Good morning everyone, it’s the last day before half term! And it’s a special day today as it is Chinese New Year, we’re going to do lots of fun learning about this today. There are lots of different activities to choose from to try today. Please watch the first video to help you understand the story of Chinese New Year and then pick and choose from any of the other activities for the rest of the day.
Enjoy!
Activity 1
Watch the videos below to help you understand a little bit more about Chinese New Year.
Activity 2
Can you put the animals in the order that they finish the race in the story? Use the sheet below, or maybe see if you have any toy animals that appear in the story around your house?
Activity 3
Can you use playdough to make the animals that appeared in the story?
Activity 4
Work out what your Chinese Zodiac sign is! Maybe you could draw a picture of the animal? I was born in the year of the Monkey – how about you?
Activity 5
Do some crafts! You could make and decorate a paper lantern, or a Chinese dragon. This year is the year of the Ox, there’s a colour by numbers to have a go at completing too.
Activity 6
Have you ever had a Chinese takeaway? What is your favourite food from there?
Have a look at the menu below and see if you know what some of the different foods are. Would you like to try them? You could plan what you would like to eat if you were going to have a Chinese takeaway. Maybe write out a list of dishes you would like to eat.
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- Takeaway Menu
Activity 7
One of the ways Chinese New Year is celebrated is by having fireworks at night. Could you make a firework picture? Maybe use paints, or chalks or pencil crayons, or glitter. The choice is yours!
Activity 8
In China, one of the languages they speak is called Mandarin. Their letters and numbers look different to ours! Have a look at the PowerPoint and maybe have a go at writing the numbers up to 10 in Mandarin. How did you find it?
Activity 9
Have a go on the maths game below. You will need to order the numbers to make up a Chinese dragon!
Activity 10
Relax!!! You have made it to half term and have completed 6 weeks of learning at home. Well done everyone (children and parents included). Have a lovely week off!
Miss Roberts x
