretended to be these animals all week.
We did a lot of cutting this week for our year of the Rat crafts. Everyone is doing so well holding their scissors properly, moving the paper/scissors to follow a curve and remaining positive even when it gets tough. We also cut and decorated red paper lanterns.
We were so happy to be able to be able to spend time outside this week! We spent hours on the bum sliding hill. The kids had a great time. Even though the hill was iced over towards the end of the week, they were determined to bum slide even if they had to crawl up the hill. I may have joined in on the bum sliding too!
The kids continued to practice recognizing, spelling, sequencing the letters, and writing their names. This month has been the start of our days of the week practice; the kids enjoy singing our Days of the Week song every day to figure out what the day is. Each day we practice counting on the calendar and recognizing the number that is that day, and what numbers make up the double-digit days. The kids have also been working in their journals. They do so well holding their pencils!
We can’t forget that we celebrated an exciting 5th birthday too!
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