I am always impressed with my students’ enthusiasm and curiosity of learning Chinese language and culture. However, when I witnessed students practicing for the celebration of the Chinese New Year at the assembly day, I was still surprised by their tremendous passion and excitement for learning and experiencing the immersion of the language and its culture.

PreK-4 students were happy enough cutting out their monkey pictures and making their own crowns for the 恭喜，恭喜 (wish you a happy Chinese New Year). Kindergarteners and first grade students had the opportunity to put the beautiful colors for their monkey pictures first. Even though it is a quite challenging song for PreK4 through first grade students, with the pleasure and excitement of being part of the practice, students just very naturally get the point and sing the song joyfully. Of course, from the video, each smile on the face reveals the happiness of the heart.