They can learn the appreciation of Chinese history as well as a lot about the culture while having a great time. Chinese New Year is sometimes called Spring Festival and is the most important of all holidays in China. There are special foods that are eaten during Chinese New Year and I'll be back with some recipes for you and the kids to prepare for your celebration!
It would be fun for you to do a search for Chinese animals for the kids to look up their year of birth and match it with their Chinese animal in the Chinese Zodiac. This is not like fortunetelling and can be a fun-filled research exercise for the kids as they learn about ancient Chinese history.
The zodiac sign of the Snake symbolizes traits such as gracefulness, intuition, introspection, materialism and intelligence.
The zodiac sign of the Snake symbolizes traits such as gracefulness, intuition, introspection, materialism and intelligence.
Chinese New Year welcomes the Lunar New Year this year on February 10th. The dates of Chinese New Year change every year. The Snake is
the sixth sign of the Chinese Zodiac which consists of 12 Animal signs.
Happy Chinese New Year!
Come back in the next few days for some fun recipes for celebrating and head to the kitchen with the kids!
Happy Cooking with Kids,
Jan McCracken, Culinary Coach
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