Celebrate Chinese New Year in the Classroom!
Educators
Classroom Resources
29 Jan 2024
Explore Chinese New Year celebrations and traditions in your classroom with our collection of story-related classroom ideas, templates and activities. All created to help broaden students' understanding and awareness of this significant annual event, in creative ways.
- Which Chinese Zodiac are you? Activity & template: Our Family Dragon (Classroom Ideas)
- Plan a menu for a celebratory occasion - Activity & template: Our Family Dragon (Classroom Ideas)
- Create a paper plate dragon - Activity and templates: Our Family Dragon (Activity Time)
- Make your own Chinese new year lanterns - Activity: New Year Surprise (Activity Time)
- Create your own Chinese Chops - Activity: The Race for the Chinese Zodiac (Activity Time)
- Explore other lunar celebrations around the world: Ayu and the Perfect Moon (Classroom Ideas)
- Explore immigration stories: Activity & template: My Strange Shrinking Parents (Classroom Ideas)
- Write a recount of a special event you have celebrated using the Writing template
- Use a KWL Chart to record what you know, wonder and have learnt about Chinese New Year
- Listen to the Mandarin version of Be Careful, Xiao Xin!
- Record the different events and traditions surrounding Chinese New Year on the Timeline template
Head to our dedicated resources page to access all stories and activities for Chinese New Year.