Wednesday, February 17, 2010

the lunar new year.

Celebrating holidays overseas always provides a great opportunity for learning more about a country's history and traditions. This past weekend was the Lunar New Year in Asia, known as Sol-Nal in Korea. On Thursday all of the kindergartners came to school dressed in hanboks and we had a fun afternoon spent playing games, eating dumplings and chapjae, and making kites.

Here are a few photos from the day:

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my class (and wonderful korean co-teacher) wearing hanboks to celebrate the new year. getting everyone to smile for this picture wasn't the easiest thing i've ever tried. and i obviously didn't succeed.

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my aspiring artist, olivia, showing off her cute smile and dress.

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playing a traditional korean game.

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jiwoo... my little genius. today we spent almost thirty minutes devising a plan to publish and market his latest mystery novel. i am the editor and was promised $20 upon the book's release. he is six and amazes me everyday. is it wrong for a teacher to have favorites? if not, he is mine.

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the kids learning to properly bow for their grandparents.

새해 복 많이 받으세요!

2 comments:

Crystal Corona said...

so cute. that boy is amazing!! How cute of him to "give" you money. Favs r ok....i say.

DiAndra said...

such pretty hanboks!