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Exploring children's culture, identity and language
As you all know, in preschool Toru, we have been exploring children's culture, identity and language.
This week we will be learning about Japan. This will be great for children's knowledge and for children to become aware of different cultures and their own culture.
I had a mat time with preschool Toru children. We looked at a few photos of famous Japanese symbols and traditions.
We looked at Japanese national fish: Koi fish
Popular Japanese food: Sushi
Traditional cloths: Kimonos and traditional hats
We also looked at traditional Japanese building structures
we learnt to say hello in Japanese (Konichiwa). We then drew up traditional Kimonos and decorated them using pens, colour pencils, collage material and so on. I printed out a few photos for inspiration
Boys drew men's kimonos, and girls drew women's kimonos. It was great to see the whole class taking part!
What Learning is happening here for tamariki:-
- Concentrating for a long amount of time
- Learning to sit in a group
- Developing fine motor skills and hand and eye coordination
- Being creative
- Being Artistic
- Being imaginative
- Learning about other cultures, traditions and language
Gaining knowledge that will last a lifetime