Teaching ideas for
TANABATA (July 7)
Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic TANABATA star festival たなばた.
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Art and craft
Canon paper craft
Free downloadable crafts for 'Tanabata' http://cp.c-ij.com/en/event/festival/japan/tanabata.html |  |
Tanabata fukinagashi Tanabata paper crafts |   |
Songs
Tanabata song |  |
Videos
Tanabata festival
A short 'news' like video describing in English the origins of the Tanabata festival. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1MHo5gQFeY&feature=related |
Tanabata Story
The Tanabata story told in Japanese. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBHrqHEyKN4&feature=related |
Tanabata Story
Anime version of the Tanabata story. No words. Idea: Students watch the video and retell the story. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhR50uAMlOU&feature=related |
Websites
Kids web Japan: Tanabata
Information about Tanabata, including the Tanabata song. http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/folk/tanabata/ |  |
Tanabata story
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/stonemancabins/tanabata.html?mtbrand=AOL_US
Information about the origins and customs of the Tanabata festival.
Short story about Tanabata
http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/download/03-Tanabata-Script-WJEC.pdf
Tanabata characters and short story
Find a word and write a tanzaku
http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/download/07-KS2-Tanabata-WJEC.pdf
Tanabata find-a-word and write a wish for a tanzaku strip
Blank tanzaku strip
http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/download/09-Tanzaku-WJEC.pdf
Download a blank tanzaku (make a wish) strip and write tanabata wishes.
