Lunar New Year Newsletter
January 31, 2025: Year of the Wood Snake ๐
'Gong hei fat choy' | ๆญๅๅ่ดข
What does that mean? It's a common Cantonese Chinese New Year greeting that means wishing you prosperity and good fortune :)
Here are some other traditional greetings, including how to pronounce them!
Comprehensive Planning Guide for Lunar New Year
Written for NYC teachers, but available to everyone -- this is a complete guide to teaching about the Lunar New Year.
Homemade Fortune Cookies Recipe for Chinese New Year!
Making fortune cookies is a perfect Lunar New Year activity.
Why? Because it involves:
- Literacy (writing fortunes),
- Math (measuring ingredients),
- Science (the properties of cooking),
- Social studies (what these cookies represent in Chinese culture).
- Plus, yum!