Halloween Craft Handouts

Get in the Halloween spirit with these decorative crafts! Fun facts about Halloween: 1. Candy corn was originally called chicken feed. 2. Halloween was developed from old Irish traditions from the festival of Samhain, which occurred at the end of October. During the festival, spirits and ghosts were believed to …

3D Chinese Lantern Handout

In ancient China, these lanterns were used as a light source and then over time, Buddhists would use it as an aspect of worship. Fast forwarding to the modern day, it is to symbolize worship and celebration and is used for decorations. The hanging lanterns you will make below are used to decorate homes …

Chinese New Years & Mindful Breathing

This week, we celebrated Chinese New Year’s coming up on the 25th. However, we also want our student to practice mindfulness and activities that will allow them to relax and calm down after school. With our younger class, our first activity was mindful breathing. We practiced breathing in and out …

Chinese New Year at Towey!

At Towey, the students celebrated Chinese New Year and Groundhog day with their art projects. For Chinese New Year, this included the traditional red paper lanterns and cut-out pink pigs (since 2019 is the year of the pig). They also created groundhog puppets starting with brown paper bags and then …