The Dancing Dragon
The Chinese New Year is about to begin. There’s lots to do–tie strings of firecrackers outside, hang up red scrolls, bake special cakes, and sing New Year’s songs. And when family and friends are gathered together, it’s time for the parade to begin. This book folds out to reveal all the color and excitement of a traditional Chinese New Year celebration, complete with dancing dragon! Full color.
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Celebrating Chinese New Year: An Activity Book
Celebrating Chinese New Year is a fun-filled craft, activity and resource book for the Chinese New Year. In addition to basic facts and history of the Chinese New Year, you can make a dragon parade, a paper lantern, and red lucky envelopes following simple directions and examples in this activity book. You will also have fun learning about your Chinese Zodiac signs. This classroom tested copy-ready activity book is an excellent resource for parents and teachers with children ages 5 to 10. A must
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6 responses to The Dancing Dragon
The best to read aloud to a class,
I have read this book to my daughter’s nursery school class (of 2 – 6 year olds) for the last two Chinese New Year’s. It is an accordian style book so you need to practice holding/reading it but quite worthwhile. The children were all interested in watching the dragon unfold and there is a good rhythm to the words. Nice preparation especially if they will have a parade of their own later. It does not make any pretense of explaining Chinese New Year. You would need look at additional books for that or the (animal) horoscopes.
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Dragon Comes Alive,
This is by far the most exciting Chinese New Year book I’ve see for the 3-8 y.o. crowd. I’ve read it to my daughter’s classes every year and the kids beam with excitement as the dragon unfolds. I also add the sound effects described in the book (wring out bubble wrap when they mention firecrackers, bang a drum, a gong, and small cymbals) and it adds so much to the experience.
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Voted Best Chinese New Year book by My Students!,
This book is beautifully illustrated, informative, and entertaining as it unfolds…. literally unfolds…. into a giant dragon like the ones that dance in the festival. My students were amazed and enchanted!
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Informative and Easy-to-Use Activity Book,
I found this colorful book to be informative, engaging, and easy-to-use. The author’s overview of Chinese New Year provides a good background for her description of significant Lunar New Year traditions. These customs include special food, lucky money, scrolls, candy, lanterns, and dragons. There is a nice presentation of the zodiac animals and chart of corresponding birthdate years. The author provides easy-to-follow instructions and simple templates to carry out the wide selection of craft projects and activities. I would highly recommend this book to elementary school teachers and families with elementary school age kids in helping to understand and celebrate Chinese New Year.
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A super activity book for Chinese New Year!,
This book offers fun, cute and easy to reproduce crafts to supplement Chinese New Year events for the classroom or any other setting with young children. I especially appreciate the author’s narrative on explaining the traditions and rituals associated with this annual holiday that is celebrated world-wide. We couldn’t wait for the next Chinese New Year (Year of the Rooster -2005) so, my kids and I tried making the hexagonal candy boxes. The instructions are clearly written making it easy for both a seven y.o. and ten y.o to follow independently. My kids are now using their crafty boxes with lids to hold little items on their desks. “Celebrating Chinese New Year: An Activity Book” is a wonderful addition to any classroom, library, and Asian or multi-cultural book collection. I highly recommend for teachers/educators and parents.
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Rich awareness through charming projects,
“Celebrating Chinese New Year: An Activity Book” is an engaging tool for introducing a lively yet generally unfamiliar cultural event to children. Clear, child-oriented information about Chinese New Year customs is interspersed with charming hands-on projects, from paper plate pandas to candy containers. Straightforward graphics and text richly convey that a spirit of family closeness and a respect for tradition mark this holiday. Through a range of activities, from simple to sophisticated, a poignant awareness of an earlier time and way of thought is also transmitted. An excellent resource for schools and groups that want to foster cultural understanding!
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