China, Chinese New Year's, and The Giant Panda Bear Themes
Pratt's
Educational Resources
Desert
Blossom
Learning
Virtural Tours
China
Virutal Tours
China's
Official Gateway to News & Information
Science
Animals
of China
Panda
Cam
from the San Diego Zoo
Giant
Panda
Bear Theme
The giant panda bear is black and white. It lives in
China and eats bamboo. The giant panda pupils have vertical
slits (like cats). In China, this bear is called, "Da Xiong
Mao" which means "giant bear cat". In 1995, DNA tests prove
that giant pandas are more closely related to bears than
raccoons. (Red pandas are more related to raccoons than they
are to giant pandas.) To read more about the giant panda, go
to: Giant
Panda
(Endangered Species), Wildlife Species Information (and also
the below links).
Panda Book & Puppet
Panda
Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?
by Bill Martin
Panda
Bear Puppet And Props
(Book not included)
Panda Books
Dinner
at the Panda Palace (A Public Television Storytime Book)
by Stephanie
Calmenson
Panda
in the Park (Usborne Look-Through Books)
by Anna Milbourne
Panda
Kisses (Step into Reading)
by Alyssa Satin
Capucilli
The
Panda Puzzle (A to Z Mysteries)
by Ron Roy
Panda Fact Books / Panda
Non-Fiction Books
100
Facts About Pandas (Penguin Original)
by David O'Doherty
Giant
Pandas
by John Seidensticker
How
Many Baby Pandas?
by Sandra Markle
The
Panda Who Would Not Eat
by Ruth Todd Evans
(This book is based on a real panda bear at the San Diego Zoo.)
National
Geographic
Readers: Pandas
by Anne Schreiber
Panda Movies / Panda DVD
A
Panda Is Born/Baby Panda's First Year
Ultimate
Pandas
Links
Ancient China for Kids
- Stories, Games, Dynasties, Geography, Daily Life, Religion,
Inventions, and More!
Animal
Bytes: Giant Panda - San Diego Zoo
JungleWalk:
Pandas Videos and more.
National
Geographic Creature Feature: Pandas -- facts, photos, sounds, ...
NATURE:
The Panda Baby @ pbs.org
Panda
Bear Connect the Dots (A-P) @ pbs.org
DLTK'S Panda
Bear Crafts for Kids
Giant
Pandas at the Smithsonian National Zoo Life video,
information, and more
Giant Panda
for Kids at the Smithsonian National Zoo Find a coloring page,
make a mask, take a challenge, cross word puzzle, all about pandas,
a recipe for Chinese Fortune Cookies, and download an activity book.
Panda
- EnchantedLearning Information, coloring page, quiz, word
search, and links.
Preschoolcoloringbook.com
Arts & Crafts
You can use the photo found at: Giant
Panda at exZOOberance! for any of these crafts.
Art Project
Draw a giant panda bear.
Giant Panda Bear Paper Bag
Puppet
Cut a large circle for the pandas head. Cut two black ears,
two black hands, two black patches, and a black nose. On two
small, white circles, make a brown circle on each circle. Make
a vertical line (going up and down on each pupil). Glue on a
paper bag.
Giant Panda Bear Paper
Plate Craft
On the back of the paper plate, paint (or cut) two black eyes, two
black hands, two black patches on the paper plate, and a black
nose. On two small, white circles, make a brown circle on each
circle. Make a vertical line (going up and down on each
pupil). Glue on a paper bag.
Giant Panda Bear Mask
If you want to make a mask, follow the above paper plate craft but
don't make white circles, instead make holes in the paper
plate. Hole punch the sides of the plate and place some yarn
through the holes. Tie according to the size of the child.
Music
If You're a Giant Panda
Copyright © 2001, 2007 Barbara Pratt. All rights
reserved.
Tune of: "Happy
and You Know It (If You're Happy)"
If you're a giant panda and you know it, eat bamboo.
If you're a giant panda and you know it, eat bamboo.
If you're a giant panda and you know it, then your face will
surely show it.
If you're a giant panda and you know it eat bamboo.
(Note: You can have the children pretend to eat bamboo.)
Giant Panda Bear Home Economics
/ Cooking / Snacks
Make sugar cookies
or biscuits. For sugar cookies, frost with frosting.
For biscuits, use cream cheese (if your diet isn't dairy-free).
Add two raisins for eyes, two for the ears, and some for the
mouth.
Social Studies
- Go to World
Altas.com. Locate Asia.
Click on that continent. Now locate China. Click
on China. You now
will find more facts about China on that page (including maps, the
flag, and more).
- Go to CIA
- The World Factbook Search this site to learn more about
China.
- Go to Amazing
Chinese Accomplishments and learn more about: paper making,
printing, gunpowder (fireworks), compass, and The Great Wall. It
even has a photo of The Great Wall of China.
- Go to Flag
Theme on my web site and color a flag of China.
China From the
Inside - PBS
Literature
- Read a folktale or fairy tale at: China:
Dim Sum: Folktales.
