Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Chinese New Year Banners

We've been having a fun time learning about this holiday and marking the occasion with a special activity - making Chinese New Year good luck banners!  First, we read this book:
We read this book at circle time.
Then, we talked about the 'Fu' symbol and how these banners help welcome good luck to those who hang them in their homes.  Finally, I showed the children an activity I put together to make our own Chinese New Year good luck symbols.  I was going to have the kids place these on some decorative tree branches inside the classroom, but they had the better idea to hang them up around our door in the classroom instead!

Materials for Chinese New Year good luck symbols:  Popsicle sticks; Tap-n-Glue bottles; two red markers and two pencils; copies of small 'Fu' symbols; 'lucky pennies'.
This material is set up for two children to complete at a time.  After coloring four sticks and the good luck symbol, the kids assembled their popsicle sticks onto the paper symbol.  Then, they each glued a lucky penny onto their project.  After they dried, we taped some ribbon to the back.

Ready for some good luck!
Here is a collection of symbols which hang along the sides of the door inside our classroom.
Happy Chinese New Year!

10 comments:

  1. Love these and will use this great idea! Thanks!

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  2. Make extra copies of the symbol - the kids will want to make a lot of them! :)
    Sasha

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  3. Used this idea the day I read it - the kids love it! Thanks!

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  4. You're welcome, Lindart! So glad you could use this idea with your kids!

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  5. Oh, wow! I love this! Thanks for posting this. It's great to see culture and diversity playing a part in your classroom. :)

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  6. You are invited to join my new weekly link-up "Say it Two Ways Thursdays"!  I would love for you to link up activities like this that teach children about other languages and cultures.  Link up at http://toddlefast.blogspot.com/search/label/Say It Two Ways Thursdays 

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