Free Chinese New Year Zodiac Animals Easy Reader Book

Every year there is new animal for the Chinese Zodiac. And this is a fun easy reader book to help kids learn the Chinese Zodiac Animals.

You can see the pictures of the animals and trace their names. A great way to work in reading new words and handwriting at the same time.

The Chinese New Year Zodiac Animals Easy Reader Book is a great addition to the Lunar New Year Printables on the site.

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What is an easy reader book?

Easy reader books are an easy way to great way to get learning tools into small hands. They can re-read them and call the book their own.

This easy reader book focuses on kids learning the animals from the Chinese New Year Zodiac. Those animals are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig.

The Great Race: Story of the Chinese Zodiac (Traditional Chinese, English, Pinyin) is a great book that you could read with the easy reader book!

Things to use with the Chinese New Year Zodiac Animals Easy Reader Book Printable

• printer
• copy paper
• crayons
• markers
• pencil
• pencil grips – Use if they have problems holding the pencil
• stapler
• scissors
• The Great Race: Story of the Chinese Zodiac (Traditional Chinese, English, Pinyin)

How to Make the Easy Reader Books

I always get asked how I make the easy reader books. Here are the simple steps that I use to make the books. I use scissors and a stapler.

Cut Down the Center of the Easy Reader Book

You start by lining up the pages and cut down the middle of the book. You want to make sure you hold the pages steady while you cut.

with a big book like this one, I might use clips to help me keep the cut straight.

Alternate the Pages of the Easy Reader Book

You alternate the pages of the book. The odd pages are on the top and the even pages on the bottom. You have even and then odd until all the pages are sorted.

Staple the Left side of the Easy Reader Book

After you make sure all the pages of the book are lined up you staple the book on the left side. Then your easy reader book is ready to be used.

Ways to Use the Chinese New Year Zodiac Animals Easy Reader Book Printable

You are going to see a few suggestions on how to use the Chinese New Year easy reader book.

Color the Animals in the Book

You can start by helping them learn the names of the animals and color the animals in the book. There are 12 animals in the book for kids to learn.

Trace the Animal Names in the Book

The second time through the book you can trace the names of the animals. Or you can do it after coloring the animal. You could trace the word the first time in pencil and second time with a marker to get extra practice.

Repeat all the animals in the Zodiac Animals Easy Reader Book

You can repeat this process with all the animals in the book. You can also point out what animal is that animal for that year. Plus all the animals are in order of year so you can ask what was the year before and year after that animal.

What you will find in the Free Chinese New Year Zodiac Animals Easy Reader Book Printable

• Chinese New Year Zodiac Animals: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.
• One animal on each page with tracing of the animal name
• single print book style
• 6 pages

Check out these other Chinese New Year Printables & Activities for kids

No-Prep Chinese New Year Weekly Packs has weekly packs with a Chinese new year theme. They have PreK, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade. You will find 4 pages of printables for each day. They have a mix of math and language activities.

Chinese New Year Letter Easy Reader Book has 8 pages with beginning sound of themes from the Chinese New Year.

Chinese New Year Dot the Number & Count: Lantern is a great counting printable with dot marker numbers and dot marker counting on a lantern in color and black and white.

Chinese New Year Addition Puzzles are a great hands-on addition printable you can use with kids.

Lantern Fine Motor Printables is a fun lantern fine motor activity printables that you can use with kids. You have lantern template, lantern tracing and lantern dot marker printables. All great for fine motor activities for the Lunar New Year.

Check out all the fun Lunar New Year Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com