Literacy Volunteers - Middle Earth "Chinese New Year" Storytime/Craft

 

Plans here: S.T.E.A.M. Storytime - Chinese New Year - Year of the Horse

"Middle Earth" kids & families celebrated with Chinese food:

Stories:

Opened with "This Next New Year" followed by a video version of "Sam & the Lucky Money"

Read "The Race for the Chinese Zodiac" then found everyone's Chinese Horoscopes

And shared "The Dancing Dragon" fold out book which got longer & longer

then flipped over to depict the whole parade...

Crafts -- paper lanterns & walk-through paper magic trick (details here)

coloring dragons and lucky Chinese symbols

Everyone had fun Making Noise-makers....

 & Creating a Giant Dragon!

And taking it on a parade around the cafeteria!!

Video of the Dragon Parade

2/25/26 Bound Brook