Chinese New Year Preschool Activities

Here are some of the activities we have on our Montessori preschool shelves in preparation for the Chinese New Year!

 

On the Fine Motor Shelf

We kept our fine motor shelf pretty simple.  We just have a red theme with some rice and dishes from China.

 

Pouring red water

Pouring 3

Tonging 1

Tonging 2

Spooning

 

On the Art Shelf

Cutting Strips

(Source: Chinese New Year Preschool Activities Pack)

Cutting Lines

(Source: Chinese New Year Preschool Activities Pack)

Pin Punching animals from the Chinese Zodiac

Painting

We have red and yellow paint on the easel

 

Pre Literacy Activities

Sorting by Size

(Source: Chinese New Year Preschool Activities Pack)

Sorting by Color

(Source: Chinese New Year Preschool Activities Pack)

Oral Language Development: The Question Game

Again, we used animals from the Chinese Zodiac for our question game.  Very fun!

(Source: Chinese New Year Preschool Activities Pack)

Oral Language Development: Following Directions 

(Source: Chinese New Year Preschool Activities Pack)

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Oral Development: Where is the Monkey?  A Prepositions Game

(Source: Chinese New Year Preschool Activities Pack)

Shadow Matching

(Source: Chinese New Year Preschool Activities Pack)

Sorting photos of monkeys and tigers

(Source: Chinese New Year Preschool Activities Pack)

Counting

Number Clip Cards

(Source: Chinese New Year Preschool Activities Pack)

Number Cards

(Source: Chinese New Year Preschool Activities Pack)

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More Chinese New Year Ideas

I adore the fun activities Jae from The Pinay Homeschooler has been doing with her children for Chinese New Year! Check out all their activity trays here!

 

He is good!!!! ???

A post shared by Jae ? (@pinayhomeschooler) on Jan 22, 2018 at 11:24am PST

The Pinay Homeschooler recommends these books for Chinese New year

 

 

If you are looking for some kid-friendly #books on the Chinese New Year, these are highly recommended. ?

A post shared by Jae ? (@pinayhomeschooler) on Jan 24, 2018 at 6:31am PST

Be sure to follow Ashley Speed on Instagram for the best book recommendations for preschoolers!

 

Starting to go through my shelves and pulling out books for Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day. For some reason, finding diverse books about specific holidays like Valentine’s has always been trickier than finding just everyday diverse books but I think over the years I’ve built up a decent collection. And being from Vancouver, a city that takes Chinese New Year very seriously, my collection of CNY books is vastly superior to my Valentine’s collection. I’ll be showcasing these books and others in the upcoming couple of weeks, but in the meantime- what are some of your favourite Valentine’s and Chinese New Year books for your children or students? What should I be adding to my collection?

A post shared by Ash Speed (@diamondmontessori) on Jan 30, 2018 at 7:58am PST

10 Chinese New Year Activities for Preschoolers from Preschool Activities Nook

Chinese Zodiac Animal Halves Free Printable from Preschool Activities Nook

Montessori Inspired Chinese New Year Activities from Living Montessori Now

Preschool Activities for the Chinese New Year from The Pinay Homeschooler

China Themed Activities and Printables Welcome to Mommyhood

Learning About Asia from Trillium Montessori

We’ve also been enjoying the album Chinese Traditional Zheng Music by Hong Ting (Affiliate link)