Dragon Parades & New Flavours!

The last two weeks in preschool have been filled with lots of wonderful activities as the children have celebrated the Chinese New Year! The children worked hard to create the dragon for our dragon dance as they took turns to paint the head and the body of the dragon. Whilst painting the dragon’s head, Phoebe said “We need to make the dragon red all over!” River added “The dragon is going to have really big teeth!”. Harry was painting the body and proudly showed his friends his handy work, saying “My dragon is so so red!”. When the dragon was finished, the children had lots of fun taking part in the special dragon dance and listening to traditional Chinese music. They took turns to parade the dragon around Preschool Room whilst dancing with ribbons, as well as dressing in jackets and dresses from the Chinese culture. Oliver excitedly said, “I really want a turn to hold the head!”, whilst Joseph enjoyed roaring as he took his turn to parade the dragon.

The children also had the opportunity to join in with a Chinese food tasting as they tried sweet and sour noodles, egg fried rice, prawn crackers and lychee juice. Santiago enjoyed the food; telling his friends “I like it all!”. Francis however really liked the lychee juice; saying “The juice is so yummy, can I have some more please?”.

The preschoolers have also had fun joining in with some baking, as they measured out and mixed their ingredients to make some bread rolls! Otto used the water station and a jug to pour out and measure the water to the line, saying “That’s enough water now!”. Amelie really enjoyed adding her ingredients to her mixing bowl and giving them a good stir, turning to Esmeralda beside her and saying “Look at my one Esme! It is really sticky!”. Esmeralda replied “And mine is too!” causing the two of them to share a laugh.