Game 1, for one younger child Print out our
Chinese
Zodiac Cards or
Chinese Zodiac Poster and study the spellings of the various animals of
the Chinese zodiac. Print and cut out our letter tiles (or assemble
your own letters) and give your child the letters which make up one of the
animals, challenging him to re-arrange the letters correctly and tell you
the animals' name.
Game 2, for two or more younger children
Print and cut out our letter tiles and our
Chinese
Zodiac Cards or
blank Chinese
Zodiac Cards, depending on the age of the children. Put the letters in a
pile in the middle of the table. Shuffle the cards and hand one to each
child. The child must then find the correct letters and spell their animal
correctly.
Game 3, for all ages
Pile the letters in the centre of the table, and print and cut out the
Chinese
Zodiac Cards. Deal each player one of the cards and turn it over on the
table in front of them. Now, starting with the youngest, take turns to take
the first letter of your word, then the second, and so on. When one word is
finished, take another card and start on that word. When all the cards are
dealt out, the first player to complete this remaining word is the winner.
Game 4, for older children and adults
Pile the letters in the centre of the table. When you call "go", everyone
must take one letter at a time, in the right order, and try to spell as many
of the Chinese Zodiac names as they can on the table in front of them. Keep
an eye out to make sure that no other players are trying to spell the same
word, or you will have to negotiate a swap of letters somehow!
