The Beauty of the Moon Festival - A Story and Craft Class

The Many Moons of Our Solar System (Flex)

The Beauty of the Moon Festival - A Story and Craft Class

Ms. Richards - Certified Teacher B.A, B.Ed

Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(104)

This one time class will focus on the Moon Festival which is celebrated every September

Class Experience

US Grade 1 - 3

This class will learn about The Moon Festival (also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival) which is celebrated every September in China, and many other countries.

We will begin with a story and a brief history of the Moon Festival - what it means to those who celebrate and why it is so important.

We will then work on paper lantern craft together, supplies will be listed in the classroom. 

The Moon Festival is significant as it reminds us to appreciate those around us, so we will end with a...

This class will discuss the Moon Festival in a way that celebrates the traditions from a general perspective and relates it to the idea of a family celebration like Thanksgiving in North America.
I have completed this lesson quite a few times with my grade 2/3's while I was teaching in the public school system and the idea is to educate and celebrate the Festival while identifying that different countries celebrate different days. We do not try to mimic this day, but rather Educate children from other countries on the variety of meaningful days that are celebrated around the world. 

For this class, the following sources will be used:
Globe Trotting Kids (online website)
Moon Cakes by Loretta Seto (print edition)
Bright Hub Education

- Red construction paper
- Scissors (parent supervision may be required)
- Glue
- Yellow construction paper

30 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.

Moon Cakes by Loretta Seto

Available times

Pacific

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Meet the teacher

Ms. Richards - Certified Teacher B.A, B.Ed

Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(104)

I am an Ontario certified Teacher with 8 years of classroom experience in the public school setting.

I am qualified to teach Science, Math, Language Arts and Social Studies - with an additional qualification, and specialization in Kindergarten....