Thursday, February 03, 2011

Year of the rabbit

I volunteered to teach Lydia's preschool class about Chinese New Year today. I was a bit nervous teaching 17 four-year-olds, but with the help of the three teachers, everything went pretty smoothly. Happy Chinese New Year!

Isabelle wearing her Malaysian traditional dress and Lydia in her Chinese one


Dragon dance/parade


Picture time; the kids are a bit squinty from the sunlight


Teaching the kids how to make almond cookies...they helped roll, squash, and paint on egg.


While the cookies baked, I read the kids a book (I look like a rabbit in this pic)


Snack time! The kids had an almond cookie, homemade Chinese New Year sticky cake (nian gao), and a tangerine.


Teaching the kids how to make an origami rabbit head.


Poor Lydia cried most of my stay since I couldn't give her special attention, which I've heard is a normal thing when parents volunteer. She helped hand out red envelopes and fortune cookies (I replaced the fortunes) to her friends when they left, so she got happy real fast.

1 comment:

  1. How cool! You would make a great teacher with all your energy and ideas :) And aww for Lydia. That must be hard (and it didn't occur to me that it would be an issue, but totally makes sense once you mention it).

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