JAPAN COMES TO MRS. COX'S FIRST GRADERS
My first grade class is participating in our school's "It's A Small World After All" project. My class is studying Japan and communicating with a classroom in Nagano, Japan. This page provides links to some interesting sites related to Japan. This is a partial list of the activities we have done while studying Japan:
- Origami folding
- Made kokeshi dolls
- Made carp kites
- Painted watercolor screens
- Created tissue paper cherry blossom trees
- Learned to count to ten in Japanese
- Sang songs, rhymes and played japanese games
- E-mailed to our friends at Kodomono Art School
- Learned to use chopsticks and ate Japanese food
Here is a link to our collaborating classroom in Japan atKodomodo Art School. They have some fantastic art work.
Here are some other interesting web sites on Japan that we have found:
- Sanislo's First Grade Japanese Project
- Kids Web Japan
- AKEMASITE OMEDETOU GOZAIMASU
- Japanese Dolls
- Japanese Kokeshi Dolls
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