Year of the Fire Monkey

Yesterday was a memory, today is a gift, tomorrow is a hope. A new year, a new start, a new chapter, a new beginning, Let’s understand the bad, cherish the good. I sincerely wish you and your family a very blessed new year ahead. Happy Chinese New Year.


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How to Make Your Own 福 (Fu)

Every year before Chinese New Year’s Day, people decorate their houses with flowers, potted plants, paper cuttings, New Year door couplets, red lanterns, and New Year pictures, and the fu character (福 ‘happiness’). Chinese New Year paper cutting is an indispensable part of Chinese New Year decoration. Chinese people put red banners with lucky words, […]


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Chinese New Year Project

As part of Dialect Zone International’s History Curriculum, students will begin to learn about different Cultures, Traditions and Holidays. To further enrich these skills, students WILL participate in this multicultural, Happy Chinese New Year Project. Monday, February 8 Year of the Fire Monkey  Chinese New Year 2016 – Year of the Fire Monkey The students […]


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Happy New Year 2016

We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives, not looking for flaws, but for potential. I wish you, your family, friends and […]


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Celebrating a Secular Christmas

Christmas is one of those holidays that just seems to be filled with cheer and wonder. Whether you are celebrating a secular or religious Christmas, your day is sure to be filled with happiness, especially with a little help from us. Read some steps on how to celebrate a secular, religious, kid-friendly, or consumer-free Christmas […]


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