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We Love Anpanman!

For Class on May 1st Anpanman and Little Typhoon Boy media type="custom" key="22900874" Fruit and Vegetable names in Japanese Fruit names in Japanese []media type="custom" key="6651283" media type="custom" key="22510132" media type="custom" key="22510156"

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We folded Origami Kimono/Yukata and added our own image to them for a School Holiday greeting. Check it out here and click on the image to fold your own at home with the computer:



Ms. Maertz's 1st graders are doing an author study for Leo Lionni. One of his most famous books is called "Swimmy". The story has been translated into many languages and we read it in kindergarten in Japanese. We just made our own origami fish and as a "group", we were able to put them together just like in the story of Swimmy! Check out our picture below. Also, enjoy the story of Swimmy in Japanese in the following video. media type="custom" key="14125096"

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Happy Valentine's Day! [|Pingu's Valentine]

We Love Pingu [|Pingu paints a picture] [|Pingu plays with his friend] [|Pingu goes to work with his dad] [|Pingu goes to the amusement park]

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あけましておめでとうございます. Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu! Happy New Year!

We have been talking about the Japanese New Year in First Grade Japanese Class. We also played a traditional Japanese children's game called "Fukuwarai" (funny face) which is similar to "Pin the Tail on the Donkey". You can play with the computer [|here]



[|What is Fukuwarai?]

Here is a fun song that children sing in Japan using their fingers to talk about their family members: []

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We Love Tentoumushi! てんとうむしがだいすき！ media type="custom" key="10530676" align="center"

==We have begun to talk about lunchboxes in Japan called "Obento". Look at the two videos below with very creative Obento designs for their food and how "Obento" came to be such an important part of Japanese culture.==

Play the Obento Game here: [|Build your own Obento!]

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Here is a short video of Hello Kitty and her Sister as they look for the "Golden Apple". media type="custom" key="12097551"

Here are two versions of Eric Carle's "The Very Hungary Catepillar" in Japanese.

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Clovis Grove's 1st Grade Japanese Website Page []
 * Here is our class celebrating "Otsukimi", the Moon Festival by singing a traditional song and doing a fan dance with fans we made in class!**

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