Information and Activities Pack:
1.Why Celebrate Festivals?
2.Introduction
a.The origin of the Chinese New Year
celebration
b.When is the Chinese New Year
c.Who celebrates Chinese New Year
d.The story of the 12 animals in the zodiac
e.Customs/traditions
3.My
celebration
a.The story of An-Li’s New Year celebration
in Bath – by Aileen Chen
4.Craft/Art/Games activities
a.Make
your own Red couplets
b.Make your own Red Envelopes
c.Make Lanterns including Lantern
d.Make a paper Dragon
e.Running the race
f.Lion Dance
g.Animal
Dominoes
5.Food
a.Fishing with chopsticks (game)
b.Chinese stir-fry
c.Recipe: Chinese fried rice
d.Recipe: Spring roll
e.Recipe: Dumplings
(jiao zi)
f.Special foods and their meanings
6.Other Background Information
a.STAR References
b.Other References
c.Contacts/Websites
d.Suppliers
e.British
Born Chinese
f.STAR Information
7.Links to Foundation Stage Early Learning Goals
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