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Japanese Full Moon Festival

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Celebrations Carnivals and Parades

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Objectives

Early learning goals

  • Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
  • Sing songs, make music and dance, and experiment with ways of changing them.
  • Represent ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role-play and stories.
  • Know about similarities and differences between others, and among families, communities and traditions.

Lesson Planning

Children will welcome Nian back to class to learn about the Japanese harvest festival by learning a special harvest song, making traditional bread and creating beautiful charcoal drawings.

Children will:

  • Consolidate their learning about the full moon festival & harvest by taking part in art activities.
  • Make Taro bread.
  • Learn a Japanese harvest song.

Provided Resources

  • Inspiration for harvest art
  • Small world rice farm.

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

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