Children will have lots of fun acting out the story of the Great Race, and can take it in turns playing different animals with our Chinese New Year colouring masks. This set includes thirteen masks - one for each of the twelve animals which competed in the Great Race, and one for the Jade Emperor. For a full list of which animals are included, see the bottom of this page. As well as role-play 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. This bold and beautiful dragon mask template is the perfect craft or roleplay activity for the Chinese New Year. Brilliantly illustrated, we invite your class to decorate this mask with the brightest designs they can think of using their favourite colours.This intricate design will bring life into the classroom as you begin the celebrations! We've done the hard work so all you have 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. 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 colourful collection of Chinese and Lunar New Year Early Years activities and games is full of handy things to help you teach preschool children all about this celebration! Featuring craft activities, role-play masks, colouring and more! This package gets you 15 Chinese New Year masks. There’s a couple of extra Dragons and snakes :) Resources Resources home Early years / Pre-K and Kindergarten Chinese New Year - Dragon Masks (B&W) A fantastic Dragon mask for your Dragon dances and roleplay areas. Allow the children to colour and decorate - High quality downloadable teaching resource from Teacher's Pet. 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 dragon craft is perfect for Chinese New Year which falls on February 5th this year, but of course you don't need to be celebrating Chinese New Year to make one of these adorable dragon masks, they would be fun to make any time of the year! You could even pair this dragon craft with a dragon themed book for even more fun! This dragon craft is perfect for Chinese New Year which falls on February 5th this year, but of course you don't need to be celebrating Chinese New Year to make one of these adorable dragon masks, they would be fun to make any time of the year! You could even pair this dragon craft with a dragon themed book for even more fun! Summary: Chinese New Year marks the start of a new lunar year and falls in January/February A popular choice of story about Chinese New Year for EYFS and KS1 is I Love Chinese New Year by Eva Wong Nava and Li Xin, which provides an introduction to Chinese New Year traditions for one girl and her family -including the special food, decorations 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 Share the story of Chinese New Year with young learners, learning which animals make up the Chinese zodiac. Children can listen to the story, presented as a short, illustrated PowerPoint presentation, then use masks to re-enact The Great Race which decided the order in which the animals would appear. Pupils can act out the story independently in the masks or using animal figures. Images of the Scroll or swipe down to find out more about Chinese and Lunar New Year. Are you wondering how to enthuse your 2nd grade class about Chinese New Year? You’ve come to the right place! Twinkl’s Printable Chinese Zodiac Masks are the perfect resource for a fantastic small group or whole class activity. Easy and ecologically-friendly to print, your students will love using these masks to act out the tale of the Chinese New Year and how the Zodiac came to exist. The This bold and beautiful dragon mask template is the perfect craft or roleplay activity for the Chinese New Year. Brilliantly illustrated, we invite your class to decorate this mask with the brightest designs they can think of using their favourite colours.This intricate design will bring life into the classroom as you begin the celebrations! We've done the hard work so all you have to do is Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year are dates not to be missed in the calendar. It is important to explore different festivals and cultural celebrations from around the world with your toddlers, so this blog aims to provide some fantastic activities and ideas for Lunar New Year and Chinese New Year you can carry out in your early years settings! 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 A set of Chinese Zodiac role-play masks to help celebrate Chinese New Year. Use as decorations or wear as part of a party game. EYFS All About Snakes Chinese New
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