Baby Sign Language to Help You Celebrate Chinese New Year!

Today millions of families around the world will begin the celebrations of the year of the “Yang”, meaning goat or sheep. If you are celebrating we want to wish you a year full of good fortune & love.

Aside from delicious food my favorite tradition is the giving and receiving of hong bak (the little red envelopes stuffed with money). When I was a little girl, I would keep the envelope under my pillow for many days after receiving it from my grandfather. My grandfather was an immigrant who ran a general store. His store looked just like the illustration below:

General Store

Image Credit: Amelia Lau

Here is a little list of baby signs to introduce your baby or toddler to various elements of this wonderful celebration.

Fireworks

Envelope

Goat

Lantern

Sheep

Family

Party

Red

Fish

Rice

Candy

Grandfather

Grandmother

 

Xin Nian Kuai Le!

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