Welcome to 2009!

What a wonderful way to start off our year with the topics of winter and the Chinese new year. Discussing winter in Texas is pretty interesting especially since many books about winter all have snow in them.

 

The Chinese new year will be celebrated next Monday & Tuesday with oranges, noodles, chopsticks & fortune cookies...okay, well the fortune cookies are just fun. We have been busy making our red envelopes (for good fortune), banners (for decoration) and a dragon puppet for each student (to ward off evil spirits). They seem really into the Chinese zodiac and we will make a chart to see which animal guides them.

 

I also want to take a moment to let you all know how thankful I am for your wonderful and generous Christmas gift. It was amazing and so nice to have a little extra to splurge...I ended up purchasing a book light,  a pink blow dryer and a cd. I am saving the rest for later in the year.

 

Thank you again for sharing your child with me!