Snow Woman
http://tinyurl.com/c9q397r
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/japanlove.html
Kites in the Classroom - Kites can be a remarkably efficient teaching tool, allowing teachers to integrate many subjects-science and technology, reading, writing, social studies, visual arts, math-within a single lesson or sequence of lessons. http://www.aka.kite.org/docs/Handbooks/ki
Kamishibai (kah-mee-shee-bye) Kamishibai is a form of Japanese street storytelling dating back to the 1920’s. If you would like to know more about this charming art of storytelling, or incorporate it into your lesson plans, visit these sites:
Teacher’s Resource Guide: Japanese Art and Culture Outreach Kit - Although you may not be able to borrow the actual kit, there are many helpful curriculum ideas in this guide you may duplicate on your own.
http://jsma.uoregon.edu/sites/jsma.uoregon.edu/files/PDF/JapaneseArtandCultureKit.pdf
Activity Village – Make your own carp kite or origami to celebrate Kodomo no hi (Children’s Day). There are many other crafts, activities and printables to make this Japanese national holiday shine!
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/childrens_day_japan.htm
Enchanted Learning – Japanese Activities and Crafts: Lots of wonderful crafts, including easy origami, and classroom activities.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/japan/
http://web-japan.org/nipponia/nipponia26/en/topic/
Children’s Day, also
known as Kodomo no Hi, is a Japanese national holiday which takes place annually on May 5, the
fifth day of the fifth month. It is a day set aside to respect children's
personalities and to celebrate their happiness. It was designated a national
holiday by the Japanese government in 1948. Although it is not known precisely when this day started to be
celebrated, it was probably during the reign of the Empress Suiko (593–628 A.D.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Day_(Japan)
Paper or cloth "carp" streamers are flown during
the celebration. There is a carp for each child on the family's streamer. The
carp on the top is the largest and represents the oldest child, with each carp
getting smaller to symbolize the younger and youngest children. The carp,
called koi in Japanese is a symbol of strength, courage and determination. The
carp kites represent a wish for the Japanese sons and daughters to grow up to
brave and strong.
STORIES
The Boy Who Drew Cats – Japan
http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/045.html
http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/045.html
The Cat’s Elopement
http://tinyurl.com/cllzb9b
The Snow Tomb
http://tinyurl.com/cydbgtb
The Two Frogs
http://tinyurl.com/y9ngkkySnow Woman
http://tinyurl.com/c9q397r
Japanese Legends About
Supernatural Sweethearts
Seven supernatural stories from the land of the rising sun.http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/japanlove.html
Kids Web Japan - A number of Japanese folktales for your
students to read. Later, they may explore the culture of Japan using different
links.
http://tinyurl.com/bqjbur
BOOKS BRIMMING WITH
ADDITONAL JAPANESE TALES
Aino Folk-Tales by
Basil Hall Chamberlain, 1888 - The Ainu
are an ethnic minority in Japan, living primarily on the northernmost Japanese
island of HokkaidÅ.
http://tinyurl.com/899tr6s
http://tinyurl.com/899tr6s
Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan by Richard Gordon Smith, 1918. A collection of
“historical legends and folktales from Japan; themes include ghosts; unrequited
love across social boundaries; Shinto landscape, tree and ocean spirits; and
tales driven by Bushido and Buddhist ethics.”
http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/atfj/index.htm
Child Life in Japan Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories by
Matilda Chaplin Ayrton, 1909.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28979?msg=welcome_stranger
Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy
Tales
by Grace Adams, 1910 – Thirty eight stories from the Land of the Rising ballads
told to children, complemented by the gorgeous illustrations of Warwick Goble.
http://tinyurl.com/4rzy5pg
Japanese Folk Stories
and Fairy Tales - Thirty-three
folktales collected by Mary F. Nixon-Roulet and published in 1908. You can
download the book for your own files. http://tinyurl.com/ckvg49
Japanese Fairy
Tales by
Teresa Peirce Williston, 1911; step into the
world of fairy tales with these thirteen stories, including The Bamboo
Princess, The Great Stone Bowl and The Dragon Jewel.
http://tinyurl.com/l5jjwyj
Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki, 1908. A collection of Japanese fairy tales based on a version
written in Japanese by Sadanami Sanjin. According to Ozaki, "These stories
are not literal translations, and though the Japanese story and all quaint
Japanese expressions have been faithfully preserved, they have been told more
with the view to interest young readers of the West than the technical student
of folk-lore."
