Japanese Teaching Topic - CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR
Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR クリスマス, お正月.
Crafts
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.
Games
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.
| Christmas naughts and crosses |
Songs
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
Websites
Japanese Christmas song lyrics
Find the lyrics to most Japanese Christmas songs.
http://goro-chan.livejournal.com/tag/xmas
Japanese Christmas lyrics
Christmas lyrics for most songs in romaji.
http://currythecat.com/christmas.htm
New year recipes
http://japanesefood.about.com/od/japanesenewyearfood/a/newyearfood.htm
Read about traditional New Years food eaten in Japan.
Worksheets
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 |
| Awatenbou MP3 |
Christmas クリスマス vocabulary
Match the vocabulary with the Christmas pictures.
| ROMAJI |
| KANA |
Read about New Year in Japan. Learn common New Year expressions. New Year cultural activities and events. New Year Zodiacs. Write a New Year postcard.
| New Year worksheet |
| New Year Greeting 1 |
| New Year Greeting 2 |
We wish you a Merry Christmas lyrics.
| omedetou_kurisumasu.doc |
| Omedetou kurisumasu MP3 |
