February 3, 2011
"The Year of the Rabbit"
Chinese Year 4708
(Year of the Dragon - January 23, 2012)

Chinese New Year for kids and teachers - facts, activities, pictures
http://www.kiddyhouse.com/CNY/

Chinese New Year from Kaboose - crafts, books, legends, coloring book pictures,
        word search, lanterns, fans,
       http://crafts.kaboose.com/holidays/chinese_new_year.html
       Make a Chinese dragon - http://crafts.kaboose.com/dragon.html

Asia for Kids
http://www.afk.com/resources/lunarnewyear.tpl?cart=11022904262991147

Chinese New Year information - http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/cnewyr.htm

Chinese New Year  - http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html

Celebration of the Chinese New Year -
http://www.c-c-c.org/culture-resources/holidays/traditional-celebration-of-the-chinese-new-year/

Chinese Festivals and Dragon Lore
http://holidays.mrdonn.org/chinesefestivals.html#new

Worksheets and activities from abcteach
 http://www.abcteach.com/directory/seasonalholidays/chinese_new_year/

The Fifteen Day Celebration of Chinese New Year
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/15-day_celebration.html

Arts and crafts and geography - flags, numbers, inventors, snakes
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/

The Teacher's Corner - activities and lessons
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/chinese/

Books and projects about the Chinese New Year
http://www.thebestkidsbooksite.com/chinesenewyearscrafts.cfm

Social Studies for Kids - The Chinese New Year
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/cultures/chinesenewyear1.htm

Surfing the Net with Kids - Chinese New Year jigsaw puzzle
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/china-js.htm

Chinese New Year crafts and coloring pages
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/china/index.htm

Chinese foods and menus
http://allrecipes.com/advice/coll/entertain/features/chinesenewyear.asp

Chinese Calendars - Years and Animals - http://www.new-year.co.uk/chinese/calendar.htm

Chinese New Year History - http://www.new-year.co.uk/chinese/history.htm

Chinese New Year Activities from Activity Village
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/chinese_new_year.htm

Lions, Dragons, and Nian: Animals of the Chinese New Year
    http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=381

Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year
  

Future dates:
  Jan. 23, 2012 - Feb. 10, 2013 Jan. 31, 2014 - Feb. 19, 2015 - Feb. 8, 2016
  Jan. 28, 2017 - Feb. 19, 2018 - Feb. 5, 2019 - January 25, 2020

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