Celebrating the Lunar New Year for Kids!

The Chinese calendar celebrates Lunar New Year every year on the first day of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar, typically occurring between January 21 and February 20. This year, it falls on January 22. It is also commonly referred to as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival. . It’s a major celebration in China, Taiwan, Korea, and Vietnam.

It is a time for family reunions and gift-giving. People prepare food to share with their families while they celebrate together. The festival is also known as Chinese New Year or the Lunar New Year.

Start Your Lessons with Lunar New Year Words!

Print out these Lunar New Year Word Wall Vocabulary cards and cut them along the line. Stick them up around your room to immerse your students in the content-specific vocabulary.

Paired with the right resources, this word wall will provide a definite boost to your students’ vocabularies. Grab these while you’re here!

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Lunar New Year for Kids- Teaching Slide Deck

Learn all about the Lunar New Year celebration with an instructional slide deck.

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Chinese New Year for Kids - Zodiac Animal Craft Templates

Get crafty and teach your students about the Lunar New year with printable zodiac animal New Year's hat templates.

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Lunar New Year Coloring Pages

Celebrate Lunar New Year with these mindfulness Lunar New Year coloring pages.

This resource is available in PDF, and as an editable Google Slides file for any extra words your students may want to add.

Words include:

festival, fireworks, firecrackers, Chinese New Year, lantern festival, phases of the moon, zodiac, year, tradition, prosperity, prosperous, calendar, family, fortune, golden, lights, longevity, symbols, reunion, lunar, spirits, success, emperor, wealth, good fortune, bamboo, blessings, and more!