Japan - Kokeshis Part 2

Moving from paper to wood and our delivery of dolls had come. The class were super pumped to paint their own dolls. We had discussed in detail the designs on some of the dolls I had brought in to show them and they were really excited.

They all worked hard to think about the faces, 

..the patterns and designs (this one's head was a tomato sauce squeezer!)

The finished products! (With some traditional dolls in the background.)

Japan -The Kokeshi project...Part One

A long standing Japanese tradition is the one of the Kokeshi. Today we started ur project with discussion and paper art. Each member of the class designed their own Kokeshi with original detail and colour.

There were a few ninja kokeshis too!

You can see the finished collection in Part Two of this project...

Japan - Samurai Hats

A super fun & easy project for the afternoon and one the class can be proud of instantly! Try out the Kabuto Samurai helmets! 

Japan ~ Kimono

Starting the Japan theme was a lot of fun as the class had so many gems to share with us. Here are some lavender fields in Hokkaido!

Our first project after the map was designing some amazing, traditional kimonos. Everyone had ideas about what they looked like so we wanted to copy the traditional style.

First on a large sheet of paper, we used sponges to dab various patterns and colours.

And then, we had to use our fine motor skills to weave the strips in and out of the pre painted kimono. It took a lot of concentration and was fun  for all.

Japan- Interpretive Art

A fun project is listening to music and watching the class respond with movement, with art, with anything!

While we were studying Japan as a theme, we listened to some J-Pop music,

...and some Okinawan folk music. Everyone's reactions were different but all were colourful and very enjoyable.

JAPAN!!!

We live there...we love there!!!

 Children love to rip, to cut and to glue more than anything!
This collage of Japanese print paper was the perfect opportunity to start our Geography lesson from Japan.

We learnt about the NORTH (Hokkaido), the NORTHEAST (Sendai), SOUTHWEST and SOUTH (Okinawa)










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We live in Japan 
We love Japan
The capital city is Tokyo
And we live there.

Do you like the cold?
Do you like the snow?
Then go up north
To Hokkaido.

With lots of food,
Go to Sendai, north east.
Eat Zunda & cow tongue
For a real feast!

If you go south west,
You can see history.
With temples & castles
In each city.

Down in the south,
Is sunny Okinawa.
It’s always hot;
You can swim every hour.

We live in Japan 
We love Japan
The capital city is Tokyo
And we live there.

© Leonora Sophie

Brazil / Rainforest - Jaguar

We made a super large jaguar to put in our rainforest!