The year of the goat.

 

Fourth grade learned about the Chinese New Year and how 2015 is the year of the goat.  We looked at some Chinese inspired ink drawings of goats and characters and then did our own version using black tempera and a brush.  The students were into it.

Chinese characters.

Second and third grade worked on Chinese Characters in class.  We discussed language and how it is very different in different places.  We used black paint rather than ink for these.  it was a good time!

2014 Year of the Horse.

My fourth grade students learned about the Chinese New Year and how it is the year of the horse.  We celebrated by doing some ink drawings of none other than, well, a horse.  I tried to teach them to be free flowing with their brush strokes.  They also demonstrated that they could ink "horse" in Chinese.