Tet holiday is coming very close. How can your child and family have a memorable and meaningful Tet? Instead of being glued to the TV or phone all day, parents can teach their children about Tet with many interesting activities. Below is a list of things parents can do with their children to both increase emotional connection and teach children life skills and learn many interesting and useful things.
Let your child and his family clean the house for Tet
Cleaning the house is one of the Lunar New Year customs that means getting rid of the bad luck of the old year and welcoming a lucky and peaceful new year. Depending on the age, parents can assign appropriate tasks to their children such as cleaning up toys, folding clothes, cleaning desks... This seemingly simple activity will help children know how to share work. , help parents and everyone around.
Pack banh chung and banh tet with your child
Tet days are indispensable for banh chung (Northern region) or banh tet (Southern region). Parents, please give your children the opportunity to experience the activity of wrapping cakes on Tet with simple tasks such as choosing leaves to wrap cakes, washing leaves, putting rice into molds, arranging meat... Surely children will be extremely excited when doing this. assign special responsibilities and love the traditional Tet holiday more. Parents, don't forget to help your children understand more about the stories surrounding the traditional cake of the nation.
Prepare the New Year's Eve meal
Parents can teach their children about Tet by preparing a New Year's Eve dinner for family reunions. Let the little chefs show off their talents and help their parents with tasks such as picking vegetables, washing vegetables, preparing spices, arranging bowls and chopsticks, setting up trays... This activity will help children practice their skills. skillful, careful, increasing emotional bonds with family members.
Cut and paste Tet decorations
Another interesting activity that parents can use to teach their children about Tet is to manually cut and paste Tet decorations. Parents can prepare glue, scissors, colored paper, brushes... to create unique decorative shapes with their children such as paper fans, lanterns, apricot blossoms, peach blossoms, and red envelopes. sss...
Take photos and record clips with your baby
This is an activity that helps the whole family save memorable moments every time Tet comes. Parents, take photos and videos with your child or ask your child to be a photographer to take photos for the whole family. Surely your child will be extremely excited to be trusted with this responsibility.
With the above fun activities, parents not only teach their children about the traditional Tet holiday but also teach them effective life skills. Don't forget to follow the articles in Mykingdom's Handbook section for more useful information.
