Dear Mom and Dad:
Rainbow triad is preparing
for Chinese New Years this week! On Thursday it is Chinese New Years. We talked
about some of the traditions that happen during this time. Some of the things
we learned was that people like to wear red on Chinese New Years Day, children
get red envelopes with lucky money inside, people eat noodles because
symbolizes long life and oranges because it symbolizes happiness.
We learned that there are 12
different animals that represent a year every twelve years. Mrs. Ly told us a
story of how the order came about. Ask me to tell you the story about he
animals crossing the river. Also I can tell you why cats don’t like rats and
why a cat is not one of the animals in the Chinese zodiac.
Question of the day: Post on
the blog something you learned about Chinese New Year. Next post on the blog
what animal I am by putting my birthdate in here at this website. Chinese Zodiac
Love,
The Rainbow Triad
Housekeeping:
- During the next couple of weeks we will be painting using acrylic paint.
This paint will NOT come off your child’s clothing. We will try to ensure the
all students are using the paint cautiously but accidents to happen. Please
send your child with a paint shirt or old clothes that can withstand paint
stain for next week. It could be an old large t-shirt, apron etc.
- Please remember to sign and return fieldtrip forms. Please note there are
3 pages to fill out and sign.
Every year Chinese new year is on a different day because we follow the Moon. Abby P
ReplyDeleteOwen E- Red is a lucky colour. The cat could not compete in the race because the rat did not wake him up. That is is why the cat and rat do not like each other. The cat did not compete so he is not a zodiac animal.
ReplyDeleteJack: I learned that red chases away the oldness and badness. And orange does it too.
ReplyDeleteJack is a rat.
DeleteI learned that red is a lucky color on New Years Day and my Chinese zodiac animal is the rat.
ReplyDeleteRed and gold are lucky so people wear them on Chinese New Year Day. Kids get envelopes with treats in them. Sam chinese animal is a rat. He loves the song 'we are one' we watched the video a number if times :)
ReplyDeleteAnya learned the people wear red on Chinese New Year.
ReplyDeleteAva says: I learned that people wear red and gold on Chinese New Year, this year is the year of the sheep, and i was born in the year of the rat.
ReplyDeleteriley says he learned people on Chinese new year chase away the old years with the dragon dancers.
ReplyDeleteRiley was born in the year of the Dog
I learned my Dad is a Tiger, Taylor is a horse Cassi is a rooster and my mom and me are PIGS oink, oink.
ReplyDeleteI learned that people wear red and gold for the Chinese Year New. My zodiac animal is a pig, my Dad is a snake, my Mom is a rabbit, my brother is a tiger and my dog, Spark, is a horse.
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