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In today’s PBL lesson, the children focused on sequencing the events of a story. To begin with we discussed what happened at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the stories The Gingerbread Man and The Runaway Pancake. Then, the children used sequencing cards to retell each story. Once the stories were complete, we compared and contrasted the events in each.
In phonics, the children continued to learn about the letter Jj with a focus on making jelly. The children helped to make jelly by mixing a jelly powder with water, whisking it and pouring it into moulds. The children observed how the state of the jelly changed from a powder like substance, to water to the final jelly product. The discovered the texture, scent and taste of the jelly as we created small jelly animals.
In Chinese class, the children listened to the story Lucky Money and learned about the Lunar Festival’s custom of the elderly giving red envelopes (Hong Bao0 to the younger generation. They began to understand that this is an expression of love and how they can show gratitude for receiving the gift.
今日中文课上，孩子们一同聆听了关于“压岁钱”起源的民间故事《压岁钱的故事》。故事生动讲述了一个名叫“祟”的小妖怪，这只小怪兽特别调皮，总爱在除夕夜出来吓唬熟睡的孩子，后来人们发现用红纸包上八枚铜钱放在孩子枕边，就能吓跑“祟”——原来铜钱里藏着八位仙人暗中守护熟睡的小孩。因为“祟”与“岁”同音，这种保佑孩子平安的钱就被称为“压岁钱”，寄托着长辈对孩子辟邪安康的深切祝福。通过这个充满想象力的传说，孩子们不仅了解了春节习俗的由来，也在故事中感受到中国传统里那份温暖而朴素的情感传承，体会年文化中蕴含的守护与关爱之意。
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