Tiger's Candle Day!

You've read about them, we talked about them at conferences, and thanks to Tiger and his mom Xioamin, our class experienced their first Candle Day!  A Candle Day is a time for your child to be in the spotlight and to highlight something about their life outside of school- maybe a hobby, a family or cultural tradition, or a retelling of a trip they've taken.  Tiger's mom shared all about Chinese New Year with our class and Tiger helped to show the importance of wearing red to "scare away the monsters!"  (Don't worry, they are just pretend).  Xioamin brought grapefruit and special candies for us to try and gave each child a red envelope with a little something in it as part of the tradition for the Lunar New Year.  Happy Year of the Monkey!