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BookTrek: the Countries Japan

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BookTrek: the Countries
Japan
Word Smart
Tell a Japanese folktale like the "Roly-Poly Rice Ball” from Judy Sierra's Multicultural Folktales: Stories to Tell Young Children. 1991.
 
Share interesting facts about Japan.
 
Music Smart
Listen to Japanese music like The Japanese Album: Traditional Japanese Melodies by CBS Records. 1989. 
 
Play Japan's national anthem or a children's song from Wee Sing Around the World by Price Stern Sloan. 2006. 
 
Logic Smart 
Use a wall map or a globe to talk to children about where Japan is located on the map or globe and how far away it is from the United States or the last country that you studied.
 
Picture Smart
Tell a Kamishibai story like The One-Inch Boy by Joji Tsubota. Kamishibai means paper theater. Stories are told with a small wooden theater and storycards. http://www.kamishibai.com/ 
Have a guest speaker read a Japanese story and see if the kids can tell what the story is about through the pictures and the tone of the reader.
 
Body Smart
Teach children Jan-Kem-Po, a Japanese game of paper, rock, scissors. From The Multicultural Game Book by Louise Orlando. 1993.
 
People Smart
When doing a craft, we have the kids work together in small groups. They talk to each other, share resources, and help each other with the craft. For Japan, everyone made ningyo dolls, a paper doll dressed in a kimono. From Papercrafts Around the World by Phyllis and Noel Fiarotta. 1996.
Self Smart
Ask children to think about what they know about Japan. Allow time for them to share their thoughts.
 
Nature Smart
Make rice balls from A World of Recipes: Japan by Julie McCulloch. 2001.
Give the kids a handful of rice in a plastic bag and have them roll it into a rice ball.
 
 
BookTrek Japan Booklist
 
Nonfiction
Traditional Tales
The Greatest of All: a Japanese Folktale by Eric Kimmel. 1991.
 
The Stonecutter: a Japanese Folktale adapted by Gerald McDermott. 1978.
The Samurai’s Daughter: a Japanese Legend retold by Robert San Souci. 1992.
The Boy Who Drew Cats by Margaret Hodges. 2002.
The Inch-High Samurai by Ralph F. McCarthy. 1993.
The Adventure of Momotaro, the Peach Boy by Ralph F. McCarthy. 1993
Information
One Leaf Rides the Wind: Counting in a Japanese Gardenby Celeste Mannis. 2002.
 
Welcome to Japan by Meredith Costain. 2000.
 
Japanby Gina DeAngelis. 2003.
 
Look What Came from Japan by Miles Harvey. 1999.
 
Japan ABCs: a Book about the People and Places of Japan by Sarah Heiman. 2003.
Art and Activity
Global Art by MaryAnn F. Kohl and Jean Potter. 1998.
 
Floating Lanterns and Golden Shrines: Celebrating Japanese Festivals by Rena Krasno. 2000.
 
Traditional Crafts from Japan by Florence Temko. 2001.
 
Papercrafts around the World by Phyllis Fiarotta and Noel Fiarotta. 1996.
 
Picture Books
Say, Allen. KamishibaiMan. 2005.
Nakagawa, Hirotaka. Sumo Boy. 2006.
Namioka, Lensey. The Hungriest Boy in the World. 2001.
Say, Allen. The Bicycle Man. 1982.
Say, Allen. Grandfather’s Journey. 1993.
Say, Allen. Tree of Cranes. 1991.

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