MFW ECC Weeks 27-28 Japan

Mom's Media Links:

Asia Geography	Kendama	Visit a Japanese House

Explore Kids Web Japan

What We Learned:

• Geography 
    
• The capital of Japan is Tokyo. 
• The official language is Japanese.
• The Yen is the currency of Japan. (print Yen here)    
  
• Shanghai is the largest city.
• The National Anthem is "Kimi Ga Yo" ("His Magesty's Reign")
   
• The haiku is traditional form of Japanese poetry. (I'm so proud of my girls)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• In Japanese, foreign names are normally written using the phonetic katakana alphabet.    (See your name in Japanese here)
  Katelyn- 
  Rachel -
• A Trip Around the World:  76 - 80, 83 
• Exploring World Geography:  Physical Features (33) & Rivers (34)  
• Geography From A to Z Vocabulary:  Strait & 
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• Science
• Many small fish live in groups called shoals.
• Sharks balance in the water because of their fins. If they stop swimming they sink.
• Rays are flat fish with mouths are on the bottom.  They swam over our hands as we fed them.  Rachel would have nothing to do with feeding the stingrays.
  
• Dog whelks are hunters that climb onto the shells of animals and drill a hole in the shell before sucking out the soft part of the animal.
  
• Sand contains crushed coral, broken seashells, & broken rock. We placed a few shells and small rocks in a bag and covered it with a towel.  With a hammer we crushed them until they became sand.  Use an old rag because it will be tattered. We changed bags a few times because they kept ripping.   
  
  
  
• An Estuary is where fresh water flows into saltwater.
• Ocean Currents 
• Note that there are a few false statements in this video. We used this as a learning opportunity and talked about how non Christians see the earth as "billions" of years old. Another incorrect statement was about it raining since the creation of the earth. We know that it never rained before the flood.
• Experiment: Mixing Fresh & Saltwater
• Book of Animals - Animals that Live in The Water Pages 199-214: Sea Horse, Shark, Starfish, & Whale.
• Bible
• Memory Verse: Matthew 22:37 - 40
  
• Read Matthew chapters 22:15- 24:28
• Japan & North Korea - Window on the World
• We started reading the biography of Gladys Aylward   
• Art


•  Origami - the Japanese art of paper folding  
  
  
  
• Japanese Cherry Blossom Painting

• Maribana Flower Scenery
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Book Basket/ Read-Aloud 
 
  


• Spanish 
  
  


• We use Duolingo.com  
• Duolingo is a fun, free, & fantastic learning tool. 
• Much of the learning happens in the form of quizzes, which switch between testing speaking, listening, and writing. The grammar and sentence constructions become progressively difficult as you go along. It keeps reviewing previously learned words, allowing you to progress from basic words all the way through various verb tenses and abstract ideas. 
• We love that we can compare progress with our friends.
• Typing Fun



Typing Adventure	Typing Adventure 2	Type Type Revolution
Cup Stacking Fun	Qwety Warriors	Typing Speed Test

Curriculum for Exploring Countries & Cultures