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The Chinese Zodiac

 

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.

The Chinese Zodiac

The story of the Chinese Zodiac
Print out The Story Of The Chinese Zodiac to enjoy with your children.

Chinese Zodiac chart
Find out what animal year you belong to by printing out our Chinese Zodiac chart.
Chinese Zodiac Chart

Chinese Zodiac poster
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.

Year of the rat poster
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

Year of the rat bookmark
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

Chinese zodiac word search
Try this word search - can you find all the animals?
Chinese New Year Puzzles

Chinese animals coloring page
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!

Year of the Rat:

Year of the Rat craft foam rat
Make this gorgeous craft foam rat

Year of the Dragon:

Chinese New Year crafts for kids
Egg Box Dragon

Year of the Horse:


Origami Horse

horse jigsaw
Horse Jigsaw (12 pieces)

horse jigsaw
Horses Jigsaw 20 pieces)

Year of the Goat:

goat jigsaw
Goat Jigsaw (12 pieces)

Year of the Monkey:


Monkey mask

Year of the Rooster:

rooster jigsaw
Rooster Jigsaw (12 pieces)

Year of the Dog:


Origami Dog

dog mask to print
Dog mask

Year of the Pig:


Origami Pig

Flower pot pig craft photo
Flower pot pig craft
Can be adapted to make other farmyard animals.


Cheerful pig pencil topper
Can be adapted to make other farmyard animals.

piglet mask to print
Piglet mask

piglet jigsaw
Piglet Jigsaw (6 pieces)

pig jigsaw
Pig 1 Jigsaw (12 pieces)

pig jigsaw
Pig 2 Jigsaw (20 pieces)

 

 

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Latest Games and Activities!

transport matching cards
Transport Dominoes and Matching Cards

Make a ping pong bat
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!)

Fish Matching Game
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

Chinese new year games
Chinese New Year games and
Traditional Chinese games

Dice Games for Kids
Dice Games for Kids

 

     

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