Sunday, 22 January 2012

Gung Hay Fat Choy! or Happy New Year

As far as I can figure, this is my Great Great Grandfather (by marriage) with 3 (!)  of his wives and 17 (!) of his children.
So this year, Chinese New Year starts on the first school day of the year. It's a time to scare away bad spirits with loud noises (I'd say any undercover area full of kids would do the trick) and encourage wealth by feeding magical lions money (hmmm... does taking spare pencils for kids who don't have them count?). I hope your 2012 teaching year is a great one, and I also hope that I don't take the "Year of the Dragon" thing to heart and remember that my inside voice is probably best for most situations!

PS- I need to get permission to post those resource links I mentioned- as soon as I have that permission they will be right here on the blog.

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