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Happy Chinese New Year

Well we rang in the Chinese New Year with Chinese hats, Chinese Lanterns, Chopsticks and Delicious Chinese Food!

We started off with having each child wear RED. As red is a symbol of "Good Luck and Prosperity".

We then had the children make their Chinese Dragons. The Dragon brings wisdom, wealth and happiness into the new year.

We then had the children make lanterns. In China this symbolizes brightness, happiness, and reunion.

We read many stories about the Chinese New Year and learned that 2011 is the year of the RABBIT. But we also found out that those who were born in 2005 were born in the year of the Rooster, and those who were born in the year 2006 were born in the year of the Dog.

We had the best feast of Chinese food and finished up our day by opening and reading our fortunes from our fortune cookies. All-in-all it was a great celebratory day.

(***side note: I apologize to a few who I didn't have many pictures of. My camera had issues and many pictures didn't turn out. So Sorry!)

Heading Down Under

Heading "Down Under" was quite the fun trip for us. We learned about all the different poisonous (and non-poisonous) snakes that live there, talked about the many marsupials (kangaroos, koalas and such) and of course introduced them to the Indigenous Australians or Aborigines and even found ourselves making our own aboriginal "Dot Painting" art work. What fun we had. Take a peak.

And those of you who know me well, know that we enjoy truly becoming one with the culture (or at least trying the best we can to get into character). So below are pictures of the kids in their "Australian Hats". They were hilarious!

The snake painting had to be one of the most favorite Australian art projects.

Until Next Year...Good Day!

A Visit to the Fire Station

First of all, what an AMAZING group of preschoolers we have. They were so polite and respectful on our field trip to the Fire Station. And a HUGE Thank You to all of the Mom's that went and helped drive and chaperon. It seemed like the kids really enjoyed themselves and learned lots. I know that our family will be making a Fire Escape route and meeting place and having a practiced fire drill. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. But I will note that the kids had a great time!

For those who weren't with us, we had a special treat and have one of the firefighters play the bag pipes for us. It was fun to see!

Again, thank you to all who helped on our field trip. We our so proud of our Firemen and firewomen who work so hard to help us when we are in need. Thank You!