INFORMATION :

• Chinese New Year (setbc.org)

  

• CHINESE NEW YEAR (educ.uvic.ca)
  - The 15-Day Celebration of Chinese New Year
  - Traditional New Year Foods
  - Chinese New Year Decorations
  - Taboos and Superstitions of Chinese New Year
  
  

• Chinese New Year or Spring Festival (Wikipedia)
  

  1 New Year dates 2 History 3 Mythology 4 Public holiday 5 Chunyun 6 Festivities 7 New year cuisine 8 New Year practices 9 Superstitions during the New Year period 10 New Year parades 11 Greetings...

• Chinese New Year (chinesefood.about.com)
  "The Chinese New Year Season lasts for an entire month..."

• Ways to Celebrate Chinese New Year (chinesefood.about.com)

• Chinese New Year : 2008 - The year of the rat (malaysiasite.nl)
  
  
  
  

• Symbolic Chinese New Year Foods (chinesefood.about.com)

• Chinese New Year Celebrations in North America (travelwithkids.about.com)
  
  

• Chinese New Year celebrations in the U.S. and around the world (chiff.com)

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS :

• All About Chinese New Year (hannibal.k12.mo.us)
  
  

• Chinese New Year (w4.nkcsd.k12.mo.us)
  
  

• Dragons (teachers.henrico.k12.va.us)
  
  

PHOTOS :

• In pictures: Chinese New Year - 23 January 2012 (BBC)

• Chinese New Year Parade Photos (travelwithkids.about.com)
  
  

GRAPHICS :

• New Year Graphics (chinapage.com)
  
  

CLIPARTS :

• Ancient China Clipart (phillipmartin.info)
  
  
  
  

• Chinese Lucky Figures (chineseculture.about.com)
  
  

SUPERSTITIONS :

• Taboos and Superstitions of Chinese New Year (educ.uvic.ca)
  - House Cleaning
  - Bringing In the New Year and Expelling the Old
  - New Year Activities Set Precendent
  - Personal Appearance and Cleanliness
  - More New Year Superstitions
  
  

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES :

• Crafts and Activities for Chinese New Year (Enchanted Learning)
  
  

ACTIVITIES TO PRINT :

• Chinese New Year's Celebration - Worksheet - to print
  (chineseparade.com)
  
  

LESSON PLANS :

• Chinese New Year.
  "Take a look at the articles, story, word game, cartoon, trivia and links."
  (British Council)

  

• Chinese Inventions and the Chinese New Year
  "Learn about contributions the Chinese have made in fields of technology, science, textiles, games and toys, and the arts.
  Then students prepare for and celebrate the Chinese New Year, China s biggest celebration."
  (content.scholastic.com)
  
  

   

WEBQUESTS :

• Happy Chinese New Year! - a scavenger hunt (Education World)
  "Explore the Web site provided ... to learn more about Chinese New Year traditions and celebrations.
  Then use a word or words from the word bank to complete each sentence ..."
  
  

INTERACTIVE GAMES :

• Chinese New Year (Horoscope and celebrations) - Watch the video and play the game!
  Created by Renée Maufroid. (Ac. Lille)

  

• Chinese New Year Games - interactive (primarygames.com)
  
  

• Chinese New Year games - interactive (PBS)
  
  
  

GAMES TO PRINT :

• Chinese New Year - Word Search (edhelper.com)
  
  
  

CARDS :

• Dragon Tail - an animated FLASH e-card (jacquielawson.com)

  

• Chinese New Year Cards (dyn.c-ij.com)
  
  

• Chinese New Year Ecards (chinesenewyearecards.com)
  
  

STORIES :

• The Great Race - a story
  "The Chinese Lunar calendar names each year after one of twelve animals, this year is the year of the tiger.
  Here is a story which tells of the Jade Emperor's clever plan to decide the order the animal years should go in.
  Find out who came first in The Great Race."
  (British Council)

  

• Chinese New year Stories and Traditions (chineseparade.com)
  New Year Story - Chinese New Year Traditions - Lunar Calendar - Bright Pearl - Four Dragons - Story of 12 Animals -
  12 Animals Horoscope - Lunar Horoscopes