Chinese New Year
Here is a link to the CBeebies website.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/chinese-new-year
There are videos showing how a family clean their house in preparation for the Chinese New Year celebrations, a family watching a parade and firecracker display and the story of how the animals decided who would have which year named after them.
On the right side of the page are further links to a quiz, CBeebies radio, how to make a Chinese Dragon and a video of a Chinese lion dance.
Some questions to ask after you've watched the video on the animals race -
How may animals were arguing?
Can you remember all the animals?
What did the Jade Emperor tell the animals to do?
Who won the race? How?
Can you draw one of the characters from the story? Which was your favourite animal? Here are some pictures from last year's children.
MATHEMATICS
We will be looking at shape using tangrams. Tangrams are Chinese geometrical puzzle consisting of a square cut into seven pieces which can be arranged to make various other shapes.
If you don't have 2D shapes or a tangram set, you can print out a set following this link
https://filefolderfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/TangramPack.pdf
There are online versions of this, but it is tricky to manipulate the shapes and your child will probably need lots of help turning the shapes.
https://www.abcya.com/games/tangrams
If you can't access any of these, just look at shapes. Can your child name them? Can they say how many sides each shape has?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkZs2_1-YJU
Understanding The World
Can you find China on a world map?
China has an enormously long wall called the Great Wall of China. Here are some pictures.
Can your child make a long wall out of construction? Can they add a watchtower for a guard to look out of?
We will be trying some Chinese food this week - noodles, rice, prawn crackers and spring rolls. Maybe you could eat some Chinese food and send in some photographs.
Expressive Art and Design
This is a link to a Chinese New Year action song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by5sTzh67fU
We will be making a Chinese dragon. Once again here are lots of different ideas which you can try depending upon what you have in your house.
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