Year of the Monkey: Chinese New Year Fun
I love Chinese New Year! I first began celebrating this holiday with my kindergartners when I had a student of Chinese descent, simply because her grandparents had a Chinese Restaurant in town and offered to brings us some mini egg rolls. Little did I know that from those small beginnings would grow my desire to say Gung Hay Fat Choy year after year.
Chinese New Year is a great way to discuss customs and cultural diversity and awareness with young children. And as this is the “Year of the Monkey,” celebrating will be hard to resist.
Make your lesson planning a breeze by using our Cross-Curricular Thematic Unit. Each unit includes an easy to use planning guide for easy lesson planning. Here is an overview of the Chinese unit.
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Gung Hay Fat Choy!
Are you looking for the perfect Thematic Unit that relates to China and the Chinese culture? This unit will allow the students in your classroom or homeschool setting to learn more about China and Chinese New Year in a fun way.
This Chinese New Year unit is divided into areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, independent practice, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation.
The Contents:
Literacy Activities
Karate School-Kicking Vowels: Vowels
Chinese Blossom Festival: Demonstrating Graphophonemic Knowledge of Alphabet Letters
Beware The Chinese Dragon: Replacing Initial Consonants
The Lantern Race: Naming Alphabet Letter Sounds Fluently
The Lantern Race: Naming Sight Words Fluently
Lantern Walk: Writing Letters
Lantern Letters: Writing Lowercase Letters
Middle Sounds: Identifying Middle Sounds in Words
Math Activities
Dragon Squeeze: Identify a Given Number by Using Greater Than and Less Than
Building Teen Number: Building Numbers Using Tens and Ones
Light The Lanterns: Comparing Numerals to 20
The Missing Dragons: Ordering Numbers 0-20
Dragon Squeeze
China Number Hunt: Write the Room Math Journal Activity
Art Projects
Chinese Dragon Fan
Chinese Dragon
Paper Chinese Lantern
Songs
Gung Hay Fat Choy
Dragon Dance
Writing Prompts/Word Wall
China Word Wall Words
Chinese New Year Zodiac Chart
What I Know About China
Gung Hay Fat Choy
Guided Reading Books
The Dragon
Gung Hay Fat Choy
You might wish to add to the unit by using this original song poster to the tune of "Yankee Doodle," viewing the following youtube video, or by using Nancy Stewart's delightful song.
It's easy to teach important activities when they are incorporated with engaging concepts. I hope these resources will help you celebrate the "Year of the Monkey". Gung hay fat choy!