Chinese New Year is yet another good excuse for learning through theme based activities.
Claire did a post containing some really great ideas. Here are some of the things that the boys made at big school and play school: Chinese writing (and eyes!), lanterns and dragons of course. We also had a Chinese feast for supper. We have stir fry once every week, eaten with chop sticks, so that part wasn't that novel. The crispy duck, however, was a huge hit. Nicholas wants to know when we're going to China now!
PS: Nicholas got a certificate for an excellent show and tell about dragons. He took his pop-up Dragon World book in, which in itself is very impressive, but apparently he gave an excellent talk about Chinese dragons. Co-incidentally, or actually not, he got the prize this week too. They had to bring in something rough or smooth, and he took a piece of volcanic rock that we found on Mount Teide when we went to
Tenerife in November 2010. I take show and tell quite seriously and he loves it as much as I do, so it is great that he is getting rewarded for his efforts!
PS: Nicholas got a certificate for an excellent show and tell about dragons. He took his pop-up Dragon World book in, which in itself is very impressive, but apparently he gave an excellent talk about Chinese dragons. Co-incidentally, or actually not, he got the prize this week too. They had to bring in something rough or smooth, and he took a piece of volcanic rock that we found on Mount Teide when we went to Tenerife in November 2010. I take show and tell quite seriously and he loves it as much as I do, so it is great that he is getting rewarded for his efforts!
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