Children enjoy learning all about the Chinese Zodiac and love to associate
themselves with their own special animal - and find about the characteristics
which they, their friends and their families are associated with! Have some fun
with our Chinese Zodiac activities below.
Find out what animal year you belong to by printing out our Chinese Zodiac
chart. Chinese Zodiac Chart
Here is a colorful Chinese Zodiac
poster of the 12 Chinese animals in the correct order.
Print it out to display in the classroom or home.
What characteristics is your animal associated with? Are you typical of your
year? We have a poster for each of the 12 Chinese horoscope animals showing some
of the main character traits. Great for vocabulary extension or just for fun! Chinese Zodiac posters
Here's another way of finding out about your character traits. Print out our
Chinese Zodiac bookmarks - we have multiple pages for the classroom and mixed
pages for the home. Chinese Zodiac bookmarks
All 12 Chinese Zodiac animals
to print, color and cut out. Stick to popsicle (lollipop) sticks and re-enact
the story of the first Chinese New Year with your own set of puppets!
Make A Ping Pong Bat And Net
The Chinese introduced table tennis to the world and have always been extremely
good at the sport. You can make your own ping pong bats and net and have a go!
Make A Name Book
More of a craft activity than a game, this is a great way for kids to get to
know each other at the beginning of the school year.
Fishing (Tiu-u or Chinese Dominoes) This game of Chinese dominoes sounds a little complicated to
begin with but is in fact very simple to play. The name ‘fishing’ comes from
the idea that players ‘fish’ for matching dominoes. You can either print out
our dominoes or make your own more authentic version with popsicle sticks
(instructions included!)
Matching Game cards can be used to play Memory
(Concentration), Go Fish and many other card games, as well as played with
our sorting mats by one child on their own. Printable Games
