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.

Lesson 1 launches the Chinese New Year unit with curiosity first. Instead of starting with explanations, students begin by noticing and wondering.

The lesson opens with rich Chinese New Year photos. Students are invited to observe carefully and share what they see using the simple sentence starter:

我看到……
I see…

This Mini-Inquiry lesson plan invites students to explore Chinese New Year through curiosity, conversation, and collaboration. Using engaging photos as a provocation, students observe, notice, and ask questions about Chinese New Year customs, food, symbols, and celebrations.

Chinese Character Writing Worksheets – 福 & 马

These focused Chinese character writing worksheets help students practise two meaningful characters: 福 (good fortune) and 马 (horse). Perfect for Chinese New Year and cultural lessons, the sheets guide learners through stroke order, tracing, and independent writing to build confidence and accuracy.

This ready-to-use Chinese New Year (CNY) presentation is designed for teachers to show directly to students. It introduces the key ideas of Chinese New Year in a clear, engaging, and age-appropriate way - perfect for whole-class learning across K–8.

Make character writing meaningful and fun with our Year of the Horse (马) writing sheets. Designed for beginners through intermediate learners, these sheets go beyond stroke order to build confidence, recognition, and cultural connection.

Meet My Family bundle will give you everything to teach students the topic of family in Chinese. Included are worksheets, flashcards, activities, and character writing sheets.

'Hello China' is a very popular video series that can be used in Middle School or High School history or language classes.

Children love learning about animals! So get them started learning Mandarin with these cute and durable smart card pack!

Children love learning about wild animals! So get young learners started learning Mandarin with these cute and durable card pack!

Chinese flashcards - Transport pack includes a total of 40 flashcards.

Everything you need to get students talking, reading, and writing about sports and hobbies in Chinese.