Holidays & Special Occasions

Students will be able to know the origin and customs of Qingming Festival, tell the origin in English and tell the customs and food in Mandarin.

1. Know thelegend, traditional food and celebrations of Mid-Autumn Festival;

The students learn how Chinese New Year is celebrated by writing FU and know how to put it correctly.

1. Students know how Chinese people celebrate Chinese New Year.
2. Students know the origin of Chinese New Year by understanding the story about Nian.

Students will be able to say, name and distinguish different colors in Mandarin, and then describe pictures with colors and make a presentation of their hand-made Bing Dwen Dwen -- the mascot of the Beijing Winter Olympics by the end of the lesson. 

 As the biggest Chinese traditional festival---Chinese New Year fell on February 1 and lasted till 15^th, it’s the best time to introduce this typical festival culture to students and share what Chinese people are doing during this period of time.