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