Happy Chinese New Year, Kai-lan! by Lauryn Silverhardt

It’s Chinese New Year and there are so many fun things to do! Here is an article with some predictions for the year of the horse (if can’t click, copy and paste into your browser): įIVE BOOKS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN THAT WE ENJOY!Īuthor Joan Holub and Illustrated by Benrei Huang. Be sure to check out a list of books that your family might enjoy as well!įor good fortune, please stop by in the comments tell me what animal you are!

I leave in this post for you some links and images to help you celebrate or to see how we enjoyed our evening.

We make crafts and read books and this year my six-year-old and I watched Mulan, one of our favorite heroines. The kids and I watch some of the parades online and it’s amazing how intricate some of the people dragon trains are designed! Quite honestly, there is also a part of me that just loves all the reds, yellows, oranges and the dragons….oh, I love the dragons. We like to remind ourselves what animal year we were born in, then see if our personalities are matching up as we learn and grow.

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Happy Chinese New Year, Kai-lan! by Lauryn Silverhardt