Mrs.
Dambach’s second grade class studied about Japan. Here are some of the activities we did in our classroom.
Some of the children rub
the cat’s belly when they want good luck.
It’s fun learning some
Japanese. Many students say some
Japanese words every day.
Before our tea ceremony
we left our shoes outside the room.
We drank bitter green
tea during our tea ceremony.
We made and ate miso
soup and rice. It was an experience
trying to use hashi (chopsticks).
We showed off our
calligraphy.
Some of us wore kimonos.
It’s great to listen to
stories from Mrs. Dambach’s Japanese book collection and to look through her
culture souvenir box.
We played games. We spun tops and juggled bean bags. Everyone tried to hit blocks under the
daruma head with the hammer when we played Daruma- otashi. We played a game similar to Pin the Tail on
the Donkey called Fukuwarai. You get
blindfolded. You try to put the facial
parts on the face.