Music
Chinese /Arts
The
Internet Chinese Music Archive
Including children's music (children singing), traditional music,
and lots more
Traditional
Chinese Music
Joining Hands With
Other Lands (sound recording) : multicultural songs &
games by Jackie Weissman (Kimbo)
You can listen to samples of these CD at Amazon.com. (They
require RealOnePlayer.)
Beloved
Chinese Songs by Chinese Music Ensemble Of New York
Chinese
Bamboo Flute Music [Laserlight] by Various Artists -
International - Far East - China
Chinese Lullabies
Sound Recording by Beijing Angelic Choir
Classical
Chinese Folk Music [Arc] Various Artists - International - Far
East - China
Eleven
Centuries of Traditional Music of China by Various Artists -
International - Far East - China
Masterpieces
of Chinese Traditional Music by Chinese Instrumental Ensemble
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is known for moon cakes and lanterns and they
probably have other traditions. It is usually lands on the
first day of the Lunar January which is usually late January or
early February.
History
& info - the Chinese calendar
Chinese New
Year - Year of the ...
Literature
Read a book.
Chinatown by
William Low
Dragon Parade : A Chinese
New Year Story by Steven A. Chin
Moy Moy by Leo
Politi
Mr. Fong's Toy Shop
by Leo Politi It has the sheet music for "Moonlight Song".
Sam and The Lucky Money
by Karen Chinn
The Dragon New Year : A
Chinese Legend by David Bouchard
This Next New Year
by Janet Wong
For Older Children:
Moonbeams, Dumplings &
Dragon Boats : A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities
& Recipes by Nina Simonds
Red Eggs and Dragon Boats:
Celebrating Chinese Festivals by Carol Stepanchuk
Music
Chinese
Music in MP3 Format: Traditional Music Including: E17 (Moonlit
River in the Spring) and E19 (Two Fountains Reflecting Moon)
Chinese
Music: Sheet music for Sweetheart (Chinese Folk Song)
Arts & Crafts
Chinese Lantern Craft
Decorate a piece of construction paper or white paper. (In
China, red is considered to be a lucky color but you can use any
color or design.) You could do some Chinese
Calligraphy--Broken Link--Find another link on you lantern (if
you like). Fold the paper in half long ways. On the
folded side, cut about every 1 1/2 inches or so. Be careful
not to cut all the way to the end of the paper. Unfold the
paper and staple the short sides of the top, middle, and sides
together. Make it look like a lantern by bending it.
- Go to Chinese
New Year at PrimaryGames.com. Color a picture for that years
animal.
- Make a mask at Chinese New
Years Parade of Dragons @ VeryBestKids.
Chinese Writing
Learn how to write in Chinese.
Chinese
Calligraphy Worksheets
Home Economics
Easy
Moon Cakes @ DLTK
The fortune cookie does
not originate from China. You can read the article: Interesting
Thing of the Day: Fortune Cookies. to read more about this
cookie. No one really knows who was the first person to invent
the first fortune cookie (there are two people who claim to have
invented it). The first automated production took place in the U.S.
by some Chinese railroad workers in 1964. It is taken from the
traditional moon cakes that have messages in them. You can
read more about it at Fortune
Cookie Co. Ltd. - History of Fortune Cookies.
Fortune Cookie Recipes
Fortune Cookies
Valentine
Activities: Fortune Cookies
Links
ABC Teach:
Chinese New Year Including printables
China:
Dim Sum Including different subjects, lesson plans (word
searches and more), etc.
Chinese
New Year Including The
Harvest Moon Festival (and moon cake recipe) and other
recipes.
Chinese New Year
@ DLTK's Printables and crafts for China.
Chinese
New Year - Kid's Crafts, Activities for Chinese New Year Crafts,
books, and printables, recipes.
Web-Holidays:
Chinese
New Year @ Web Holidays
Chain Snake, Dragon Puppet, Golden Snake Puppet,
Papier-mâché Chinese Dragon’s Head, Rice Painting Frog,
Origami Bubble Balloon, Origami Frog, and Origami Teapot
Fascinating
Facts About China Chinese New Year, The Harvest Moon Festival,
and more.
Southwest Airlines 2004
Chinese New Year Parade and Festival Under "Fun & Games",
includes: Shuttlecock Game, Make a Pinwheel, Make a Lantern,
Coloring Book, and Fortune Cookies.
The
Moon Festival: ChinaVista Information about this festival
including two moon poems.
Other Links
China
Theme Unit: Worksheets & Printables Including the Great
Wall of China coloring page with lines underneath it) and crafts.
CIA
- The World Factbook
The
Folk Dances of the Dai
China Infinity
Tours Including Chinese culture, photos and information.
China Virtual
Museums
China
Virtual Museum: Jinghong and Peacocks
China
Virtual Tours
The
Great Wall: Beijing Vista
Virtual
China
Virtual
Tours of China -- China Vista
