Best 20 Chinese New Year Activities and Crafts for Home and School!
Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) marks the start a new Zodiac year. Here are 20+ engaging Chinese New Year activities to ring in the new lunar year!
10 Easy Chinese Thanksgiving Activities You Can Do With Your Kids Today!
Celebrate Thanksgiving and learn Chinese with these fun, low-prep, hands-on activities and printable coloring book!
Paper Plate Rainbow Fish Craft – Book-Based Literacy Activity (VIDEO)
The Rainbow Fish book is a sweet story about friendship and sharing. This paper plate rainbow fish craft is a fun way to review lessons from the story.
Learn Chinese 日 Radical Words with Sun Matching Activity {Free Printable}
We reviewed Chinese 日 radical words with a sun word matching activity! Words with the 日 radical are remembered in the context of the sun craft! Free printable activity included in the post!
Paper Plate Seasons Puzzle – Montessori Inspired Craft (VIDEO)
A paper plate seasons puzzle is a fun way to learn about the calendar and seasons. DIY instructions and teaching tips in this post!
Rainbow Chameleon Craft and Book Review!
Rainbow Chameleon 变色龙捉迷藏 is an adorable book about a chameleon who is looking for his friend. The interactive tabs and colorful spinning wheels show how the chameleon adapts to its environment during this game of hide and seek! A spinning paper plate chameleon craft also extends the learning fun!
Yin-Yang Paper Plate Puzzle – A Fun Chinese Activity for Kids!
Yin-Yang is a Chinese concept that everything has two opposing but complementary forces. This paper plate puzzle is a fun way to learn about yin and yang!
Bilingual Paper Plate Emojis
Emoji paper plate crafts that are educational while promoting pretend play!
Paper Plate Clock Face Threading – A Fine Motor Numbers Activity for Kids!
Repurposing our paper place sun craft to create a count-and-thread activity!
Number Matching Paper Plate Sun – Fun Counting Activity for Kids!
We used paper plates and triangle cut outs to practice number and shape recognition and also introduced the clock face!
Fish Anatomy Paper Plate Craft – Fun Learning Activity for Kids!
A fun and educational paper plate craft that reinforces fish anatomy: 鱼 (yú / fish), 鳞 (lín / scale), 尾 (wěi / tail), 鳍 (qí / fin), and 目(mù / eye).
Counting Watermelon Seeds
An educational spin to a classic summer craft: counting practice with watermelon seeds! Then my daughter used the watermelon slices for pretend play and ate lots of watermelon at her pretend picnic party!
Paper Plate Flower Craft – Skip Counting Flower Petals by 2’s
An educational craft with hearts as petals to learn number grouping in 2’s