 Hello everyone.大家好.大家好. Welcome to our first whole Lunar New Year story time. My name is Enya, and I'm from the Youth Department at West Vancouver Memorial Library. To begin with, I'd like to welcome you all by singing a hello song. So in this song, we're going to say hello to our friends in three languages, including English, hello, Mandarin, Ni hao, and Cantonese. Ne ho. Are you ready? Here we go. Let's wave and say Ni hao. Let's wave and say Ni hao. Let's say hello to all our friends. Let's wave and say Ni hao. Let's wave and say Ne ho. Let's wave and say Ne ho. Let's say hello to all our friends. Let's wave and say Ne ho. Let's wave and say Ni hao. Let's wave and say Ni hao. Let's say hello to all our friends and start our story time. Thank you for joining me today to celebrate the New Year. I'm so happy to see you here. Why don't we start our New Year party with this following song? You may want to clap your hands while singing along with me. So let's get started. Cheer, cheer, cheer the year. A new one's just begun. Celebrate with all your friends. Let's go have some fun. Clap, clap, clap your hands. A brand new year is here. Singing, dancing, laughing, clapping through another year. Alright, this time shall we stamp our feet? Cheer, cheer, cheer the year. A new one's just begun. Celebrate with all your friends. Let's go have some fun. Stamp, stamp, stamp your feet. A brand new year is here. Singing, dancing, laughing, stamping through another year. Alright, let's sing it one more time. This time let's roll our hands. Cheer, cheer, cheer the year. A new one's just begun. Celebrate with all your friends. Let's go have some fun. Roll, roll, roll your hands. A brand new year is here. Singing, dancing, laughing, rolling through another year. Great job, everyone. Well, actually I have a few friends who want to join us for the Lunar New Year Storytime today. Shall we invite them over? Okay, let's see who's our first guest. Yeah, come over, it's you. Are you ready? Three, two, one. Hello, it's Mr. Dragon. I heard that Mr. Dragon has prepared something fun for us today, did you? You prepared a new year song? Great, Mr. Dragon wants to invite all of you to sing and dance with him. Are you ready? Dragon, dragon, dance around. Dragon, dragon, touch the ground. Dragon, dragon, shake your head. Dragon, dragon, tongue so red. Where's your tongue? Where's your tongue? Here it is. Dragon, dragon, stamp your feet. Dragon, dragon, coming down the street. Let's sing it one more time. Dragon, dragon, dance around. Dragon, dragon, touch the ground. Dragon, dragon, shake your head. Dragon, dragon, tongue so red. Dragon, dragon, stamp your feet. Dragon, dragon, coming down the street. Hurray! What? What did you say? Mr. Dragon wants to sing it one more time. Okay, this time let's sing and dance as fast as we can. Okay, you ready? Three, two, one. Dragon, dragon, dance around. Dragon, dragon, touch the ground. Dragon, dragon, shake your head. Dragon, dragon, tongue so red. Dragon, dragon, stamp your feet. Dragon, dragon, coming down the street. Oh, great Mr. Dragon. We have so much fun. Thanks for coming today. Goodbye. Who's gonna be our next guest? Oh, here they are. They are really adorable red dragons. Come on. Welcome aboard. So here we have one, two, three, four and five. Five red dragons making such a roar. One dance away. Whoops. And now there were four. Four red dragons dancing around a tree. One dance away. Whoops. And now there were three. Three red dragons dancing around two. One dance away. Whoops. And now there were two. Two red dragons dancing in the sun. One dance away. Whoops. And now there was one. One red dragon having lots of fun. But she danced away two and now there were none. Oh, red dragons. Why don't you come back and dance with us again? Okay. All right. Dragons assemble. One, two, three, four and five. Five red dragons making such a roar. One dance away. Whoops. And now there were four. Four red dragons dancing around a tree. One dance away. Whoops. And now there were three. Three red dragons dancing around two. One dance away. Whoops. And now there were two. Two red dragons dancing in the sun. One dance away. Whoops. And now there was one. One red dragon having lots of fun. But she danced away two and now there was none. All right. Have fun little red dragons. Thanks for coming today. Goodbye. All right. Now it's time for a story. Let me get my picture book. Here it is. Whoops. It's called Bringing in the New Year. By Grace Lin. Let's see how this little girl and her family get prepared for the New Year's Day. Is the New Year coming? I hope so. We try to welcome it in. So Zae Zae, the elder sister, sweeps the old year out of the house. Look at this big brown broom that Zae Zae's holding. Baba hangs the red and yellow-colored spring happiness poems on the wall. Mama makes the get-rich dumplings with the help of her three lovely daughters. Mei Mei, the younger sister, gets a fresh haircut from her mama. And I put on my new tea-pow, which is a traditional Chinese dress for the New Year feast. Now will the New Year come? Pop. Pop. Do you hear the firecrackers? Are they bringing in the New Year? No, but they brought in the lions. They're here to scare away last year's bad luck. They scare Mei Mei too. Oh no, don't cry, Mei Mei. They won't hurt you. So where is the New Year? We carry the lanterns to light its way. I hope the New Year follows us soon. Can you recognize the different animal lanterns the children are playing with? There are a turtle and a rabbit on the left and a pig and a cat on the right. Look, there's the dragon. Auntie is waking him up by opening his eyes. Woohoo! The New Year must be coming. The dragon's