Kangaroo Kids Kindergarten Class created their very own Chinese New Year Celebration with their language teacher Cynthia Yu. Preschoolers through Kindergarten children at Kangaroo Kids Child Care and Learning Center have weekly lessons in Mandarin Chinese from Cynthia. This month they celebrated the Year of the Snake Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival. As a part of the celebration the Kindergarten Class created their own lion masks, a traditional sign of good luck, and then performed a typical Chinese New Year Parade as they danced and sang Chinese songs through the entire school. Children were thrilled by the performance and it was a great lesson regarding the Chinese Culture.
Kangaroo Kids children had an opportunity to experiment with chop sticks as they consumed the homemade dumplings that Cynthia brought to school. They also read Chinese stories, listened to traditional Chinese music, received red envelop gifts and tried on authentic Chinese outfits.
Cynthia Yu holds a B.A degree, and has had formal music training in New York City and New Jersey. She is also a certified teacher and has more than fifteen years of teaching experiences. She has been teaching music and Chinese language at Kangaroo Kids for the past three years. Teaching is one of her passions for life. For the past two summers, Cynthia has traveled to Taiwan to participate in mission work, teaching English at the local University and in the country villages. During the trips she met many local young people and children. She really enjoys sharing her music and language teaching experience with the young people in her home land!
Educating on other cultures helps to promote peace and understanding throughout the world. For more information about Kangaroo Kids and additional photos of Chinese New Year Celebration visit Kangaroo Kids Facebook page at Kangaroo Kids Child Care and Learning Center.
