Chinese New Year Activity Bundle (Reception / KS1)

Celebrate Chinese New Year in your classroom with this fun, engaging and educational activity bundle, designed for Reception and Key Stage 1 learners. Perfect for themed lessons, literacy and numeracy centres, independent learning, and cultural exploration, this growing collection offers a variety of activities to develop early literacy, numeracy, visual recognition, descriptive language and critical thinking skills.

This updated edition now includes two new activities: Describe the Picture and a Memory Game, providing even more opportunities for children to develop their vocabulary, observation skills and visual memory while exploring Chinese New Year traditions and celebrations.

What’s Included?

• Chinese New Year Bingo.
  A fun way to reinforce vocabulary and familiarise children with themed images.

• Beginning Sounds (Fill-In) Cards.
  Develop phonics skills and practise identifying initial sounds.

• Word (Write-In) Cards.
  Encourage early writing, spelling and word recognition.

• Shadow Matching Game.
  Strengthen visual discrimination, matching and recognition skills.

• Item Count Worksheet.
  Support early numeracy through counting themed objects.

• Flashcards (2 Formats).
  Versatile visual aids for vocabulary development, discussion and recognition.

• Sequencing Puzzles (2–10).
  Develop logical thinking, number ordering and problem-solving skills.

• Describe the Picture (NEW).
  Encourage children to observe Chinese New Year-themed images and choose three adjectives to describe what they see, supporting descriptive language, vocabulary building, oral communication and early writing.

• Memory Game (NEW).
  Includes 24 cards featuring 12 matching pairs, helping children develop visual memory, concentration, attention to detail and matching skills.

Learning Benefits

• Builds early literacy, phonics and spelling skills.
• Develops counting, number recognition and sequencing.
• Encourages descriptive language and sentence construction.
• Strengthens visual memory, observation and concentration.
• Supports communication, vocabulary development and critical thinking.
  • Promotes cultural awareness through Chinese New Year-themed learning.

Ideal For

• Reception and KS1 classrooms
• Literacy and numeracy centres
• Small-group activities and partner work
• Independent practice and continuous provision
• SEND-friendly, differentiated learning
• Seasonal and cultural learning activities

The activities can be adapted to suit different learning needs and abilities, with opportunities for adult support, verbal responses, visual prompts and independent practice.

Whether you are introducing Chinese New Year or enriching your existing celebrations, this bundle offers a flexible range of activities to make learning enjoyable, meaningful and engaging.

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