Chinese New Year Teacher Resources
Ring in the new year! The Chinese New Year spans fifteen days. Make the most of this extended holiday with the printables, lessons, quizzes, and references below for kindergarten through twelfth grade. Use the many language arts and literature resources to learn about the history of Lunar New Year celebrations. Familiarize your class with the Chinese calendar, try traditional recipes, and make dragon puppets for class decorations.
Educational Videos
Our short videos with activities are a great way to introduce the Chinese New Year and its traditions to your students while enhancing your teaching strategies.Printables
Use our printables to extend students' learning about the Chinese New Year by making musical instruments such as the Erhu and Koto, creating a dragon puppet, making mooncake cookies, and learning a traditional Chinese folk song.- Chinese New Year Choice Board Activity Packet
- Making an Erhu
- Has the Past Been Just?
- Chinese New Year Dragon Puppet
- Making a Koto
- Making a Fan
- Mooncakes
- Music for Fuhng Yang Wha Gu (Flower Drum Song)
- More Chinese New Year Printables
Quizzes
Test your students' knowledge about the Chinese New Year with these quizzes during Asian-Pacific-American Heritage Month.Lesson Plans
Choose from our Lesson Plans to teach students about the Chinese New Year. Includes lessons on making paper, different forms of Chinese music, and Chinese money.- Paper Making
- Chinese Percussion Music
- Chinese Opera
- Origins of Asian-Pacific-American Heritage Month
Art Activities for Chinese New Year
Incorporate art into your lessons for the Chinese New Year to expand students' knowledge by creating a story cloth to learn about different Chinese cultures and customs.- Chinese New Year Choice Board Activity Packet
- Making an Erhu
- Paper Making
- Making a Story Cloth
- More Chinese New Year Art Activities
Chinese Music Resources
Increase students' knowledge of and interest in the Chinese New Year by introducing them to Chinese music styles, vocal music and instrumental, as well as Chinese traditions.- Chinese Music
- Making an Erhu
- Making a Koto
- Music for Fuhng Yang Wha Gu (Flower Drum Song)
- Han Chinese Music Scales
- More Chinese Music Resources
References
These references for the Chinese New Year will keep your students engaged while learning about the Chinese calendar and information on the Chinese New Year.Chinese New Year Literature Resources
Teach your students about the Chinese and Asian cultures by using our Chinese New Year Literature Resources and enrichment activities.- In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
- A Step from Heaven
- Asian-American Heritage Through Literature
- Sharing the Asian American Heritage Experience
- More Chinese New Year Literature Resources
Language Arts Activities for Chinese New Year
Interconnect these Language Arts activities with your lessons on the Chinese New Year to enhance students’ learning. Includes vocabulary and spelling printables as well as a word scramble.- Chinese New Year Choice Board Activity Packet
- In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
- Paper Making
- Chinese New Year Mix & Match
- Chinese New Year Fill-in-the-Blank
- Chinese New Year -- Fill in the Blank (Answer Key)
- Chinese New Year Word Scramble
- More Chinese New Year Language Arts Activities
Chinese New Year History Resources
Explore our history resources and increase your teaching strategies with reading passages about the history of chopsticks and tea, the art of Feng Shui, and the development of "Chinatowns" in major cities of the United States.- In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
- Making a Koto
- History of Chopsticks
- Asian-American History
- History of Tea
- The Art of Feng Shui
- Chinatowns and Other Asian-American Enclaves
- More Chinese New Year History Resources
Asian-American History Resources
Keep your students engaged with our Asian-American Resources including a slideshow on the Chinese New Year, making musical instruments and paper, and a book about a young Chinese girl's experience in the United States.Recommended Chinese New Year Resources
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Chinese Music
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Chinese New Year - Videos & Activities
Learn about the ancient traditions and modern celebrations of the Chinese New Year. These videos and classroom activitie... -
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Paper Making
The ancient art of paper making is explained in this lesson plan, which provides many suggestions for interesting variat... -
BOOK GUIDES
A Step from Heaven
This is the story of a Korean family that immigrates to California in search of a better life, only to find that the Ame... -
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Making a Fan
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Chinese New Year Dragon Puppet
In this arts and crafts activity, students make their own dragon puppet for the Chinese New Year. This is a fun way to d... -
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Chinese New Year Word Scramble
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Chinese New Year Choice Board Activity Packet
Help your students learn about and celebrate Chinese New Year with this choice board and activity packet! Featuring 6 ac... -
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Favorite Chinese New Year Printables Slideshow, Grades K-8
Learn all about the Chinese New Year, with these printable resources and activities. Your students will enjoy discoveri... -
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Chinese Symbols
Celebrate the Chinese New Year with this printable! Students can cut and color the images individually, or color the ent... -
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The Chinese Calendar
Here you'll find a chart of the Chinese calendar. Students can reference this calendar to figure out their Chinese sign ... -
LESSON PLANS
What Is Veterans Day?
Use this lesson to familiarize English as a Second Language students with the American holiday Veterans Day. Students wi... -
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Making a Story Cloth
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Making a Koto
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Han Chinese Music Scales
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LESSON PLANS
Chinese Percussion Music
Teach students about Chinese percussion instruments and ensemble performances. Use this music lesson to celebrate Asian ... -
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Mooncakes
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Sharing the Asian American Heritage Experience
Enhance understanding with a teaching guide that offers reading ideas about Asian-American history for all reading level... -
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Chinese New Year Fill-in-the-Blank
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Chinese Percussion Ensembles
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Tet, the Vietnamese New Year
Teach children about the Vietnamese New Year celebration with these activities. This printable is a great way to teach s... -
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History of Chopsticks
In much of Asia, especially the so-called "rice bowl" cultures of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, food is usually eate... -
ACTIVITIES
Chinese New Year -- Fill in the Blank (Answer Key)
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WORKSHEETS
Music for Fuhng Yang Wha Gu (Flower Drum Song)