Forget-Me-Not Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 My daughter just looked at her calendar and announced it was tomorrow. I'll admit I don't know much about it, but thought it might be fun to do something small to celebrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I have a book for us to read and going to print off some pages to color for the little ones. Hoping to find a good craft for a dragon for the bigs. Nothing too spectacular but still acknowledging it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAS in LA Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 We made dumplings with friends tonight and might eat noodles tomorrow. Food is definitely an important part of celebrating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 We made dumplings with friends tonight and might eat noodles tomorrow. Food is definitely an important part of celebrating! Ha! Maybe I'll take the kids out for Chinese food for lunch. Our house is being painted this week and it's going to make schooling interesting!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I found a great deal of ideas to use tomorrow here I use them a lot for other ideas and thought I would try them out. I now have our main craft planned, coloring pages for all, the story of the zodiac to read and some matching themed paper I will have the 3 oldest kids do a narration on. A recipe for homemade fortune cookies (we made them at the afterschool care last year and they are so easy) and lastly a worksheet for them to make a "report" about dragons as a creative exercise. Everything I picked is workable for all 5 kids 2-13 without being too hard for the 2 yr old and too easy for the 13 yr old. We will still have a normal math day and history but I will use this stuff for language arts, art and home ec ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 The kids used to color dragon masks. I found a coloring page that worked well. Put them in a line and cover with a table cloth and the kids become the dragon. We eat Chinese food and miss China Town these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Yes, I am trying to catch up on the sleep I missed from the fireworks going off here until 2am. This will go on every night for two weeks. It is miserable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'm debating whether we'll have Vietnamese, Korean, or Chinese food. Sometimes Tsagaan Sar in Mongolia is at the same time as Lunar New Year, but not this year, so we'll do that in February and play bone games and eat Mongolian food. There are relatively few Han Chinese here, and the Dungans (ethnically Han Muslims) don't celebrate Lunar New Year, at least the Dungans I know, so it's mostly up to us to decide if we'll do anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElaineJ Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 You can make jiaozi (Chinese dumplings) for dinner. They are the traditional New Year food and kids usually love them. This is the year of the dragon, so you can make a dragon craft. Elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 I found a great deal of ideas to use tomorrow here I use them a lot for other ideas and thought I would try them out. I now have our main craft planned, coloring pages for all, the story of the zodiac to read and some matching themed paper I will have the 3 oldest kids do a narration on. A recipe for homemade fortune cookies (we made them at the afterschool care last year and they are so easy) and lastly a worksheet for them to make a "report" about dragons as a creative exercise. Everything I picked is workable for all 5 kids 2-13 without being too hard for the 2 yr old and too easy for the 13 yr old. We will still have a normal math day and history but I will use this stuff for language arts, art and home ec ;) Thanks for the link! I'll check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) :) Edited January 24, 2012 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in SJ Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 We did several similar ideas that have been shared here (food, crafts, etc) at our co-op on Friday. Every year at this time I issue a chopstick challenge. To achieve the first rank of the chopstick challenge you must eat a Swedish fish or other gummy candy with your chopsticks. The second rank requires picking up and eating both a peanut & a regular M&M. Other roundish, smooth candies can be used. The final challenge to becoming a chopstick ninja is to unwrap & eat a Hershey's kiss. Because it is close to Valentine's Day it is easy to find all these candies in red. Ages 6 & up use regular chopsticks & the 6 and under crowd use "cheater chopsticks." This is how to make cheater chopsticks Amber in SJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NanceXToo Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) We made this really cute dancing dragon puppet/toy craft from Enchanted Learning last year which my 5 y/o son and 10 y/o daughter both liked making and decorating: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/lion/'>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/lion/ We also made the Chinese lanterns and hung up a string of them as a decoration across the living room/computer room archway: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/lantern/ ETA: They have instructions for Chinese tangram puzzles, too, which we did NOT try, but here's the link if you want to give it a go: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/tangram/ And the rest of this page shows the various printable booklets, worksheets, activity sheets, etc they have pertaining to the Chinese New Year for younger kids, as well as any other relevant crafts. I forgot how much I love this site lol. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/ Edited January 23, 2012 by NanceXToo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'm going to become an aunt again! My brother/sister in law are having their baby tomorrow (c-section). She is Asian and wanted the baby born during the year of the dragon (apparently the luckiest year, lucky baby!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 No. We're hiding because we didn't get all our planned clean up done in time! If tradition holds, we're in for a tough year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'm going to become an aunt again! My brother/sister in law are having their baby tomorrow (c-section). She is Asian and wanted the baby born during the year of the dragon (apparently the luckiest year, lucky baby!). Aww, congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 We're having Korean food, since it's Korean New Year as well. :) Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'm having a beef and broccoli lean cuisine for dinner at work. That's about all I have going in relation to Chinese New Year. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Yes, we will go to a big celebration next weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Well every finger is now burnt and sore but I have 24 homemade fortune cookies cooling for snack today. 6 out of 7 kids did their painted hand prints this morning to form the "scales" of the dragon they will finish this afternoon. DS13 said it was too babyish for him. They also all colored some dragon coloring pages as I worked my way through each kid to do handprints. This afternoon we will eat the fortune cookies, read the story of the zodiac, I have coloring pages just to keep little ones busy while I read the match it, and the 3 oldest will do a narration of the story for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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