Hello everyone,
As we continue onwards with our Literacy Month, this week’s focus is the classic tale The Little Red Hen. In today’s PBL class, we read the story and established who the characters were in the story, where the setting of the story takes place and what happens at the start, in the middle and at the end of the book. We retold the story by using sequencing cards, looked at the moral of the story and discussed what the children would’ve done in the Little Red Hen’s situation and how they help others in their daily lives.
In today’s STEM class, the children began to learn about farm animals. They observed the different kinds of animals that can typically be found on a farm and built their own farms using a variety of materials, separating the species of animals on their farms with fences.
In phonics, the children learned the letter Ll and the digraph ll. They identified the letter Ll in upper and lowercase and learned vocabulary beginning with or containing the letter Ll or the digraph ll.
In Chinese class, the children began to learn about the Lunar New Year. They listened to the story of Nian and learned about the traditional customers associated with the festival such as wearing red clothing, hanging couplets, setting off firecrackers and family reunion meals.
家长朋友们下午好~
今天的中文课上，孩子们听了关于“年兽”的传说故事。故事讲述了一只长得比狮子还大、跑起来比风还快、叫起来的声音比雷还响的年兽打破村子平静，让村民惊慌逃跑，最后被一位智慧的老爷爷用红色衣物和燃烧竹子的声响赶走，从此再也不敢回来。孩子们听得非常认真，教室里时而安静，时而响起好奇的疑问声。在这个传说里，孩子们了解到中国人过年的许多习俗的由来：如为什么过年时人们喜欢穿红色的衣服，为什么家家户户门上要贴红对联、挂红灯笼， 为什么过年要放鞭炮、敲锣打鼓等。在讨论环节，孩子们积极分享了自己家里过年的经历，有的孩子说家里会贴春联，有的孩子说见过红色的灯笼。
欣赏完故事后，孩子们还给欣赏了由故事改编的儿歌《年来了》，并大胆为儿歌创编动作。今天的中文课不仅是一个故事时间，孩子们通过一些生动的传说，自然地了解到中国传统节日的文化，让习俗不只是形式，而有更生动的记忆和情感。
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