Although it starts on January 23rd, we started learning about Chinese New Year today, learning about the lunar calendar and zodiac. The kids observed that they are all either sheep or monkeys and quickly made the connection that it's because they were all born in 2003 or 2004. We read a story about the legend of how the animals were chosen and then watched a funny short video (posted below). The kids had differing opinions on whether the rat won the race fairly, riding on the back of the ox. However, they all agreed that the dragon was quite heroic to help the rabbit floating downstream.
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