Today we celebrated with WellSpring learning co-op. We welcomed everyone over to our house, and had story time, craft time, food time and firecracker time! AnnaB was co-hosting with me, we had worked out the fun details of what to do together, and we had a blast! K and L and I have been reading about Chinese New Year, learning all about it. It was fun to celebrate with our friends and learn a little about another culture.
We're going to do a few bits of work deepening the learning about Chinese New Year, and following up with what we have done already. We read two different versions of the Ballad of Fa Mulan, and followed it with watching the Disney version on Friday. (K and L also enjoyed watching a chunk of it again in Mandarin and subtitles!) We talked a little about ballads, and the idea of myth. I have some more Chinese folk tales to read, and then we will work on writing our own folk tale. : )
We have also talked a bit about the Great Wall of China. I have all the blocks and lego set up in one corner with some pictures and info, so K and L can work on building their own great wall.