Pictures Of Our Japan Lapbook

We completed our first lapbook in homeschool. It was all about Japan as that was what we were learning about in our unit study. Most of the info was put together by me on the computer and printed since kiddo wouldn't be able to write everything out yet but he glued it all together. I don't think lapbooking is for us because he isn't the biggest fan of cutting and pasting so we are going to look into other means of recording what we're learning about (for now we're dabbling with notebooking tailoring it to the way he likes to do things). Here are pics of the completed lapbook.

The cover of the lapbook has a maneki neko cat welcoming you to the book along with the flag of Japan.

We glued two file folders together so we'd have a bigger lapbook. This is pages one and two when you open the book. The first page has mini books on the history of Japan, art of Japan, government of Japan and samurais. Page two has a mini book on koi fish, Mt. Fuji, rice, Shinto religion, and sushi.

Page three has a kanji word flip-flap book and color squares with the Japanese pronunciation. Page four has a circle book of Japanese technology, sumo wrestling, major festivals of Japan, Japanese pop culture, and inside a Japanese house.

For the back cover we glued a map of Japan with pictures from major cities.

This is the Shinto religion pop-up mini book. 

Mt. Fuji matchbook mini book and koi fish mini books opened.

History of Japan, Japanese art forms, and government of Japan mini books opened.

Japanese house four corner mini book open.

Mount Fuji Paper Plate Craft

The Mount Fuji paper plate craft is an easy painting craft for kids to do during a study of Japan or mountains. You could also change the sign and make this most any mountain really.

You will need:
Paper Plate
Black, white, grey and/or green paint
Toothpick
Scrap piece of construction paper

To make the mountain cut a paper plate on one side forming a long bottom end. Paint black, grey or green depending on if yours will be a view at nighttime or daytime and which mountain you have chosen. If your mountain usually has snow at the top be sure to leave a white spot. Add small trees or grass at the bottom. Attach a sign to a toothpick cut in half that says the mountain's name and glue the sign onto the paper plate.

Japanese Kanji Numbers 1-10 Chart

This is a Japanese kanji numbers 1-10 chart with the kanji for each number and the pronunciation for each. Note that four is sometimes read shi but according to wikipedia yon is the preferred modern reading. For help with pronuciation I recommend watching this Youtube Japanese 1-10 video.