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Description
A simple 6 piece wooden puzzle from the Children of the World Tuzzles range. The puzzle depicts a Chinese child, wearing a traditional Tangzhuang shirt and holding a lantern.
Cultural notes
Learn more about Tangzhuang Clothing
Paper Lanterns
Lanterns are widely used in China, in particular during celebrations and festivals. Celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month, the Lantern Festival traditionally marks the end of the Chinese New Year Spring Festival period. It’s Friday, March 2 in 2018.
People will go out to look at the moon, send up flying lanterns, fly bright drones, have a meal, and enjoy time together with family and friends in parks and natural areas.
When the festival comes, lanterns of various shapes and sizes (traditional globes, fish, dragons, goats! — up to stories high!) are seen everywhere including households, shopping malls, parks, and streets, attracting numerous viewers. Children may hold small lanterns while walking the streets.
Suggested activities
Art & Craft:
- Create your own Chinese paper lanterns
Dramatic Play:
- Borrow some traditional Chinese clothing so children can dress up like the child in the picture
- Borrow the full range of Children Around The World puzzles and match them with clothing
Puzzles/ Games:
- Create a puzzle piece scavenger hunt – hide the pieces around the room
Sensory Play:
- Create a puzzle tray using rainbow rice – put each of the pieces of the
Puzzle in the tray so children have to find each piece first before they complete the puzzle. This can be made more difficult by adding pieces for multiple puzzles
External Links
- Create your own festive Chinese Paper Lanterns
- Puzzle Play Activities for Early Learning
Related items in our catalogue
- Borrow a range of Chinese tangzhuang suits
- Borrow the full range of Children Around the World Puzzles including;
- African Boy Puzzle, Japanese Girl Puzzle, South American Boy Puzzle, Dutch Girl Puzzle, Aboriginal Boy Puzzle, Indian Girl Puzzle, Maori Girl Puzzle
The research for this resource was made possible through a grant from the Central Coast Council.