2nd Grade Chinese Activities
Chinese New Year Listening Bundle with Lifetime Updates
By Agee and Row Classical Music Appreciation
Print & Play! Do you need mindful & engaging activities for the Chinese New Year and Spring Festival? This bundle of activities would make a great addition to your classroom festivities or a China unit study!
Lifetime Updates
You'll have everything you need for a month of classical music appreciation with 100+ listening activities in this activity vault. You will also receive periodic updates for this resource for free! Keep an eye on your "My Purchases" tab for update notifications.
Bundle Benefits:
- Save time! The music selections are already curated for you
- Add music appreciation to various lessons and unit studies
- Students explore social-emotional themes through listening
- Low-prep engaging and mindful activities for students
- Easily find the music on YouTube or your favorite music services
- No musical training is required - just print and play!
NEW! These special edition listening sheets have 2 new instruments added (pipa, guquin) 1 new animal (dragon,) and students color in Chinese coins for the star rating! Each page also features Chinese clipart for coloring.
Learning Objectives
- increased knowledge of popular classical music composers
- increased knowledge of the Chinese New Year celebration and imagery
- familiarity with the composer's works
- ability to recognize, and engage with, popular pieces of classical music
- identify different instrument sounds
- social-emotional exploration of feelings and moods within classical music
- creative expression by drawing and choosing colors related to a musical theme
8 Chinese Folk Songs
Listening Sheets Include: (2 pages per piece)
01. Lan Hua Hua
02. Driving the Mule Team
03. The Flowing Stream
04. Jasmine Flower
05. A Horseherd's Mountain Song
06. When Will the Acacia Bloom?
07. A Single Bamboo Can Easily Bend
08. Leaving Home
Composed by Zhou Long
Classical China
Listening Sheets Include: (2 pages per piece)
01. For the World (Hero Soundtrack) Tan Dun, Perlman*
02. The Eternal Vow (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon,) Tan Dun
03. Gone with Leaves (Hero Soundtrack) Tan Dun, Perlman*
04. Dance of the Yao People, Tieshan, Gang
05. The Flowing Stream, Long
06. Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds, Tan Dun
07. Pipa Concerto No. 2, Jiping
08. Violin Concerto No. 1, Jiping
09. The Silk Road Fantasia Suite, Jiping
10. The Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto, Zhanhao, Gang
*The "Hero" soundtrack is attributed to Itzhak Perlman, Kodō, and Tan Dun.
Five Elements, Zhou Long
Listening Sheets Include: (2 pages per piece)
01. Metal
02. Wood
03. Water
04. Fire
05. Earth
Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.
Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.
Chinese New Year Music Note Matching
Music Center! Do you need engaging activities for practicing music notes? This music note-matching activity reviews & strengthens treble and bass note skills. Cut and laminate for extended use. Cards feature Chinese New Year graphics with bold cherry blossom backgrounds!
*An additional set of posters & cards are included without background graphics.
18 Grand Staff Puzzles (18 in all)
Treble Space Notes: f - a - c - e
Treble Line Notes: e - g - b - d - f
Bass Space Notes: a - c - e - g
Bass Line Notes: g - b - d - f - a
5 Wall Posters / Music Center Sheets
Grand Staff: Illustrates the two staves
Treble Clef: Explains at-a-glance what the treble clef looks like
Treble Notes: Displays and defines the notes on the treble clef
Bass Clef: Explains at-a-glance what the bass clef looks like
Bass Notes: Displays and defines the notes on the bass clef
Chinese New Year Word Search
No Prep! Do you need engaging activities to accompany your Chinese New Year units and celebrations? Students can search for Chinese New Year themed words in this 15x15 word grid. 15 words can be found up, down, or across! Answer key included.
Chinese New Year Blank Sheet Music
Print & Play! Do you need fun and engaging music activities for Chinese New Year? Designed with the youngest composers in mind - these blank manuscript pages allow students to compose their own pieces! Draw the music notes or use small stickers to piece together a classical composition. Treble & bass clef tracing sheets are also included.
Chinese Zodiac Music Notes Matching Flashcard Fun!
Music Center! Do you need engaging activities for practicing music notes? This music note matching activity reviews & strengthens treble and bass note skills. Cut and laminate for extended use. Cards feature Chinese Zodiac graphics!
*An additional set of posters & cards are included without background graphics.
18 Grand Staff Puzzles (18 in all)
Treble Space Notes: f - a - c - e
Treble Line Notes: e - g - b - d - f
Bass Space Notes: a - c - e - g
Bass Line Notes: g - b - d - f - a
5 Wall Posters / Music Center Sheets
Grand Staff: Illustrates the two staves
Treble Clef: Explains at-a-glance what the treble clef looks like
Treble Notes: Displays and defines the notes on the treble clef
Bass Clef: Explains at-a-glance what the bass clef looks like
Bass Notes: Displays and defines the notes on the bass clef
Chinese New Year Handwriting Practice
No Prep! Do you need engaging activities to accompany your Chinese New Year units and celebrations? Students can practice handwriting with these Zodiac animal-themed worksheets! Each page has an animal to color, letter practice, and space to draw a Chinese New Year scene!
Zodiac Animals Include:
- Dog
- Dragon
- Goat
- Horse
- Monkey
- Ox
- Pig
- Rabbit
- Rat
- Rooster
- Snake
- Tiger