February is such a busy month at school. We learned about Chinese New Year. Our class got to try out the tool that the DHS Mandarin teacher demonstrated when she was here earlier in the year. The students used brushes and water to try to create characters. It was hard to wait for the water to evaporate though. They enjoyed it so much that they continued using it during bus dismissal!
Danielle demonstrates for Kendra how to use the brush.
Cecily and Tierra try to create some Chinese characters.
Meah takes the writing seriously!
Katie and Maggie try it too!
Ryan and Michael discuss their work!
Khushi, Tierra, Oorjaa and Fatima still writing while waiting for the buses to be called!
Danielle brought in a Chinese money envelope that contains actual Chinese money which the children got to touch and examine. We discussed how it was the same and how it was different from American money.
Thank you Danielle for sharing this with your classmates!
Gung Hay Fat Choy!
The students also wanted to share the Chinese Dragon puppets they made in art!
I love the dragons that the classmates did.