2nd and 3rd Grade Lunar New Year Educational Resources

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

Fill this red envelope with lucky money to wish someone born in the Year of the Horse good fortune for lunar new year!

Children learn about the traditional Chinese Zodiac calendar — then get creative and design a calendar of their own, including a brief description of why they chose each animal.

Practice multiplication with this festive Chinese New Year worksheet!

Welcome Chinese New Year with this fun craft activity.

Read about a few traditional Chinese New Year dishes, then use your counting skills to make your own banquet.

At Chinese New Year parades, participants often celebrate by building dragon and lion characters to dance under. How many dancers are under this dragon?

Use this paper template to create a miniature lantern with your own wishes for the coming year.

Celebrate Chinese New Year with this dragon coloring page!

Teach your 2nd grader how to write the Chinese character for good fortune with this detailed guide. Give it to someone else to celebrate the lunar new year!

Start the lunar new year off right by giving young mathematicians' coin-counting skills a boost with this colorful math activity!

Celebrate learners' math skills with this Chinese New Year multiplication worksheet!

Celebrate Chinese New Year with this Year of the Dragon red envelope. Stuff it with lucky money to welcome the lunar new year & learn about the Chinese zodiac.

Celebrate Chinese New Year with this dragon dance coloring page.

Chinese zodiac legend says that the snake is a smart animal! Decorate this Year of the Snake red envelope for the lunar new year.

Give this lucky money-filled Chinese zodiac red envelope to someone to celebrate Chinese New Year.

The Year of the Goat/Sheep is thought to bring prosperity. Give this red envelope with some lucky money in it to wish good fortune for the lunar new year!

Color and assemble this red envelope to give away this Chinese New Year.

Welcome Chinese New Year by assembling and coloring this red envelope!

Decorate this Chinese zodiac Year of the Rat red envelope to celebrate Chinese New Year! Pack some lucky money inside to wish someone a happy lunar new year.

Did you know that the next Year of the Ox is 2021? Celebrate now by making this Chinese zodiac red envelope for the lunar new year.

Celebrate the Year of the Dog during Chinese New Year by making your own Chinese zodiac red envelope! Put lucky money inside to pass on during lunar new year.

Check out this awesome Year of the Rabbit Chinese zodiac red envelope! Decorate it and fill it with lucky money to give to someone else this lunar new year.