The girls couldn't wait to bring Max to school to introduce him to their classmates. Alexa, being my first born planner, was all over getting things lined up with her teacher before I could get an email sent out.
The girls wanted to have everyone meet Max but also wanted to share about China.
In Alexa's class they pulled down the map and looked where China was and found the big ocean we flew over to get to China and back home.
We made some handouts for the kids and one had a map of China. We talked about how China has provinces instead of states. The kids found Max's province, the Shandong province, on their maps.
The girls were proud big sisters. They wore their Jie Jie shirts that said big sister in Chinese.
We also talked about the Chinese New Year since Chinese New takes place in China in February and is the most important Chinese holiday.
We printed a chart for the kids and talked about how the Chinese have an animal that represents each year. I shared with the kids that in China they would ask us when Max was born and when we said 2009 they would say, "Oh the year of the ox, he is a strong boy!" The kids had fun finding their year on the chart and figuring out what animal matched up with their year.
Alexa and Emma wanted to teach their friends how to use chopsticks. We had a brief lesson and the kids had fun trying to figure out how to use them. They got to take them home to keep practicing.
The girls filled red envelops with chocolate coins for their friends to take home.
The girls had fun having Max make his debut in their classes and sharing with their friends a little bit about China and the Chinese New Year.
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