These free printable Chinese New Year themed count and write pages are a fun, no-prep way to help your child practice counting and writing their numbers. They’re also easy to make reusable when you slide the sheets into heavy duty page protectors! Since the images are in budget-friendly black and white, they can also be colored. I hope you enjoy!
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Chinese New Year theme for preschool
Children love learning about other kids and their holidays. Bright colors, dragons, and Zodiac animals make the Chinese New Year, celebrated on the Lunar New Year, a fun theme for children.
The Chinese New Year is the most famous Lunar New Year celebration, but other places and peoples celebrate the Lunar New Year, too. These count and write worksheets focus on Chinese imagery.
The Lunar New Year takes place in late January or early to mid February each year. It marks the beginning of spring in the traditional spring planting season. Calculating the exact date depends on when the new moon falls in relation to a date called “Spring Commences (立春). You can read a detailed explanation of how to calculate the Chinese New Year date here.
The book Lunar New Year is a beautiful look at the Chinese New Year for young children. It makes a fantastic addition to your Chinese New Year theme for preschool and pre-k.
- Hannah Eliot (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 12/01/2023 (Publication Date) - Scholastic, Inc. (Publisher)
How to use count and write cards
There are two sheets of count and write printables. The first page has 1-5 and the second page has 6-10. You can print and use one or both pages, depending on your child’s needs.
You can print the pages and have your child use them with a pencil, marker, or pen. Because the images are in black and white, your child can color them for additional fun and fine motor practice. Developmentally, the best option for kids is to use a preschooler-sized pencil. It encourages a proper pencil grip and is the correct size for a child’s hand.
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Count and write cards are sometimes called “count and wipe cards” because you can laminate them or place them in dry erase pockets to make them reusable. This is a great way to save time and paper, especially if you make the pages part of a classroom math center.
If you want to use page protectors, I recommend heavy duty “secure” page protectors with a flap to hold the paper inside. Regular, thin page protectors aren’t great for repeated use. They tend to winkle when written on and erased. The heavy duty page protectors can stand up to more enthusiastic use. The flap is also very helpful because it keeps the page from sliding out and getting rumpled or written on.
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I prefer Stabilo Woody 3-in-1 pencils over dry or wet erase markers. There’s no ink and no stink! They also don’t erase themselves as you continue to write or color, which means you can make reusable coloring pages. See this post with dinosaur coloring pages for a video demo.
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Lamination and dry erase pockets cost slightly more and the pages are harder to organize. They’re also more durable, though, so those are good options for classroom use.
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However you decide to prepare the sheets, the basic way of using them is the same. Your child counts the images, then writes how many in the square.
If your child isn’t able to write numbers yet, they can make tally marks or dots instead of numerals. I’m sorry the numbers are so hard to read in the photo below. I asked my daughter to use a different pencil, but she was adamant about using teal.
Free printable Chinese New Year themed count and write PDF
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I hope you enjoy using these count and write pages with your little learner!
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