How to Make Chinese New Year Firecracker Decorations

Here we show you how to make firecracker decorations similar to those that are hung up in homes at Chinese New Year to warn off the monster Nian in Chinese mythology.

6-11 year olds

Teachers, Pupils

Underwater Counting

Can you find the treasure? You need to count the underwater creatures. This game has two levels: Count to 5 and Count to 10.

3-5 year olds

Pupils, Parents

Make a Chinese New Year of the Monkey Card

Download our simple template to make either a Chinese New Year of the Monkey greetings card or a monkey stick puppet.

7-11 year olds

Teachers, Pupils

Button Bop

A memory challenge game. Can you remember a sequence of up to 10 sounds and shapes? This is a good activity for helping a child's listening skills.

4-7 year olds

Pupils

Range Arranger

Build a tower with the blocks in the correct order from smallest to largest. Suitable for Year 2 to Year 6.

6-11 year olds

Pupils

Animal Home Builder

A delightful series of activities where children need to follow instructions to help to build animal homes for a cat, dog, bird and rabbit.

3-5 year olds

Pupils

Five Little Speckled Frogs

Can you sing along with this number song about 5 little speckled frogs?

3-5 year olds

Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Listen and Play The Billy Goats Gruff

An EYFS resource from the BBC which has songs, rhymes and listening games as well as the story The Billy Goats Gruff.

3-5 year olds

Pupils, Parents

MathSphere Free Sample Worksheets

A free selection of printable maths worksheets in pdf format, taken from the year groups 1 to 6.

5-11 year olds

Teachers

Happy Chinese New Year Song

An illustrated song with animation to welcome in the Chinese New Year.

5-8 year olds

Pupils