A crazy one at that. Phew! We had our little Travel Club this morning. Goodness gracious the kids were squirrelly with a capital "S!" It must be cabin fever or spring fever or pressure in atmosphere or the cycle of the moon but these kids are nuts. My kids have been nuts all week and our Travel Club topped it off. Lots planned, little done but hey I do think they learned some things via osmosis and had fun in the process. I know I learned a lot with the reading to prep for the day. We'll also learn much more as we read the books we got from the library. We got some really great books this time around. There are also a number of great posts by other homeschooling moms who have done unit studies on Japan. Lots of fun activities to do and lots of interesting things to learn. We may just camp on this for a bit.
Bottom right picture: example of wood block painting. One blog you can use for simplified version for kids.
http://www.thecraftyclassroom.com/CraftJapanWoodblockPrinting.html
Kid version of Japanese ink wash painting.
Cherry blossom tree with name translated from Ipad (sorta)
Super simple take on a bento box lunch. Look on Pinterest or Google images for "bento boxes." Pretty crazy amazing.
Love those blue eyes!
Thinking of trying a new food.
A few neat sites I checked out. We may try a few of these ideas.
http://afaithfulattempt.blogspot.com/2011/06/cherry-blossom-paintings.html
http://www.navigatingbyjoy.com/2013/03/08/japan-history-geography/
Pretend sushi that the kids loved. (not my picture)
It looks like the kids enjoyed the cherry blossom tree. They are really good! I wonder if the blossoms are tissue...clever. So they were wiggle worming and goofy? The little blond guy is surely being silly. I gather there were others there, but not available for photos..lol. I do admire your work with the kids...Totally amazing . Maybe Mr. Mace, the happiest baby ever so far, made them silly!!!
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