Happy Chinese New Year!
We have been learning about how different cultures celebrate special festivals and this week we have been learning about Chinese New Year. We have been learning that each year is named after an animal in the order that they came in the great race. This year is the year of the dog.
We read a book called Clever Sticks by Bernard Ashley. It was about a little boy who, with a little help from his friends, learned how to do all sorts of things he found tricky at Nursery and helps his friends learn how to eat with chopsticks. We found out that we are all different because we find different things easy and different things tricky but that with practice we can get better and better.
We tried to eat a biscuit with chopsticks - it was tricky but we tried and tried and got better and better. We know that we can get better at all sorts of things (like counting, writing, reading, getting dressed and being a good friend) if we don't give up and just keep trying!
We found out about all kinds of Chinese new year traditions such as Chinese Dragon dances
Drawing a Chinese Dragon
Making our own Chinese Dragon
Making a dragon number line, putting the numbers in the right order. Will 10 go in the middle or the end? Where will 5 go? Why?
We have been learning about foods that are popular in China such as rice and noodles. We explored how they felt and used chopsticks to serve pretend meals.
We read the Great Race story and learned how the years got their names. We used animals in the water tray and animal cutters in the play dough to retell the story ourselves.
Later on this week, we will be making a Chinese money packet and learn how to join materials for a reason.
We love to share our special books with our friends and look at all the exciting things we've been up to in Nursery this year. We hope our families have enjoyed looking at our books too.
Next week is World Book Week. Please see the Newsletter for further details.
