Asia Map Puzzle

Learn the countries of Asia and their capitals with this fun and educational puzzle game. How fast can you put all of the countries in the right places?

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/puzzle_asia.htm

3-D Accordion Dragon

In this activity, students fold construction paper in accordion style pleats to create a large 3-D paper dragon.

http://familycrafts.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newton.mec.edu%2FAngier%2FDimSum%2FAccordian%20Dragon%20Lesson.html

Chinese New Year Dragon

Make a dragon using egg carton cups. http://familycrafts.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kidsdomain.com%2Fcraft%2Fdragon.html

In these activities, students learn about Chinese New Year or Spring Festival and do lantern, paper cut and scroll activities related to the celebration of Chinese New Year.

http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/china__dim_sum__spring_fes.html

Lucky Red Envelopes

In this activity, students learn about "laisee", the lucky red envelope and make a lucky red envelope from a pattern.

http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/china__dim_sum_red_envelop.html

Yin and Yang

In this lesson, students learn about the Chinese symbol Yin and Yang and make their own symbol representing harmony.

http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Yin%26Yang%20Define.html

Chinese New Year Decorations

Each decoration signifies something. Pictures to see.

http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/decorations.html

Classroom Activities

The couplets say "May you be blessed with peace and safety in all four seasons" and "May you be blessed with peace and safety wherever you are".

http://familycrafts.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chinatown-online.co.uk%2Fpages%2Flearn%2Fclass_newyear.html

PARADE DRAGON PUPPET

http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/ys/crafts/dragon.htm

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

Picture of the book cover – short review

http://www.jadedragon.com/archives/april98/boar.html

Caligraphy - Chopsticks

http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Dim%20Sum%20Index.html

Tiananmen Square

Watching TV is an mp3 about the events at Tiananmen Suare in 1989. You may borrow the song by downloading it and then erasing it when you are done. You can click on the link to listen to it, or you can download it to your computer by right clicking the link and choosing 'Save Target As...' Then use an mp3 player to listen to it. The file is 2.8mb so be patient. Here are the lyrics to the song.