Today, we tried to focus on what we have been attempting to finish for the past two weeks. Yes'm, you read it right, two weeks have gone and we should have completed Sonlight Core 5 - Eastern Hemisphere study of Japan but so many things have diverted us from the flow of things.. or is it just me, the mom, who thinks we are very late in accomplishing this. My children seem unabashed by how time is ticking so fast and the calendar pages flying off the wall so quickly every day. They are faring better than me with all this relocation and short vacation fuss these remaining months. To M-E, tis starting to get S-T-R-E-S-S-F-U-L. I am just glad it isn't showing...yet!
Enough of that blah.
So, it is just Japan today and I hope I am not sounding too un-CM-like ;-) - more like unit-sy study. It is a very interesting way to learn, too!
For Japan, we have ...
1. Read-aloud the books The Master Puppeteer by Katherine Patterson and Commodore Perry in the Land os Shogun by Rhoda Blumberg.
2. Done a poster map (an all-in-one lap-note, timeline, mind map poster), as our narration activity. You won't believe it we managed to come up with a hybrid of all the fun stuff we enjoy doing together.
3. Indulged in 200g Sakura Mix to get the taste of Japan while keeping busy hands and minds busy,.. it is hard to keep the young ones from munching, especially Fuzzy. They love "nori" best of all.
4. Eaten california maki, sashimi, beef and chicken katsudon at the food court using chopsticks called "hashi" or "otemoto"..but would love a real good Japanese bento at Nihon-Bashi, one of the few Japanese resto here in Colombo. Get your wallet ready, DH.
hashi Wikimedia under GFDL
5. Exchanged email with my brother who lived in Japan for 18 years but is now working for UN in Sudan.
6. Been trying to schedule a interview-chat for my kids with their cousin who is now in Japan working for a big camera company, a fave brand for me =).
7. Folded dozens and dozens of origami of animals, toys, boxes using this book and lots of download ideas from the web, of course.
Lil Ruffin proud of her origami collection made by the Dynamic Duo
8. Bought really expensive paper for kimono origami as Vibrant Bea gets over-enthused about paper kimonos and dolls.
9. Scoured the World Book and World Wide Web for anything Japan.
