18Feb
2015
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Ideas for activities for Chinese New Year 中国新年 Zhōngguó xīnnián – Couplets 对联 duìlián

Chinese couplets对联 duì lián, are a pair of poem lines that decorate the door on either side as decorations for Chinese New Year. We have been making them in our lessons to decorate all the classroom doors around the school. Here are the two couples we have been using Sìjì píng’ān 四季平安 Four seasons peace […]

16Feb
2015
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Ideas for activities for Chinese New Year 中国新年 Zhōngguó xīnnián – Chinese Lanterns

I will be sharing some great ideas for activities for your students to be decorating your classroom for Chinese New Year 中国新年 Zhōngguó xīnnián. Make a simple lanterns 灯笼 Dēnglóng by folding your paper or card in half and cutting  every 1.5cm from the fold but not the edge of the paper leaving about 1.5cm from the […]