万圣节快乐 (Happy Halloween)

I taught my students about Halloween this week and it was pretty much the most exciting thing ever!  My sister sent me a care package filled with Halloween decorations, toys, and teaching materials, so I was able to teach my kids all about our American holiday!  The majority of my kids had never heard about Halloween, so it was really interesting trying to describe our traditions to them and they were so adorable that I just had to share pictures :-)

I showed slides of kids dressed up as monsters, ghosts, witches, jack-o-lanterns, Kung Fu Panda, and Spongebob Squarepants- I even wore a Minnie Mouse mask (that's how much I love these kids).  After that, I tried to read them a spooky Halloween poem, but had forgotten that they wouldn't understand the concept of "BOO!", so when I screamed it at the end there was complete silence; I'm pretty sure they thought I'd lost my mind.

Then we played a find-the-match game on the chalkboard with various Halloween-themed pictures:

I also taught them about jack-o-lanterns and they created their own using paper cuts:

Then I taught them the concept of "trick-or-treating" by going around to each student, having him/her say "trick-or-treat", and giving him/her a treat! 

After each of my classes, my students gave me the most amazing responses: I was applauded, thanked, told that I'm their favorite teacher, hugged, and had my cheeks kissed!  One class decided that I was famous and all of the students made me autograph their jack-o-lanterns!  Those are just a few of the many reasons why I adore teaching Chinese kids :-D