Free printable Chinese New Year, Spring Festival, Lantern Festival lesson plans

China's lunar calendar system is centuries older than the Gregorian calendar. The Chinese New Year begins in on February 8, 2016. The beginning date for Chinese New Year varies from late January to mid February on the western calendar. 2016 celebrates Chinese New Year of the Monkey (or KangXi). Each of the 12 years in the Chinese zodiac is represented by a different animal and the calendar repeats every 12 years. It was Chinese New Year of the Monkey in 2004 and will be again in 2028. CNY kicks off the Spring Festival in China and ends with the Lantern Festival, a quaint, charming holiday.   Free printable Chinese New Year, Spring Festival, Lantern Festival lesson plans

Free printable New Year's Eve party decorations, New Year crafts, games, lessons

 Planning a New Year's Eve or New Year's Day party? Are you finding it hard to keep kids happily productive and as you prepare for the party? Why not involve children in the holiday decoration making? Here are free printable New Year crafts, party decorations, games and activities. For the most economical printing, set your printer to "draft" and "black ink cartridge only." Printing activities in black and white turns them into coloring pages which kids can color--value added! You can save lots of money on printing ink and still get a nice quality print-out. Free printable New Year's Eve party decorations, New Year crafts, games, lessons

Free Printable New Year's Party Invitations

Planning a New Year's Eve bash? How about a New Year's Day event? Then you'll need party invitations. Here are links for free printable New Year's Eve party invitations. I've weeded through the links for free printable invitations to bring you the best of the Internet. These links are safe, user-friendly and require no personal information or registration. You may want to bookmark these links as good sources for other free printable party invitations.  Read more

Free Printable Rosh HaShanah Activities - September 29, 2011

Free Printable Rosh HaShanah Activities Rosh HaShanah is the Jewish New Year and will be celebrated on September 29, 2011 of the western calendar. Rosh HaShanah, the Day of Awe, precedes Yom Kippur in the Jewish Tishrei. Here are printable activities for Rosh HaShanah. Rosh HaShanah is the first of the two Jewish high holy day. It falls on the approximate date when Moses led the Hebrews out of bondage from Egypt. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement is the second highest holy day in the Jewish calendar. These days are a time for reconciliation and repentance. Referred to by Hebrew people as The Days of Awe, the sacredness of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur are roughly equivalent to the importance of Easter in the Christian Gregorian calendar. Read more

Free Printable Rosh HaShanah Activities

Free Printable Rosh HaShanah Activities Rosh HaShanah is the Jewish New Year. It's celebrated in September on the  western calendar. Rosh HaShanah precedes Yom Kippur in the Jewish Tishreh. Here are printable activities for Rosh HaShanah. Click here

Chinese New Year Printables

Why do I find the Chinese Zodiac and New Year so magical? Perhaps because I was born under the sign of the Dragon; the only mythological beast of the 12 signs? As a Leo in the western zodiac, I am the dominant creature in both the East and West! Well, anyway, how about some free printable activities for the Chinese New Year? For free printables, read on...