Chinese New Year ended a while back but we only got around to opening up the red packets (we called them angpows) recently.
And since I like to turn every opportunity we have into a teaching and learning moment, I decided to let our kiddos do the following as we opened up the angpows.
For our 7 year old boy, I let him open up the angpows by himself. And then I got him to sort the cash according to the colors and finally let him total up the amount himself.
For our 4 year old girl, I opened up the angpows for her, but I told her to sort the cash according to the colors.
For our 2 year old girl, I opened up the angpows for her and let her hold the cash and stack up the notes in her hand (motor skills)
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