Chinese New Year

Tomorrow we are getting ready to celebrate the Chinese New Year.  Check out the video above that tells the tale.  The video is super cool because the characters for each animal are represented in the animal itself.  Remember that written Chinese represents characters or things.  It is not a phonetic alphabet like ours.

Second Semester: China

We are now embarking on second semester.  I absolutely love each and every unit.  We get to start with China.  Chinese history is vast and fascinating.  I was lucky enough to visit Beijing a few years ago and would love to go again.  I visited many historic places and got to walk on the Great Wall.  You will soon learn its history and the emperor behind its creation.