Chinese people celebrate their New Year on the 1st new moon of winter. It is a very important festival for all the chinese families.
Chinese New Year was on 10th February in 2013.
This year is the year of the Snake.
When we start a new year we think about our lives and try to plan good things to do.
2013 is starting, and we can think about new year’s resolutions.
What is your plan?
Tell us about some of your resolutions!
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It’s Christmas time, and a good occasion to know about the story of the Gingerbread Man.
An old lady and an old man bake a gingerbread man, and he escapes because he doesn’t want they to eat him.
He escapes from a cow and he escapes from a horse, till he meets a fox, that eventually eats him.
Listen to the story and a song about it.
Look at this Jack’o lantern shining and have a nice HalloweenALUMNES DE PRIMER!!!!!!
Aquí teniu les dues versions de la cançó que vam cantar a la classe d’anglès. Una és més tradicional i l’altra és molt divertida. A veure si practiqueu!
Here you have two versions of Old MacDonald song. The first one is more traditional and the second one is very funny! Let’s practice with your mummy and daddy.
Chinese people celebrate New Year in a different date every year.
This happens because it depends on the moon: New Year is the day of the first new moon of winter.
They use lots of fireworks and dragon dances.
Chinese zodiac has twelve animals, and every year is the year of one of the animals.
Have a look to the following links and try to guess:
To which animal is dedicated this year ?
Is it year 2012 for Chinese culture? Which year is it?
Try to guess your Chinese sign and some of its characteristics.
Send some comments about any of this questions.
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/chinese-new-year/when-is-chinese-new-year.html
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/ChineseNewYear.aspx
Christmas is near and you are thinking what you want as a present, to write the letter to Father Christmas or the Three Wise Men.
Watch this video about a girl singing this song: ALL I WANT FOR CHISTMAS IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH
… and now tell us: What do you want for Christmas?
We have been singing this Christmas song with the 1st Year students. It is a very easy song, try to sing it you too!
Thanksgiving day remembers the first party celebrated by the first English people in
America and the Indians together, to give thanks for their survival in the new world. This party was in 1621 near Plymouth.
Today, people celebrates Thanksgiving also to give thanks for all the good things they have in their lives.
Whatch this video and think: What are you thankful for?
