Today’s Story Time at Home theme is Japan! If you would like to share a picture of your story-time-at-home experience (i.e. You might send a picture of a finished craft project), just shoot us an email at ozarkregionallibraryyouth@gmail.com, and it might get included on our blog! No names will be included with submissions for privacy reasons.
Let's Visit Japan Story Time
Books:
Suki's Kimono
by Chieri Uegaki and
Stephane Jorisch
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| Cover image from Goodreads. |
Yoko by Rosemary Wells
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| Cover image from Goodreads. |
Game/Activity: Make a rock and sand garden, first introduced to Japan by monks. You can make your garden using simple items commonly found around the home: a cookie sheet for the base of the garden, cornmeal or flour used in place of the sandy ground, and small pebbles or stone for the rock formations. Once your garden is set up, use a fork as a trowel, and drag it, tines down, through the cornmeal and around the pebbles to make beautiful patterns.
Snack: Make some candy sushi. The Family Fun site (a favorite of mine) has a fun tutorial here. Flashback: The library's first program for preteens was a candy-sushi-making competition held in summer of 2009!
Craft: Make a samurai hat through the ancient Asian art of origami, or paper-folding. You can find instructions to make your helmet at this great origami site.
I hope you enjoyed this idea for how you can recreate story time at home! Check back in a few days for more fun, travel-themed ideas focusing on a new area of the world!
Keep reading!
Shaen
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