The Compare and Contrast worksheet is great for small groups to brainstorm ‘same and differences’ with western New Year celebrations and Chinese New Year festivities.

This year, why not make authentic 饺子 with your class? Use this easy recipe and let the fun of Chinese New Year begin!

Chinese New Year writing sheet: 恭喜

The Big Race - Chinese New Year video for students

This easy Board Game is great to help students review (or explore) Chinese New Year traditions and even read some characters related to CNY.

Writing worksheet - 福

Download, print and encourage students to explore our CNY pictures with curiosity and their own questions. It’s a great student-driven way to start a unit about Chinese New Year.

Use our Dragon head template to make Chinese dragons for Chinese New Year.

Download two writing worksheets for young learners to use during Chinese New Year celebrations!

Picture Talks are one of the most powerful ways to build language, cultural understanding, and joyful participation during Chinese New Year learning.

Chinese New Year is the perfect time to bring culture, language, creativity, and joy together in your classroom. Instead of memorizing vocabulary lists or doing the “same old” cultural activities, these seven creative lesson ideas invite students to explore, design, perform, collaborate, and think deeply about tradition and meaning.

This CNY lap-book includes several key learning components. Students create a “My Horse” section, where they personalize their own horse and describe it - perfect for vocabulary such as body parts, actions, colors, and simple sentences.

Lesson 5: A Simulation - Trip to China does exactly that by turning your classroom into an immersive, low-prep travel experience. Through role-play, movement, visuals, and simple language routines, students “travel” to China and participate in authentic Chinese New Year customs in a joyful, memorable way.

Chinese New Year doesn’t have to mean long assemblies or complex performances. Lesson 4: Pop-Up Moments shows how short, joyful, student-led moments can bring the whole school community together, sometimes in just 30 seconds.

Food plays a powerful role in Chinese New Year celebrations - and in Lesson 3: Food & Meaning, students explore how traditional foods express wishes, hopes, and values for the year ahead.

In Lesson 2: Customs and Traditions of Chinese New Year, teachers guide students beyond vocabulary memorization and into meaningful cultural understanding.

This hands-on Chinese Zodiac worksheet invites students to explore the 12 zodiac animals through storytelling, creativity, and choice. After learning about the animals and the legend of the Great Race, students cut out the zodiac animals and use them to design their own version of the story.

This Year of the Horse craft hat is a fun, hands-on way for students to connect language, culture, and creativity during Chinese New Year. Students create and wear their own horse hat while learning about the Zodiac, the meaning of the Horse, and key Chinese New Year symbols.

These Chinese New Year Task Cards turn cultural learning into hands-on, student-driven action. Designed for flexible classroom use, each task invites students to learn by creating and sharing with others.