When the mooncakes are sold with sparkling lights of the lanterns along the street, this is the signal that Mid-Autumn festival is coming. We have to admit that all Vietnamese children are always enthusiastic during Mid-Autumn Festival, perhaps because people often call it Tet for Kids.
In the traditional full-moon season, the project “CAKES & LANTERNS FOR MID AUTUMN FESTIVAL” (Making Cake & Festive Lanterns) is held by Kindy City International Preschool during the first two weeks of September.
During “CAKES & LANTERNS FOR MID AUTUMN FESTIVAL”, the children will find out about specific activities of the traditional festival. This includes making lanterns and mooncakes, baking cakes such as sticky rice cake as well as the lion dance. This is a very good opportunity for them to train fine motor skills such as coloring and moving colors, creative drawing, decorating the lanterns as well as enhancing the creativity by combining colors and layouts for the shaping etc. The series of these activities will be an unforgettable experience for each child where they will watch and participate in a talent competition with their classmates.
Moreover, under the guidance of the teachers at the Saigontourist Tourism & Hotel School, they will improve observation skills, judgment and communication skills with adults And at the same time, they can try make the MOONCAKES as gifts for their parents.
It would be a mistake if we do not have the legendary games like dealing out a mid-autumn festival cake and fruit with Hang and Cuoi, where the kids will enhance their imagination and learn the ability to communicate in the roots of culture.
Once again, spontaneous laughs and naughty folk games with a lot of activities during the full-moon season this month are the specific characteristics which enrich the fairy childhood memories of the children at KINDY CITY International Preschool.