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/72/japanese-fairy-tales/
Old-world Japan : legends of the land of the gods by Frank Rinder, 1895
http://www.archive.org/details/oldworldjapanleg00rind
Tales of Old Japan by A.B. Mitford, 1910
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13015/13015-h/13015-h.htm
The two books below are not available as a download but are available for purchase.
http://www.archive.org/details/oldworldjapanleg00rind
Tales of Old Japan by A.B. Mitford, 1910
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13015/13015-h/13015-h.htm
The two books below are not available as a download but are available for purchase.
Folktales from the Japanese Countryside. (Fujita & Stallings,
Libraries Unlimited 2008).
Stories to Play With (Fujita & Stallings, August House 1999)
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
Comparing
Japanese Folktales with American Tall Tales
http://www.colorado.edu/cas/tea/curriculum/texts-and-contexts/momotaro/comparing-folktales-and-tall-tales-lesson.pdf
Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs by
J.M.W.Silver, 1867
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13051/13051-h/13051-h.htm
Japanese Folktales
Lesson Plans for K-8
http://tinyurl.com/btzck2
Kites in the Classroom - Kites can be a remarkably efficient teaching tool, allowing teachers to integrate many subjects-science and technology, reading, writing, social studies, visual arts, math-within a single lesson or sequence of lessons. http://www.aka.kite.org/docs/Handbooks/ki
Kamishibai (kah-mee-shee-bye) Kamishibai is a form of Japanese street storytelling dating back to the 1920’s. If you would like to know more about this charming art of storytelling, or incorporate it into your lesson plans, visit these sites:
Integrating
Japanese Folk Tales into the Classroom Using Japanese Kamishibai
Addresses grades 2- 6 in the areas of social studies,
language arts, and art http://www.grandviewlibrary.org/pdfs/IntegratingJapaneseStorytelling_Kamishibai.pdf
Teachers Guide to Kamishibai
This unit addresses the themes of Love of Family, Compassion, Courage and Sacrifice.
http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/outreach/educators/storytelling/kamishibai.shtml
This unit addresses the themes of Love of Family, Compassion, Courage and Sacrifice.
Teacher’s Resource Guide: Japanese Art and Culture Outreach Kit - Although you may not be able to borrow the actual kit, there are many helpful curriculum ideas in this guide you may duplicate on your own.
http://jsma.uoregon.edu/sites/jsma.uoregon.edu/files/PDF/JapaneseArtandCultureKit.pdf
CRAFTS
Activity Village – Make your own carp kite or origami to celebrate Kodomo no hi (Children’s Day). There are many other crafts, activities and printables to make this Japanese national holiday shine!
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/childrens_day_japan.htm
Enchanted Learning – Japanese Activities and Crafts: Lots of wonderful crafts, including easy origami, and classroom activities.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/japan/
Japanese Fans made with paper
plates.
http://arteascuola-miriampaternoster.blogspot.com/2013/04/oriental-fans-with-paper-plates.html?m=1
Storybug.net – If you are
interested in learning more about origami, visit my previous blog post with
additional resources.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2012/03/celebrating-akira-yoshizawa-grandfather.html
CHILDREN’S GAMES
Traditional Japanese
Games
“Japan has many games that have been passed down through the generations.
Rules and materials may change over time, but even today Japanese children are
fond of pastimes from the old days. Some of the games introduced on these pages
are probably similar to those in your own country.”http://web-japan.org/nipponia/nipponia26/en/topic/
Japanese Games
http://www.k12connections.iptv.org/documents/Japanese_games.pdf
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