Chinese New Year

 

The children had a fantastic time celebrating Chinese New Year and were wowed by the acrobatic Chinese dragon and lion dance videos.  We danced a much easier version practicing our coordination with a drum beat and made our own version of a Bolang Gu rattle drum.  The children also made red envelopes but instead of money ours contained a lucky chocolate heart.  Our favourite activity was tasting a variety of Chinese food!

After watching some traditional Chinese dances being performed our visitors demonstrated some Tai Chi moves.   It was much harder than it looks to cultivate our life energy to flow smoothly throughout our body.