New year お正月　crafts
http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/entertainment/papercraft/seasons/01/index.html
Make paper crafts of a kadomastu
かどまつ, tora とら、or kumade くまで.

Christmas naughts and crosses
Review basic facts about Japan with this interactive PowerPoint game. (Modify this game to suit your class!)

HOW TO PLAY:  Divide the class into two teams – one naughts and one crosses.  Taking turns students select a box with a character.  Click on that box.  Students answer the question.  If it is correct click on the ‘home’ at the bottom of the page then type in an x or o according to which team they are on.  Continue until one team gets three crosses or naughts in a row.  On the main page click on: ‘Click here if x wins’ or ‘Click here if o wins’ according to the winner.

Donated by M. Miller.

Awatenbou no Santa Claus
Cute song about a mixed up Santa. (Lyrics worksheet below!)
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=2XJGZn1W4yM&feature=related

Jingle Bells in Japanese
Learn how to sing Jingle Bells in Japanese with this short video.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=uqzFP68ZNzo&feature=related

Nightmare Before Christmas
Watch a nightmare before Christmas in Japanese.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=LUEdpop3D2s&feature=related

Rudolph the red nose reindeer
Learn how to sing Akahana no Tonakai.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=nxUsvRr8o0k&feature=related

Santa Claus is coming to town
Learn how to sing santa clause is coming to town in Japanese. (Romaji words!)
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=5gOmJVewNZw

Silent night in Japanese
Learn how to sing silent night.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=wLqlonAZ1Hs

We wish you a Merry Christmas
Learn how to sing Merry Christmas in Japanese.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=zy5NKKichb8&feature=related

Japanese Christmas song lyrics
Find the lyrics to most Japanese Christmas songs.
http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/tag/xmas

New year recipes
http://japanesefood.about.com/od/japanesenewyearfood/a/newyearfood.htm
Read about traditional New Years food eaten in Japan. 

Awatenbou no Santa Claus
Teach your students how to sing this fun song.  If some of the words are too hard they can just sing the 'green' highlighted onomatopia words!

Awatenbou LYRICS File Size: 263 kb File Type: doc Download File

Awatenbou MP3 File Size: 2161 kb File Type: mp3 Download File

Christmas クリスマス vocabulary
Match the vocabulary with the Christmas pictures.

ROMAJI File Size: 628 kb File Type: doc Download File

KANA File Size: 627 kb File Type: doc Download File

New Years card
Students colour in a New Years card. Seven to choose from.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.