“Tet is coming. I’m so happy and glad. I dress up in new clothes and exchange New year’s wishes to relatives… Tet Tet Tet has arrived…”…These are two of the tracks which are performed by the students of Kindy City International Preschool System during the Spring Fair 2016 Multifaceted Development Project.
The Spring Fair 2016 Project is organized by Kindy City International Preschool System to help the students use various skills to take part in the folk games in Tet.
The children will discover more about apricot and peach blossom trees in Tet through many activities such as drawing and decorating “Tet Trees” and being able to bring them back as small presents to their families.
Coloring suitable for each part of trees, pasting the flowers into the trees correctly and kneading clay pieces to create many green leaves are some of the activities. They also use their imagination to create the “Tet Trees” especially.
The children will hear of the legend of Banh Chung Banh Day. They will be instructed on how to wrap the cake so that they could eventually make the cake by themselves. These activities will make children feel that Tet atmosphere is coming, helping them to understand clearly the signification of Chung cake in Tet.
Toy figurines (To He) are a kind of folk toy for children. The main ingredients to make it are Rice Flour and Sticky Rice Flour. First, these two ingredients need to be mixed together. Then the mixture is soaked in water and pureed by being boiled. Finally, it is kneaded by hand into different shapes with many colors.
Children combine the flexibility of their feet, the conjoining of hands and have vision in a limited space when they wear Unicorn Dance Costume and try performing it.
Moreover, the children also join in the competition in many folk games:
The children have to put marbles into the flower pot by spoon
Racing pets
Writing Calligraphy
Practice the agility of eyes and thrust of arms to make the cans fall down
Duck fishing game
Balloon popping game
These games are a crucial part of early childhood formation.
Spring Fair 2016 is not only just organized games for children but also for spirit education, helping them develop their thinking abilities, creativity and finess.
Coming to Spring Fair 2016, the children can also get “Loc Tet Kindy City”
Taking the pictures before welcoming Binh Than (Year of the Monkey)
Spring Fair 2016 awakens curiosity and expands children’s knowledge about traditional culture.