Teaching ideas for
HANABI & SUMMER FESTIVALS
(July - August)


Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic HANABI and SUMMER FESTIVALS.

Art and crafts

Uchiwa (Japanese round fan)
Students make their own Japanese fan from paper and then glue it onto a paddlepop stick. Click here.

Sensu (Japanese folding fan)
Teach students how to make a folding fan as shown in the picture on the right.   Click here.


Videos

Fireworks at home
A short video showing fireworks and a Japanese family at hanabi time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd8RgzqpMPg

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