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Lesson Plan

Chinese Zodiac Animals

Animal lovers will rejoice with this lesson about the Chinese zodiac animals. It will give young students a whole new meaning to the year they were born!
Grade:
Pre-K
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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to communicate new information they have learned about Chinese zodiac animals through drawing and other symbolic representations.

Introduction

(5 minutes)
  • Call students together. Show students a calendar.
  • Ask students to name the different days of the week.
  • Ask students to name the months of the year. (Can any students name all the days of the week and all of the months?)
  • Ask students if they know what is made up of 12 months. (Guide students to the concept of a year if necessary.)
  • Ask students if they know what year it is right now. Do they know what year they were born?
  • Show students some stuffed animals or pictures of Chinese zodiac animals and ask students to think why these might be related to years.