9/13/2023 0 Comments Lunar ips safe“Oni” is afraid of soybeans because in Japan, they symbolize vitality and drive away evil spirits. At 76th Street, children threw “roasted soybeans” (balled-up paper) at an Oni puppet during the celebration of Setsubun.“Oni” is an evil spirit that is driven away at the Lunar New Year in order to promise good luck and good fortune. Creating our “Oni” during the Japanese Setsubun spring festival celebration.Movements included the “rainbow” and the “waterfall.” At the end of the instruction, the children viewed (and simultaneously danced) to the Chinese red ribbon dance! An instructor from the Chinese Cultural Center teaches 76th Street students various moves from the red ribbon dance.The Green Room at 76th Street participates in the red ribbon dance, led (virtually) by the New York Chinese Cultural Center.Green 3 students at 86th Street display their pellet drum crafts.A Green Room student hands out lucky red envelopes to her classmates, a tradition on Lunar New Year.A Red Room student’s family conducts a culture share via Zoom to teach the class about Lunar New Year traditions. ![]() Tigers at 86th Street wish you a Happy Lunar New Year!.Happy Lunar New Year from a resident tiger!.86th Street students observe a dragon puppet and pellet drum display.Year of the Tiger puppets in our Pre-K 3 class at 76th Street.May this year give you good fortune and great wealth! (Prior to the onset of COVID-19, the New York Chinese Cultural Center visited IPS in-person.)Įnjoy the following photos of the IPS Lunar New Year celebrations. Both locations enjoyed watching a video from the New York Chinese Cultural Center, which gave the children a view of a traditional lion dance as well as a red ribbon dance. Emi (Pre-K 2 head teacher) taught the children about the festival of Setsubun, a spring festival celebrated in her native country of Japan. Parents and families of our students shared traditions from their families for Lunar New Year via Zoom. This year, Lunar New Year commenced on Tuesday, February 1st. The Lunar New Year, according to, is “typically celebrated in China and other Asian countries that begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends on the first full moon of the lunar calendar, fifteen days later.” Because the moon cycles, which the lunar calendar follows, change slightly from year to year, the starting date of the Lunar New Year also differs. The International Preschools welcomed the Year of the Tiger with our annual celebrations of Lunar New Year. Interested in learning more about our school? Visit our website to read more about our facilities, teachers, and specialty classes. Thank you to all those who donated to this cause, which will help fellow New Yorkers! In December, we are looking forward to partaking in a toy drive for those less fortunate in time for the holidays. Monique visits the Junior Kindergarten classroom to collect donations for City Harvest NYC. The children are so excited to take part in this activity, and by actually “donating” the items themselves, a home/school connection is created. Each day during the food drive, Monique wheels her basket into each classroom and, if the children have brought in an item to donate, they place the can or box into her basket. She encourages the children to bring in canned goods and other food items for donation. ![]() She tells the children about the goal, which is to collect food for people who do not have enough to eat. To introduce the concept to the children, Monique visited our Green (3s), Pre-K (4s), and Junior K (4s/5s) classrooms to read them a story about giving. The Green Room children place their food donations into our City Harvest NYC basket. We are looking forward to a fun-filled spring at IPS, culminating with our end-of-year celebrations during the first week of June.Īre you interested in joining the IPS community? We are still accepting applications! Learn about our admissions process by visiting our website. This year’s Spring Benefit will commemorate 60 years of IPS! In May, we will have a Field Day (5/20), Grandparents and Special Friends Day (5/19), and of course, the annual Spring Benefit (5/11). A family celebrates Greek Orthodox Easter in our Jr. ![]() This is part of our yearlong Culture Share, where parents and children share their traditions with the teachers and students. Families have also visited IPS to celebrate holidays such as Easter, Passover, Greek Orthodox Easter, and Holi, to name a few. In the classrooms, we are learning about all aspects of the spring: gardening, flowers, and planting as well as Earth Day and related actions such as the 3 Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle). Spring has finally arrived in New York City! At The International Preschools, the teachers and students welcome the season with a variety of activities and school-wide events.
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