Mooncake Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival Cultural Unit Study, to welcome the Autumnal Equinox and celebrate the Harvest Moon. Learn about the traditions and cultures that revolve around this festive season. Inside you’ll find recipes, songs, video links, original illustrations, math activities and so much more!

Original Designs and Illustrations by Sarah of Wildflowers

What’s included in this unit:

• A Study Guide that walks you through the activities

• Traditional Celebrations

• Folklore - The Legend of Chang’e and The Jade Rabbit

• Spacecraft and Lunar Exploration

• Nature Study - Anatomy of a Tea Plant

• Unique Hand Illustrated Coloring Pages: Mooncake Festival, Mooncakes, Jade Rabbit, Tea, Lanterns, Mooncake Mandala

• Design a Mooncake

• Math Activities - Mooncake Fractions, Lantern Patterns, Tens Suns Counting in Chinese (Learn Characters from 1-10)

• Classical Chinese Poetry Copywork

• Learn Chinese Characters for “moon”, “tea” and “rabbit”

• Dramatic Play - Make Shadow Puppets

• Chinese Characters Matching

• Flashcards

• Extra Resources