The Christmas Spider: Yale Romanization for Cantonese Pronunciation

At Christmas-time many people decorate their homes, and include a prettily decorated Christmas tree. The Christmas Spider is a delightful tale from Western Ukraine, where a sparkly spider or spider web is a common Christmas tree ornament. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? The Christmas Spider may give you some new ideas! In Western Ukraine a sparkly spider or spider web is a common Christmas tree ornament. Why might this be? Discover the answer as you share this traditional story. The tale tells of a poor family who would love to decorate their home for Christmas. A chance discovery helps them to grow their own Christmas tree, but how can they make it glitter and shimmer on Christmas Day? Help comes from a very unexpected source. As children listen to this story they will learn and use some of the language that describes the position of things. They will describe and compare sizes and will practise early counting skills.This is a bilingual book with additional pronunciation guide. The book includes English and Cantonese language, and provides young readers with the pronounciation of Cantonese. We have used Yale Romanization as our pronunciation guide. CAMathories Company has published a series of story books that is part of a comprehensive CAMathories¿ Folktale Mathematics¿ curriculum that teaches mathematics in an enjoyable and engaging way using folktales from various parts of the world. CAMathories¿ Folktale Mathematics¿ offers a research-informed approach to traditional mathematics classroom pedagogy and at the same time supports diversity and inclusion for one world.