TD's Summer Reading Club Week Three: 2s and 3s

This week we explored the Great Wall of China! Did you know it's also known as the Sleeping Dragon?

Some of the kids did not think it looked like a dragon at all!

Our first story was "Legend of the Chinese Dragon", by Marie Sellier, a story about how the dragon became a symbol of peace for China. This book is split so each page can be read in either English or Chinese.

Our next story was "We're Riding on a Caravan: an Adventure on the Silk Road", by Laurie Krebs and Helen Cann. 

This book tells the story of a family making their living by traveling the Silk Road. It comes with a catchy song to sing, which some of the parents were brave enough to sing with me: 

"We're riding on a caravan, 
A bumpy, humpy caravan. 
We're riding on a caravan, 
To places far away." 

For our craft, we made hanging Chinese lanterns. 

We used: 
- toilet paper rolls
- colored paper
- stick glue

The kids cut strips into their paper, unfolded them, and then glued them down onto the toilet paper roll. Then they glued their handles to the top of the tube. 

When they were finished their craft, they traced their handprints onto a banner, titled, "Many Hands Built the Great Wall of China". Some added their names with their handprints.

If you haven't already brought in your reading passport to get stickered and filled out a ballot for this week's prize draw, do so before 4:00 tomorrow. 

Next week, we explore the Great Pyramids of Egypt!