awake. Is it the New Year at last? Yes, hooray! The New Year is here. Happy New Year, everyone. And that's the end of the story. Bringing in the New Year by Grace Lin. Alright, so coming up next, we have another friend who wants to join us for the story time. Where is she? Oh, here you are. Come along. She's a little bit shy today, so give her some time to warm up, alright? Okay, you'll be fine. Here we go. Alright, are you ready? Three, two, one. Peek-a-boo! Hello, little lion. What did you prepare for us today? A lion dance performance. And what are you holding? Is it a scarf? Mm-hmm. Is it for the lion dance performance? Mm-hmm. So, you might also want to get yourself a scarf. A cloth or something that you like to wave and shake while we're singing along. Okay, are you ready, little lion? See the lion dance and pranks. Bands and pranks. Bands and pranks. See the lion dance and pranks on Luna New Year's Day. Hear the firecrackers pop, pop, pop. Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. Hear the firecrackers pop, pop, pop on Luna New Year's Day. See the lion dance and pranks. Dance and pranks. Dance and pranks. See the lion dance and pranks on Luna New Year's Day. Hear the firecrackers pop, pop, pop, Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop Hear the firecrackers pop, pop, pop On Luna New Year's Day Okay, next thing hit, one more time, shall we? See the lion dance and pranks Dance and pranks dance and pranks See the lion dance and pranks On Luna New Year's Day Hear the firecrackers pop, pop, pop Pop pop pop, pop pop pop. Here are the firecrackers. Pop pop pop on Luna New Year's Day. Great job, Little Lion. We really enjoyed your lion dance performance. Would you like to say goodbye to our audience? Goodbye. All right. Now we have one final guest for today. Where is she? OK. Do you want to come over? OK. So can you guess who she is? Is it a cow? Oh, it's actually Mrs. Ox. Oh, Mrs. Ox want to remind us that this year is the year of Ox. You must be very happy about that, right? All right. So Mrs. Ox has also prepared us a new year song. Would you like to sing for us? All right. Here comes the new year marching around. E-I-E-I-O. And one of the years is the year of Ox. E-I-E-I-O with a moo moo here and a moo moo there. Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo. Here comes the new year marching around. E-I-E-I-O. OK, one more time. Here comes the new year marching around. E-I-E-I-O. And one of the years is the year of Ox. E-I-E-I-O with a moo moo here and a moo moo there. Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo. Here comes the new year marching around. E-I-E-I-O. Wow, great job Mrs. Ox. We really enjoyed your performance. Would you like to say goodbye? All right, goodbye. We did a lot of singing and dancing today. I'm feeling a little bit hungry now. Do you feel hungry too? Yes? No worries. I've prepared some treats. Oh, thank you. What is this? It's a fortune cookie. What exactly is a fortune cookie? So fortune cookies are really delicious, crispy and sugary cookies. And when you crack open a fortune cookie, you can find a piece of paper that has either a blessing or a fortune written on it. Hmm, why don't we go make some fortune cookies together? Fortune cookies, fortune cookies for the new year. For the new year, mixed in stir and bake. Mixed in stir and bake, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum. Fortune cookies, fortune cookies for the new year. for the new year make sister and bake make sister and bake yum yum yum yum yum okay one more time fortune cookies for chun cookies for the new year for the new year make sister and bake make sister and bake yum yum yum yum yum yum let's go eat the fortune cookies hmm tasty i'm feeling a bit full now by the way what do you usually eat on new year's day hmm my favorites include dumplings fortune cookies of course um some steamed rice cakes fish and chicken and so on and on and on and i would make use of my chopsticks spoon and my fork to enjoy all these delicious dishes speaking of cutlery i have a song that i want to share with you it's called i'm a knife fork spoon chopsticks spatula are you ready you can follow along the actions when we're singing this song together okay i'm a knife fork spoon chopsticks spatula i'm a knife fork spoon chopsticks spatula i'm a knife fork spoon i'm a knife fork spoon i'm a knife fork spoon chopsticks spatula one more time i'm a knife fork spoon chopsticks spatula I'm a knife fork spoon chopstick spatula I'm a knife fork spoon I'm a knife fork spoon I'm a knife fork spoon chopstick spatula All right let's sing it one last time but this time let's sing and dance as fast as we can okay are you ready three two one I'm a knife fork spoon chopstick spatula I'm a knife fork spoon chopstick spatula I'm a knife fork spoon I'm a knife fork spoon I'm a knife fork spoon chopstick spatula great job everyone go drink some water afterwards well I think it's time for us to say goodbye because it's almost the end of our story time hmm let's sing our one last song for today um it's called goodbye song okay so again we're gonna say goodbye to our friends in three languages English goodbye Mandarin and Cantonese are you ready okay let's wave and say goodbye let's wave and say goodbye let's say goodbye to all our friends let's wave and say再見 let's wave and say再見 let's wave and say再見 let's say goodbye to all our friends let's wave and say再見 let's wave and say再見 let's wave and say再見 let's say goodbye to all our friends and see you all next time. Thank you again for joining me today for this lunar new year story time. I hope you enjoy our songs, rhymes, and stories and have a happy and healthy new year. Goodbye!