Happy Lunar new year!

Recently, in our room, we set up a home corner for celebrating the upcoming Lunar new year or called Chinese new year for children to learn through play. It is not only a good opportunity for some of our educators who have Asian backgrounds to share their culture and stories with colleagues, children, and families, but also a great opportunity for children to appreciate and embrace our Asian communities and culture in Australia.

The round table and plenty of dishes symbolize the family reunion and the hope of abundance. The red signs displayed on the wall and in front of the doors are attracting good luck and fortune. This year is the year of the tiger so children can see tiger pictures in the red sign as well. We set up a kitchen area in the home corner as well because in “Feng Shui” we believe “kitchen” takes a really important part of the health and fortune in the house.

There are so many imaginative plays happening in the lunar new year home corner! Imaginative play provides a really good opportunity for children to practice and develop their language and social skills by merely being with and talking to others. It boosts the development of problem-solving and self-regulation skills. And more importantly, it’s so much fun!

Here are some pictures that children who enjoyed playing in the home corner. We wish you have a happy Lunar new year! 新年快樂! あけましておめでとう！새해 복 많이 받으세요！Maligayang bagong Taon! Chúc mừng năm mới！สวัสดีปีใหม่！Selamat Tahun Baru.️️

農曆新年要到了，我把教室裡的一個小角落佈置成了除夕夜團圓飯的景象，好久沒有跟家人團聚的我，覺得心裡也跟著溫暖了起來。

來自日本、韓國和越南的老師們告訴我他們很喜歡這個佈置，也和我分享他們國家如何過農曆年，只是我把我寫的春聯倒過來要準備貼的時候他們卻一直幫我“矯正”，看來只有我們會倒著貼哈哈。

小朋友們非常喜歡這個角落，和小朋友一起玩扮家家酒是我在幼稚園工作最喜歡的一件事了。此外我還寫了一篇文章跟家長介紹這個角落，我覺得這份工作真的讓我有好多機會練英文寫作，而且是我喜歡的方式，太感謝了。