Tour of the World Week 2- Asia

This last week, we visited three countries in Asia!

 

Can you guess which ones?

 

Yup... Japan, China, and India.

 

Sunday we learned a little about how to pray for the people in Asia, specifically the Christians.  We played a game of hide and seek to illustrate how many of the people there must worship in hiding.  Monday and Tuesday we learned about Japan.

For fun, we made Sushi one day (no, that was not in the activities... I just really like sushi).  It... didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped.  Still tasted good though.  We made some rice balls too.  The kids had fun with the sticky rice.

The sushi rolls... not as planned, ha ha.

 

I tried doing some without the Nori sheets... it rolled nicely but wouldn't stay together when cutting.  I think the rice was still too warm.

 

Monday we learned about how important manners and politeness is to the people of Japan.  We watched a video that taught us how to say Thank You and Sorry in Japanese... in more than one way (the business way, the 'friend' way, and the formal way).  The accompanying Biblical teaching was about how one day we will all bow to Jesus as a sign of respect and worship.  We practiced bowing the traditional Japanese way (and learned that there are various ways to bow as well).

 

Tuesday, we made origami cranes!  My husband did this with the kids.  Looks like they had fun.  We learned about how the origami crane is a symbol of long life in Japan, and how they believe that folding 1000 cranes will bring good luck and long life.

 

 

Wednesday and Thursday the kids were sick, but we still learned a little about China.  We looked at the Chinese characters for the word Righteousness... which is the character for 'lamb' over the character for 'me'.  I drew one for each of the kids, and they colored them. Later, we built a 'wall of China' using pillows.  We made two different ones.  My son was so sick that day that he didn't play in them at all, but M did. 

 

 Friday I was sick.  We were to learn about India, but we didn't do the craft.  We were to gather art supplies and make an invitation for someone to come to church (due to India having the world's second largest population but only a small percentage of Christians... learning a bit about how the Christians there are sharing the gospel).  We colored the flag and the stamp that day.  Saturday we watched a little video about carts called tuk tuks that are the popular way to get around in India.  We pretended to be tuk tuks and I covered the kids eyes and guided them around obstacles.  They loved it.  We learned about how we need to trust those who guide us, and that it can be hard.  We can always trust in God.

This week has been fun, too.  I look forward to posting about it when the week is over.