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.
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.









