Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year!

The Chinese Zodiac is represented by 12 animals:

Rat 2020, 2008, 1996, 1984, 1972
Ox 2021, 2009, 1997, 1985, 1973
Tiger 2022, 2010, 1998, 1986, 1974
Rabbit 2023, 2011, 1999, 1987, 1975
Dragon 2024, 2012, 2000, 1988, 1976
Snake 2025, 2013, 2001, 1989, 1977
Horse 2026, 2014, 2002, 1990, 1978
Goat 2027, 2015, 2003, 1991, 1979
Monkey 2028, 2016, 2004, 1992, 1980
Rooster 2029, 2017, 2005, 1993, 1981
Dog 2030, 2018, 2006, 1994, 1982
Pig 2031, 2019, 2007, 1995, 1983

February 16th, 2018 is the Start of the Year of the Dog and it will last until February 4th, 2019. Last year, 2017 was the Year of the Rooster. 2019 will be the Year of the Pig.

You can Download our Chinese Zodiac, explore which Chinese animal you are, and create your own matching activities and story in our Special Words and Special Stories Apps.

2017 - Year of the Rooster

2018 - Year of the Dog

To download, please carefully follow these steps:

For Special Words or Special Words Pro on iPad & iPhone

If you have disabled editing in the app, re-enable it via the Settings. You may also want to disable the Child Safety Gate.
Open the app, go to Word List, tap action button (top right), select Import Word List, then Download from Special iApps.
If you have not yet registered and activated the app, follow the simple steps there to do so.
In the list you'll see, Chinese New Year is in the Annual Events collection: select the collection, and then the add-on.
When download has completed, choose Add new profile, NOT any of the Replace options.

For Special Stories on iPad & iPhone

If you have disabled editing in the app, re-enable it via the Settings. You may also want to disable the Child Safety Gate.
Open the app, tap action button (top left), select Import Story, then Download from Special iApps.
If you have not yet registered and activated the app, follow the simple steps there to do so.
In the list you'll see, Chinese New Year is in the Annual Events collection: select the collection, and then the add-on.
When download has completed, choose Add new collection, NOT any of the Replace options.

For Special Words or Special Stories on Android

If you have disabled editing in the app(s), re-enable it via the Settings.
Visit this web page page in a web browser (e.g. Chrome or Internet) on your mobile device.
If you have Special Words, tap the download link, select Special Words and choose a language: a bubble should appear saying Starting download...
On Android 5 (Lollipop) and later, as soon as a message appears at the bottom of the screen saying Open: tap this, and proceed to step 7. On earlier versions, launch the Downloads app.
You should see a file named chinese-new-year.siasw. If the download is shown as in progress, wait for it to complete.
Tap the file: this will launch Special Words.
Select the Add new profile option, NOT any of the Replace options.
If you have Special Stories, repeat steps 2 to 6 for Stories instead of Words.
Select the Add new collection option, NOT any of the Replace options.

Note:

You now have more than one profile (in Special Words or Special Words Pro) or collection (in Special Stories), and will only see one at any time. You haven't lost your previous data!

To switch between profiles in Special Words, tap Word List then the action button (top right) and choose Manage Profiles. To switch between collections in Special Stories, go to the list of stories, tap the action button (top left), and choose Manage Collections.

For more help, see our User Guides

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