Kyungah from South Korea

Welcome to Korea

Korean Traditional Holiday만나서 반가워요

(Mannaseo bangawoyo)

Kyungah Suh

What do you know about Korea?

Korean Words

안녕하세요? (An nyong ha sye yo?)

(Hello!! )

만나서 반갑습니다 (Man na seo ban gap seum ni da)

(Nice to meet you)

고맙습니다 (Go map sum ni da)

(thank you)

나는 한국말로 인사할 수 있어요 (Na nun han guk mal lo in sa hal soo isseyo)

(I can say a greeting in Korean)

새해 복 많이 받으세요 (Sae hae bok manhi bateu sae yo)

(Good luck to you this year)

사랑해요 엄마 , 아빠 (Sa rang hae yo um ma a bba)

(I love my mom and dad)

What color is my country?

Where is Korea?

About 13 – 14 hours away from NYC by air plane! 5pm in NYC is 7am TOMORROW in Korea!

Korean Life

Korean Life

Korean Life

Korean Life

Korean Life

Korean Life

Traditional Clothing

Hanbok

Lunar New Year’s Day

Lunar New Year’s Day is the biggest holiday in Korea and is

called “Seol” or “Seolnal”. “Seol” means “to be careful” or “unfamilliar”

Foods

Things we do in Seolnal

Whole family members gather together and do the offering to ancestors. (Chare) Wake up early and take a bath and put the “solbim” on. “solbim” are new clothes.Play traditional games like Yutnori, Jegichagi, Tuho, Kite flying, etc.

What is this?

JegiChagi

Let’s make Jegi

Pile the coins and tape them togetherGrab a cut piece of plastic bag and roll the coin insideHold the coin inside the plastic bag and tie it using a rubber bandCut and decorate the paper, be careful not to cut too close to the washer

Rules

Use your feet!

Don’t let it touch the ground

Keep the Jegi in the air as long as you can!

The winner is who can kick the Jegi the most

Play alone or with friend

Let’s play Jegi!

Game 1 : kick ups How many kick ups can you do?

How long can you keep the Jegi in the air for?

Game 2: palm the Jegi With the palm of your hand, hit the Jegi to keep it in the air? How long can you keep the Jegi in the air for?

Game 3: Jegi in pairs In pairs, play Jegi and kick it to each other

How long can you keep the Jegi in the air for?

Game 4: Hit the target Take turns to kick the Jegi at the target

How close to the target can you kick it?

감사합니다Gam sa hap ni da

Thank You!