This Is Just A Test – Read Around the World Summer Series. This post contains affiliate links to support the maintenance of this website. What is it like to live in three cultures as a tween? There is the community culture that he connects with his friends at the school, in the neighborhood. A culture that is from Dad’s side. A Grandma who really knows how to properly arrange the bar mitzvah. And, there is one
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La Ba Festival La Ba Festival is an important day leading to the Spring Festival, Lunar New Year. It is the day that kicks off the preparation for the Lunar New Year. Laba always falls on the 8th day of the last month on the Chinese lunar calendar 農曆 |农历. It will be on January 2, 2020, in the year of the PIG. The last month on the lunar calendar is called “La Yue” 臘月| 腊月
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Lantern Festival Paper Cutting Lantern Culture Craft! Culture craft helps children engage in hands-on creation. There are the “what” and the “why” questions popping out when they work on craft projects like paper cutting. Curiosity leads to exploration and learning! We are looking at Lantern Festival paper cutting lanterns culture craft, and this is a project that kids really enjoy. They can even come up with their design with the English alphabet and other languages. Taipei Confucius
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Lunar New Year Story Videos that facilitate children big and small to see and experience Spring Festival and Chinese culture from a different perspective. These videos and the bonus videos (2021 update) are short stories in different formats. A story about the Lunar New Year for children. A story about the color RED. A story about Gratitude. A music video that many people love about firecrackers and more. A story about a Bucket, a Mother and a
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Chinese New Year 12 Animal Signs Party! Chinese New Year is called Lunar New Year 農曆年|农历年liand Spring Festival春節|春节 in Mandarin Chinese. We are officially entering the Year of the PIG (Feb. 5, 2019). PIG is the last animal of the 12-year cycle on the Chinese calendar. So, what animal comes next? The one comes next will be the first and the beginning of a brand new 12-year Chinese animal sign cycle. Have you heard the story of
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Explore the world with diverse books and inspire your children and students to learn more about world culture through books! These three multicultural children’s books I am about to share with you will take kids to experience Japan, to engage them in a story with a background set in Thailand, and to give them the opportunity to follow the dragon dancer and learn about the celebration of Chinese Lunar New Year. Disclosure: Miss Panda received complimentary copies
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Cang Jie, The Inventor of Chinese Characters! Cang Jie is a legendary figure in Chinese history. Chinese children know Cang Jie as the Chinese characters’ creator 倉頡造字|仓颉造字. During the time of the Yellow Emperor at around 2500 B.C.) Chinese people were using knots and stones to record their lives. It was not an efficient way to document events. Yellow Emperor ordered the historian, Cang Jie to find a better way to keep a record of all significant
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