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NEW YEAR
Activities
Grades PreK3: Art
New Year Coloring Pages
Students can color New Year pictures and use them to decorate the classroom.
Dragon Dance
http://www.ActivityVillage.co.uk/dragon_dance.htm
Chinese New Year Lion Dance
http://www.kiddyhouse.com/CNY/cnyclips/liondancewsht.gif
Father Time
http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/new_years/color2.htm
Hour Glass
http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/new_years/color4.htm
Grades K2: Music
Sing in the New Year
Help children learn the famous New Year song "Auld Lang Syne," with the music and lyrics from
this site.
Auld Lang Syne
http://www.chivalry.com/cantaria/lyrics/auldlang.html
Grades K2: Arts and Crafts
Masks on Parade
Children can make their own masks to wear in a class New Year parade. Give each child a paper plate
with eye, nose, and mouth holes cut out. Have children decorate their masks with paints, crayons, paper
and cloth scraps, streamers, and glitter. When they are finished, attach pieces of yarn or rubber bands
to the backs of the masks. Children can showcase their masks by wearing them in a classroom parade.
Grades K2: Social Studies
A Year of Celebration
Children can create a timeline to help them remember important holidays in the coming year.
A Celebration Timeline
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/celtime.html
Grades K2
Lions and Dragons
New Year celebrations in Japan would not be complete without the game of fuku warai, which is a bit
like pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey. Blindfolded players have an outline of a face with no features on the
floor in front of them. The object of the game is to place paper cutouts in the shape of the eyes,
nose, and mouth on the face. Children can also play virtual fuku warai.
What Is Fuku Warai?
http://www.jinjapan.org/kidsweb/virtual/fukuwarai/what-is.html
Virtual fuku warai
http://www.jinjapan.org/kidsweb/virtual/fukuwarai/virtual-fukuwarai.html
Grades K4: Arts and Crafts
Fireworks Display
Students can create their own fireworks picture by using dark construction paper, glue and different
colors of glitter. These fireworks pictures are great decorations for Western New Year or Chinese New
Year.
Fireworks: KinderCrafts
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/fireworks/
Grades K4: Arts and Crafts
Egg Carton Dragons
To help celebrate Chinese New Year, have students make their own dragons.
Chinese New Year Dragon
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/dragon.html
Grades K4: Social Studies
Make a Calendar
Have students make their own 2003 calendars. To make a class calendar, have a small group of students
work on a different month of the year. Each student should mark a holiday or special event on the day
it occurs.
2003 Calendar
http://www.eduplace.com/calendar/index.html
Grades 13: Art/Social Studies
Lion Masks
The Lion Dance is performed during the Lantern Festival with performers wearing Lion Masks at the end
of Chinese New Year. Lion's are believed to bring good luck and scare away evil spirits. Have your
students make lion masksscary, cute, or funny, to help them celebrate.
Chinese Children Craft Projects
http://www.childbook.com/free/projects/lion.html
Grades 15: Art
Chinese New Year's Greetings To Color
Another way to decorate your room is with Chinese New Year greetings. Students can color them for the
classroom or bring them home for friends and family.
Happy New Year
http://www.childbook.com/images/coloring/character-newyear.jpg
Truth
http://www.childbook.com/images/coloring/character-truth.jpg
Good Fortune/Prosperity
http://www.childbook.com/images/coloring/character-prosperity.jpg
Peace
http://www.childbook.com/images/coloring/character-peace.jpg
Grades 18: Social Studies
New Years Around the World
The New Year is celebrated all over the world and at different times of the year. Have students find
out about the holiday by watching a New Year's movie. It's a long wait for the movie to download, but
there's a New Year's quiz to take while you wait.
BrainPop: New Year's
http://www.brainpop.com/specials/newyears/
Grades 28: Language Arts
New Year Celebrations Word Find
Students can find words related to celebrating the new year.
New Year Celebrations (grades 2-3) (PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/january/pdf/ny_easy_wf.pdf
New Year Celebrations Answer Key (grades 2-3) (PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/january/pdf/ny_easy_wf_key.pdf
New Year Celebrations (grades 4-8) (PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/january/pdf/ny_hard_wf.pdf
New Year Celebrations Answer Key (grades 4-8) (PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/january/pdf/ny_hard_wf_key.pdf
Grades 18: Social Studies
New Year Quizzes
Test your students' knowledge about the new year.
