Chinese/Lunar New Year colouring sheets. 14 pages, including various Chinese/Lunar New Year posters, pictures of the 12 zodiac animals, Chinese numbers 1-10 and Chinese food to colour. In conjunction with developing fine motor skills and expressive arts and design elements (e.g. the choice of colours), these colouring sheets can also be used as a great stimulus for communication and language. When offered as part of an invitation to play children may initiate communication to you or other children about the images in a child led fashion. Alternatively, adult led interaction could include closed or open ended questioning. Younger children may point to familiar objects when prompted e.g. ‘Where’s the horse?’ and learn new words as you describe to them what is in the picture. As children progress, more ground may be covered such as ‘What colours have you used?’, ‘How many animals are there in this picture?’, ‘Which is your favourite picture?’, ‘Why do you like this picture the best?’, ‘Have you seen any Chinese/Lunar New Year decorations?’, ‘Where?’, ‘When?’, ‘Who were you with?’, ‘Shall we make some of our own?’ If children take their pictures home, further consolidation of new vocabulary may arise through additional communication with those at home. (Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy.)

Pack of 12 Animal Zodiac Cards for colouring. Perhaps children would be interested to know which animal year they were born in and colour the corresponding card to take home? (Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy.)

Colour cut stick NUMBER SLICE COLOURING

Number Slice Puzzle Activities - Colouring versions. Puzzles available for 1-5 and 1-10 sequencing. Colour the pictures, cut along the vertical lines and then put the pieces back together in numerical order. Stick to a new sheet of card or paper once complete! Great for number recognition and ordering, observational skills and motor control. All of the Zodiac Animals are also framed within a circle, so great for shape knowledge consolidation. Picture and number combination enables child self checking. (Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy.)

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