Chinese New Year

1. Folder
2. Dress
3. Dragon Parade jigsaw
4. Food jigsaw
5. Dragon Parade poster (same as jigsaw)
6. Food poster (same as jigsaw)
7. Animal Frieze
8. Hanging Dragon
9. Paper Lantern
10. Red Envelope
11. Dat's New Year Book
12. The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac
13. Chinese Classical Music CD

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 - 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