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Western Festivals, Related Arts & Crafts 2013/10/9 Speaker: Vicky Kuo 郭欣伊

Festival Stories/Songs/Activities Crafts

New Year

新年

Stories: 1.The Night Before New Year’s 2.Happy New Year, Corduroy Song: It’s a New Year (Mar Harmon, Start Each Day With A Song) It’s a new year and a new day Time for work, time for play Its a new day, and a new year I’m so glad you’re all here (We’re so glad that you are here) Song: Ring in the New Year (Dr. Jean - Happy Everything) Let's all do a little ringing x3 It's a Happy New Year *clapping/ dancing/smiling When is your birthday? Stand up and cheer January. February. March. …December Let's all be a little kinder...(hug each other) for a Happy New Year Activity/worksheet: New Year Resolution For example: I will be kind to all kids.

Fireworks painting

2014 sunglasses

2014 pipe cleaner crown

Valentine’s

Day

情人節

Stories: 1. Love is You & ME 2. Valentine’s Day at the Zoo 3. Who Will Be My Valentine This Year? 4. I Love You A Rebus Poem

Song: I Like You (Dr Jean Sings Silly Songs) (Tune: "Skip to My Lou") I like you, there's no doubt about it. x3 You are my good friend. You like me, there's no doubt about it. x3 You are my good friend.

String of hearts Heart necklace

Valentune sunglasses

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Festival Stories/Songs/Activities Crafts Song: Valentine (Mar Harmon, Start Each Day With A Song) Valentine, Valentine. Happy Valentine’s Day. Valentine, Valentine, I have something to say. I L O V E Y O U. I Love you. x2 Song: Will you be my valentine?/ Who will be my valentine? (Tune: Do you know the muffin man?) More Valentine’s Day Songs http://www.preschooleducation.com/svalentine.shtml Activity: Find your valentine (Based on I love you)

Heart Bookmark

Easter

復活節

為每年春分月

圓之後第一個

星期日

2014/4/20

2015/4/5

2016/3/27

2017/4/16

2018/4/1

2019/4/21

2020/4/12

Stories: 1. Humpty Dumpty 2. First the Egg 3. The Odd Egg 5.Spot’s First Easter 6. Good Egg 7. Oh Dear 8. Easter Bugs Song: How many eggs in the Easter basket? (Carolyn Graham, Holiday Jazz Chants) How many eggs in the Easter basket? x3 One two three four five Five eggs in the Easter basket x3 One two three four five What color are the eggs in the easter basket? Look at the eggs in the Easter basket What color are the eggs in the easter basket? Look in the Easter basket One is pink; One is purple; One is green; One is yellow One is pink and green and purple Eggs in the Easter basket Song: Bunny Hop (Ms. Janie , Tumbling Fun, Vol. 2) Let's do the bunny hop hop hop Hop hop and stop *side to side/ back and forth/ round and round/ criss cross/ really fast Activity 1: Egg and spoon relay Activity 2: Egg balance game/ Humpty Dumpty Activity 3: Egg rolling game

Play doh easter egg

Glove rabbit

Egg peek-a-boo(六摺)

Humpty Dumpty

Pop-up egg peek-a-boo

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Festival Stories/Songs/Activities Crafts

Mother’s

Day

母親節

Stories: 1.My Mom 2.Love You Forever 3.A Mother For Choco 4.Monkey Puzzle 5.Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? 6.Whose Baby Am I? 7.My Mum and Dad Makes Me Laugh 8. You Are My Sunshine Song: With My Little Hands (Tumble Tots - Small People) With my little hands I go - clap clap clap With my little feet I go - tap tap tap With my little arms I wave - bye bye bye With my little legs I kick - high high high With my little eyes I say - peek-a-boo With my little lips I say - I love you Song: Hugs and Kisses (Bonnie Rudzinski, 1 2 3 I'm Growing) Hugs and kisses x2 I got some for you Hugs and kisses x2 Love you. Yes , I do Hugs and kisses x2 Give me some from you Hugs and kisses x2 Love you. Yes , I do Activity: Whose baby am I?

Necklace/ bracelet

A diamond ring

Handprint heart

Heart Fingerprint

Pop-up card

Father’s

Day

父親節

Stories: 1.I Love You As Big As the World 2.Wake Up, Paoa Bear 3.My Daddy And Me 4. Papa Papa 5. The Daddy Book 6.My Dad 7.My Dad Is Brillant 8. Knock Knock, Who’s There? Song: My special friend- Daddy (BINGO) I have a very special friend And daddy is her name O D-A-D-D-Y x3 Daddy is his name O

Father’s day card

Tie and suit

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Festival Stories/Songs/Activities Crafts Activity1: Shaving Fun (Balloon and shaving cream)

Activtity 2: Daddy Daddy, What color is your tie?

