Just as we did when we learned about Italy in November we found Japan and its capital Tokyo on the map and made a card with pictures that we cut out from National Geographic magazines. We also pasted a map of Japan and colored the flag. There is still plenty of room left so I'm going to post it when we're done filling it :)
We read a lovely Japanese story "Buying mittens" by Nankichi Niimi. Such a sweet story, truly perfect for a winter evening. Illustrations by Kuroi Ken are gorgeous.
We saw a beautiful documentary called Satoyama: Japan's Secret Water Garden (2004) , it was very interesting it talked about this beautiful region and its inhabitants, it also showed a quiet peaceful life, simple and steady, something that I wish we had more of.
It's available on youtube:
It reminded me of the movie that I really liked River of first love (Amemasu no kawa) (2004), sweet story of childhood friendship and love.
What a fun way to learn. I wish school was like this :)
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