When our children came back to school after the Christmas Holiday, they asked what happened to our Christmas Tree. As they wanted to continue celebrating, one of our mums explained to our children that, Christmas is already finished, but soon we will have Chinese New Year celebrations. Most of our children did not remember their previous Chinese New Year celebrations or have not experienced it yet. To help our children gain some understanding of what Chinese New Year celebrations are about, the teachers read some books and provided many meaningful activities such as writing couplets, cooking special food and cleaning the house. Children also experienced the tradition of counting money and putting it into the red envelopes and also exploring the sounds of Chinese drums and other Chinese musical instruments. We are sure that next year our children will already be able to recall how they celebrated Chinese New Year in K2A class.
K2A Co-Teacher – Maria Szymanska & Catherine Ren