(Guessing game)

No.1 Dad Trophy

Dad Sunglasses

Thanks-

giving

感恩節

Stories: 1.Our Thanksgiving 2.I’m No Turkey 3. Thanksgiving is For Giving Thanks 4.Thanks for Thanksgiving Song: Hello, Mr.Turkey (Tune: If you’re happy and you know it) Hello, Mr.Turkey, how are you? x2 Wtih a gobble gobble gobble and a wobble wobble woble Hello, Mr.Turkey, how are you? Song: The Turkey Hop (Carole Peterson, H.U.M) Do the turkey hop! Hop, Hop, Hop! Do the turkey run! Run, run, run! Do the turkey gobble, Gobble, gobble, gobble It is lots of fun, Gobble, gobble, gobble! Now flap your wings! Flap, flap, flap! Like the turkeys do! Flap, flap, flap! Then hide from the farmer, before he catches you! Activity 1: Turkey Feathers Up Activity 2: Where’s Turkey? Scholastic Teaching Resources: Literacy-Building booklets: Where’s Turkey? P.84-86

Handpring Turkey

Turkey headband

Colored paper fan turkey

Balloon Turkey

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Festival Stories/Songs/Activities Crafts

Halloween

萬聖節

Stories 1.Go Away Big Green Monster 2.Halloween Mice 3.The Spooky Wheels On the Bus 4.Skeleton Hiccups 5.There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat 6.Pumpkim Trouble 7.What’s In the Witch’s Kitchen? 8.Peek-a-Boooo!

Activity: 恐怖箱

Activity: Draw a monster face (Dice game) Activity: Monster/pumpkin/ghost bowling Activity: 超級比一比 Activity: Mummy Wrapping Game (Toilet Roll paper) Teaching prop: Ghost Folder Song: Knock knock, trick or treat? (Super Simple Halloween song) Knock knock, trick or treat? Who are you? I'm a ghost. I'm a little ghost. Knock knock, trick or treat? Who are you? I'm a ghost. I'm a little ghost. * cowboy, witch, monster, ballerina, pirate Knock knock, trick or treat? Happy Halloween. Happy Halloween. Knock knock, trick or treat? Happy Halloween. Happy Halloween Song: Bats are sleeping (Miss Carole, Season Sings! Tune: Are you sleeping?) Bats are sleeping x2 Upside down x2 Waiting for the night time x2 Then they fly around x2

Holloween mini book

(Based on Knock Knock)

Lollipop ghost/ vampire

Balloon pumpkin

Flapping bat

Silly Eyeballs

Trick or treat bags

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Festival Stories/Songs/Activities Crafts Song: Halloween Sound - Nursery Rhymes by Little Fox (From youtube, tune: Mulberry Bush) This is the way the witches fly, Swish swish swish This is the way the ghosts go by, oooh oooh oooh This is the way the black cats howl, meow meow meow This is the way the pumpkins laugh, hee hee hee This is the way the night owls cry, hoo hoo hoo

Christmas

聖誕節

Stories: 1.The 12 Bugs of Christmas 2.The Christmas Alphabet 3.That’s Not Santa 4.Happy Christmas Maisy 5.Father Christmas Needs A Wee 6.Who Will Guide My Sleigh Tonight? 7.The Gingerbread Family 8.Santa’s Suit Activity 1: Gingerbread man dice game Activity 2: Catch the gingerbread man Activity 3: Reindeer, reindeer, what color is your nose?

Activity 4: Build a Christmas tree

Song: The Dancing Christmas Tree Song (From Youtube) I am a dancing Christmas tree x3 Everybody dance with me Shake you head Kick your legs Wave your arms Jump up and down and turn around X2 *Repeat

Christmas vacabulary book

Gingerbread man snack

Snowman snack

Reindeer Snack

Christmas tree hat

Christmas tree magnet

Christmas key chain

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Festival Stories/Songs/Activities Crafts Activity 5: What do you want for Christmas? (接龍) What do you want for Christmas? I want a ______ Song: What do you want for Christmas? (Super Simple Christmas Songs) What do you want for Christmas? Santa's on his way. I want a train. I want a train. I want a great big train. A train? A train! *rocket, robot, teddy bear (Right leg. Left leg. Right arm. Left arm. Oh no!) What do you want for Christmas? Santa's on his way. Worksheet: A letter for Santa Song: Ring Those Bells (Carol Peterson, H.U.M./ Wee Sing ) Ring those bells are turn around x3 For wintertime is here *stamp your feet/ jump up high/touch your toes Song: Jingle Hop (It's Christmas Everywhere! - Mr. Billy) Put your right arm up Put your right arm down Put your right arm up don't let it drop It's time to do the jingle hop Hop around Up ad down Keep your right arm up Don't let it drop While we do the jingle hop Then we stop * left arm, right leg, left leg, smile Teaching prop: Santa’s Suit folder

Christmas tree

Snowman

Gingerbread man play doh

Jingle bell

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