The New Year (grades 1-2) (PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/january/pdf/ny_quiz_1-2.pdf
The New Year Answer Key (grades 1-2) (PDF
file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/january/pdf/ny_quiz_1-2_key.pdf
New Year Celebrations Around the World (grades 3-5)
(PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/january/pdf/ny_quiz_3-5.pdf
New Year Celebrations Answer Key (grades 3-5) (PDF
file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/january/pdf/ny_quiz_3-5_key.pdf
New Year Celebrations Around the World (grades 6-8)
(PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/january/pdf/quiz6-8_newyr.pdf
New Year Celebrations Around the World Answer
Key (grades 6-8) (PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/january/pdf/ny_quiz_6-8_key.pdf
Grades 28: Language Arts
Celebrating New Year
Kyoko, a nine-year-old Japanese girl from Denmark, celebrates New Year by going to the beach at
sunrise, eating mochi, and much more. How do your students celebrate the New Year? Have them write a
personal narrative about their typical New Year's Day.
Japanese New Year
http://www.algonet.se/~bernadot/christmas/22.html
Grades 35: Social Studies
New Year Quiz
Have pairs of students take this online challenge and see who earns more points.
New Year's Baby Game
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/newyears/baby/game.htm
Grades 35: Language Arts
Red Gift Envelopes
It's traditional in China to give gifts of money in red envelopes at New Year's. Have your students
make their own red envelopes. Rather than money, have them write good luck wishes to send.
Make a Chinese Gift Packet
http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/learn/class_packet.html
Grades 35: Art and Crafts
Dragon
Use paper towel cardboard rolls to make dragons to celebrate Chinese New Year.
Make a Dragon
http://www.cstone.net/~bry-back/holidayfun/cnycraft.html
Grades 35: Arts and Crafts
Dragon Masks
Have your students make dragon masks for a parade or for decorating your classroom for Chinese New
Year.
Parade Dragon Puppet
http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/ys/CRAFTS/Dragon.htm
Grades 35: Foreign Languages
International New Year
Students can have fun wishing each other a "Happy New Year" in twenty-six different
languages.
Merpy's New Year Celebration
http://www.merpy.com/newyear/
Grades 36: Arts and Crafts
Firecracker, Firecracker!
In this activity, the students make "firecrackers" out of rolled cardboard tubes to simulate
Chinese New Year firecrackers.
China: Dim Sum: Chinese New
Year's Firecrackers
http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Firecracker%20Lesson.html
Grades 38: Language Arts
New Year Poetry
Have students describe their New Year's Day experience in poetic form.
Cinquain
http://www.eduplace.com/activity/cinquain.html
Grades 46: Social Studies
Find It
Send students on a New Year Scavenger Hunt to find out about different New Year celebrations.
New Year Scavenger Hunt
http://www.angelfire.com/ks/tonyaskinner/nyhunt.html
Grades 48: Language Arts
Happy New Year! Crossword Puzzle
Have students find the hidden words that have to do with celebrating the New Year.
Print out this crossword puzzle for students to complete at home or in school.
Happy New Year! (PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/january/pdf/ny_xword.pdf
Happy New Year! Answer Key (PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/january/pdf/ny_xword_key.pdf
Grades 48: Language Arts
Chinese Zodiac Word Finds
Challenge your students to find the hidden words.
Chinese Zodiac (PDF file)
http://dev.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/january/pdf/ny_zodiac_wf.pdf
Chinese Zodiac Answer Key (PDF file)
http://dev.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/january/pdf/ny_zodiac_wf_key.pdf
Grades 58: Foreign Language
Learn Chinese
Have students become acquainted with calligraphy and Chinese ideograms or characters.
Chinese
Calligraphy
http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Chinese%20Caligraphy%20Lesson.html
Grades 68: Language Arts
New Year Resolutions
Have your students make their own resolutions for the coming year with help from this online
goal-setter.
New Year's Helpful
"Goal" Hints
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/newyears/goalgame/random.htm
Grades 68: Social Studies
Good Luck Paper Cutting
At Chinese New Year, it's traditional to put paper cut decorations in the window to scare off evil
spirits.
Chinese Papercut
Patterns
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/3268/projects/scissorcut/patterns.html
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