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Posted: Sept 20 2006 at 8:08am | IP Logged Quote ami*
This would be a great picture book to use for unit study at the beginning of October (Chinese Moon Festival)

Here is an
"animated" version of the book on-line

And here is the Unit Study
that goes along with it
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Posted: Sept 20 2006 at 8:35am | IP Logged Quote stefoodie
Mid-Autumn Festival is October 6. Asian stores have mooncakes available now. They may be an acquired taste for some -- they're salty-sweet and very rich, and some Chinese actually hate mooncakes , but we love them here. Our favorite are the lotus seed paste ones with salted duck egg yolks inside.

or you can place your order for the best mooncakes in San Francisco

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Posted: Sept 20 2006 at 10:36am | IP Logged Quote Mary G
Stef -- you are a wealth of information. THANKS for the link.

My siblings and I used to go to a French School right down the street from Chinatown in SF. Boy, does this bring back memories of the annual field trip to Chinatown and eating lunch in Chinatown.



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Posted: Sept 20 2006 at 12:09pm | IP Logged Quote ami*
stefoodie wrote:


or you can place your order for the best mooncakes in San Francisco


I think I'm going to order a few for when we do our unit study! Thanks for the link.
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Posted: Sept 20 2006 at 1:40pm | IP Logged Quote Genevieve
Stef, you are the best! I miss my mooncakes. This is the first time I am far, far away from Chinatown. :/ It is just not the same without the mooncakes...

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Posted: Sept 20 2006 at 6:10pm | IP Logged Quote Mary G
Ami --

This is a great unit study -- thanks for the link! I love the idea of the tie-in with China and I wanted to do a tangram unit anyway.

And the Mid-Autumn Festival next year is on my birthday!

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Posted: Sept 20 2006 at 8:42pm | IP Logged Quote Mary G
OK, I'll admit it -- for some reason I'm really getting "into" this unit study. Maybe it's because it's the first time this "school year" that I've had a few minutes to really plan something

Anyway, I think I found a good recipe for Moon Cakes -- this one sounds doable and yummy. Ami, any thoughts on this one?

I also found mention of another book which could be added to the unit about the Mid-Autumn Festival -- Moon Festival. It sounds like it's a great tie-in. And here's another that sounds like a good read-aloud for the week -- The Moon Lady? Here's one that has a tale about the Mid-Autumn Festival with recipe for "Five Treasure Mooncakes" -- Moonbeams, Dumplings and Dragon Boats. Anyone know anything about them?

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Posted: May 11 2010 at 12:33pm | IP Logged Quote stefoodie
Nina Murphy wrote:
Curious George learns the Alphabet---makes remembering the shapes easy


Our favorite "shape" books:

Mouse Shapes
My Car
Brown Rabbit's Shape Book

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