Introducing young children to Chinese New Year offers is a great way to develop cultural awareness while meeting key EYFS learning objectives. Through hands-on activities and sensory experiences, children can explore this vibrant celebration in an age-appropriate way. Here are 10 engaging activities perfect for your early years setting: 1. Discover engaging Chinese New Year activities for EYFS, designed to support creativity, cultural understanding, and development. From dragon dances to lantern crafts, explore fun and educational ways to celebrate the festival in your early years setting. Perfect for UK nurseries looking for cultural and festive learning activities. Use iPads to record and peer review their Chinese New Year dancing. Ongoing developmental writing linked to re telling a story. Write about one of the animals in the New Year Story. Captions Illustrations RWI Reading RWI ORT: Chinese New Year Range of books available in the reading area with links to China Fiction and non-fiction. Ideas for Lunar New Year activities for preschool children. EYFS Lunar New Year Animals Tangram Activity: The eight colourful shapes can be arranged in lots of different ways to make each animal of the Chinese zodiac. This in an excellent, themed activity to develop preschool children’s spatial skills and ability to mentally rotate shapes. This EYFS plan contains a range of engaging Chinese New Year activities which are ideal for reception children to use. The plan includes adult-led activities along with ideas for enhancements to indoor and outdoor continuous provision. Chinese New Year activities for all seven Areas of Learning are included in this EYFS planning resource. There is a page for each Area of Learning and also a This set of 12 Lunar New Year zodiac posters has lovely illustrations of each animal. Each poster has traits and characteristics of each animal relating to the Chinese New Year. Chinese and Lunar New Year large activity tray activities for toddlers Picking Up and Collecting Coins This is a document to help teachers and early years practitioners with their Chinese New Years planning. It includes suggested activities grouped under the various areas of learning. It also contains links to useful resources on Early Learning HQ and other websites. Our early years Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year planning materials cover ages 0-5. The Lunar New Year planning collection includes activity trays, interventions and continuous provision. Explore Now For example, telling the story of the 12 animals who competed in a race to represent the years of the Chinese zodiac – these are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. Read on for 9 suggestions for activities and crafts chosen to celebrate Chinese New Year. 1. Chinese Restaurant Pretend Play: 2. Chinese New Year PDF Slideshow: This 28-page slideshow is a wonderful resource for introducing young children to Chinese New Year. Tailored for KS1 and EYFS students, it explains the festival’s preparations, traditions, and celebrations through simple, child-friendly language and engaging illustrations. This handy EYFS planning resource contains a range of toddler-friendly Chinese New Year activity ideas. The activities are ideal for children aged from 12 months to explore during an EYFS Chinese New Year topic. You may also be interested in this Creative Ways to Use Large Activity Trays resource, which contains fun and practical Chinese New Year themed activity ideas, all aimed at toddlers This EYFS continuous provision plan includes a range of Chinese New Year activities and ideas, ideal for reception children. The plan is arranged as a table which shows some typical areas of a reception classroom. Chinese New Year activities are shown for each of these different areas. These activities include: using small world toys to have animal races based on the Chinse zodiac story Tell your children this traditional story associated with Chinese New Year celebrations. This resource is perfect for shared reading. PDF [800 KB] Experience the fireworks, drums, and dancing of Chinese New Year from your classroom! These 12 children's books will immerse you and your students in this 15-day holiday that signifies the start of the Lunar New Year. Links are included to video read-alouds, so you just press play. Happy reading! Use this Chinese New Year PowerPoint to teach EYFS children all about Chinese New Year and how it is celebrated. It explains the different Chinese New Year activities in a clear and simple way, making it perfect for younger children. This EYFS Reception Topic Planning Web: Chinese New Year could also be useful when you are planning your topic. The PowerPoint explains the preparations for An overview of planning for taught sessions and provision enhancements for Chinese New Year, covering the aspects of EYFS. Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is a vibrant and festive holiday that celebrates the beginning of a new year according to the lunar calendar. Celebrating Chinese New Year in an early years setting can be a wonderful opportunity to introduce children to different cultures and traditions. Chinese New Year Story EYFS. Discover everything literacy, with a wonderful Chinese twist! Bring your Chinese New Year lessons to life with these Chinese New Year Literacy activities for EYFS children to enjoy. They contain everything you need to create a lovely colourful maths theme whilst learning all about the celebration itself! A variety of maths resources as well as a literacy and listening activity. 14 Sheets to help early years in the understanding of the Chinese new year. All banded at If you are looking for EYFS planning ideas based on Chinese New Year, we recommend this handy topic planning web containing a variety of ideas for reception children to complete. These ideas are based on Development Matters 2020, making this EYFS planning resources ideal for Early Adopters. This Chinese New Year plan includes both adult-led activities and ideas for enhancing continuous
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